# 1989 BP National Championships – Singles

The 1989 BP National Championships was a Grand Prix tennis tournament played in Wellington in New Zealand.
Ramesh Krishnan was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Patrick Baur.
Kelly Evernden won in the final 7–5, 6–1, 6–4 against Shuzo Matsuoka.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Ramesh Krishnan (first round)
* Milan Šrejber (quarterfinals)
* Michiel Schapers (first round)
* Shuzo Matsuoka (final)
* Tobias Svantesson (quarterfinals)
* Danilo Marcelino (first round)
* Glenn Michibata (semifinals)
* Kelly Evernden (champion)

## 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
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Shuzo Matsuoka | 5 | 1 | 4 | | |
| 8 | Kelly Evernden | 7 | 6 | 6 | | |

### Section 1

| 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 |
| 1 | R Krishnan | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Baur | 6 | 1 | 6 | | P Baur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pridham | 4 | 5 | | Q | R Weiss | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Weiss | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | P Baur | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | H Moraing | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | G Michibata | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Marques | 6 | 3 | | | H Moraing | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-A Wahlgren | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | G Michibata | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Michibata | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | G Michibata | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | S Matsuoka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Matsuoka | 6 | 6 |
| | F Dennhardt | 2 | 1 | | 4 | S Matsuoka | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Wheaton | 6 | 7 | | Q | D Wheaton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Jensen | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | S Matsuoka | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Guy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | T Svantesson | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | M Allen | 3 | 2 | | | S Guy | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cunha e Silva | 5 | 4 | | 5 | T Svantesson | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Svantesson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 6 | D Marcelino | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Smith | 6 | 7 | | | R Smith | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Chamberlin | 7 | 6 | | | P Chamberlin | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | P Chamberlin | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | P Doohan | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | D Burke | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | D Burke | 6 | 7 | | | D Burke | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Lewis | 6 | 6 | | WC | D Lewis | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Schapers | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | P Chamberlin | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | K Evernden | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | K Evernden | 6 | 6 |
| | P Wekesa | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | K Evernden | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kures | 3 | 3 | | | M Oosting | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oosting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | K Evernden | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | B Steven | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Šrejber | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | B Derlin | 6 | 2 | | WC | B Steven | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | C Bailey | 4 | 2 | | 2 | M Šrejber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Šrejber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |