# 1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Singles

The following is the result of the 1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma singles.
Elizabeth Smylie was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Lori McNeil won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Brenda Schultz.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Lori McNeil (champion)
* Katerina Maleeva (first round)
* Raffaella Reggi (semifinals)
* Catarina Lindqvist (semifinals)
* Dianne Balestrat (first round)
* Helen Kelesi (quarterfinals)
* Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
* Kathleen Horvath (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | L McNeil | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Tanvier | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Suire | 7 | 6 | | Q | C Suire | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bowes | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Schimper | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | H Kelesi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Parkhomenko | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | S Parkhomenko | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Brown | 3 | 1 | | 6 | H Kelesi | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | H Kelesi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | C Lindqvist | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | C Lindqvist | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | C Porwik | 2 | 5 | | 4 | C Lindqvist | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Gomer | 1 | 7 | 6 | | S Goleš | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Goleš | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | C Lindqvist | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gurney | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Van Rensburg | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kuczyńska | 4 | 2 | | | M Gurney | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Van Rensburg | 7 | 7 | | | D Van Rensburg | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Balestrat | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Lori McNeil | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | K Horvath | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Brenda Schultz | 3 | 2 |
| | E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | E Reinach | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Na | 6 | 6 | | | H Na | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Sloane | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Reinach | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Nagelsen | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | R Reggi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Herreman | 6 | 1 | 6 | | N Herreman | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy | 6 | 4 | | 3 | R Reggi | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Reggi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Reggi | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| 7 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Schultz | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Torres | 2 | 3 | | 7 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | | R Zrubáková | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lindström | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | J Novotná | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Schultz | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field | 4 | 3 | | | B Schultz | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Benjamin | 6 | 3 | 6 | | C Benjamin | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Maleeva | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |