# 1990 BMW European Indoors – Singles

Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, by defeating Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Steffi Graf (champion)
* Gabriela Sabatini (final)
* Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (semifinals)
* Jana Novotná (semifinals)
* Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
* Judith Wiesner (second round)
* Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
* Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Gabriela Sabatini | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Jana Novotná | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Gabriela Sabatini | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Gabriela Sabatini | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Leand | 1 | 4 | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Herreman | 6 | 7 | 4 | | D Van Rensburg | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Van Rensburg | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | N Guerrée-Spitzer | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 7 | N Tauziat | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| LL | C Suire | 1 | 6 | 6 | Q | N Guerrée-Spitzer | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| | M Bollegraf | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Porwik | 6 | 6 | | | C Porwik | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Salnikova | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Schultz | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | P Tarabini | 4 | 4 | | | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Caverzasio | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | J Wiesner | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Wiesner | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | R Fairbank-Nideffer | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Probst | 6 | 6 | | | W Probst | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa | 6 | 7 | | | L Golarsa | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | W Probst | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | J Halard | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Paz | 6 | 4 | 7 | | M Paz | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Durie | 4 | 0 | | 4 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Novotná | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Sabatini | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| | L Ferrando | 2 | 2 | | 5 | H Suková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Zardo | 6 | 6 | | | E Zardo | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Jillian Müller | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | H Suková | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | C Kohde-Kilsch | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | G Sabatini | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | E Pfaff | 5 | 2 | | | C Kohde-Kilsch | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Menning | 2 | 1 | | 2 | G Sabatini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |