# 1989 Virginia Slims of Albuquerque – Singles

Lori McNeil won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Elna Reinach.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
* Manuela Maleeva (quarterfinals)
* Susan Sloane (first round)
* Raffaella Reggi (second round)
* Lori McNeil (champion)
* Amy Frazier (semifinals)
* Anne Minter (quarterfinals)
* Jenny Byrne (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 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Vásquez | 2 | 2 | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kidowaki | 3 | 1 | | | B Nagelsen | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Nagelsen | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Smith | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Provis | 1 | 2 | | | A Smith | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | N Miyagi | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Byrne | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Nagelsen | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | S Sloane | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | L McNeil | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Whitlinger | 3 | 6 | 5 | | B Bowes | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bowes | 6 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | B Bowes | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Harvey-Wild | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Porwik | 6 | 7 | | | C Porwik | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-A Faull | 2 | 3 | | 5 | L McNeil | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lori McNeil | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | A Minter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Elna Reinach | 1 | 3 |
| | M Louie-Harper | 4 | 3 | | 7 | A Minter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Burgin | 6 | 6 | | | E Burgin | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Adams | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | A Minter | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Reinach | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Werdel | 2 | 3 | | | E Reinach | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jordan | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | R Reggi | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | R Reggi | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | A Frazier | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Frazier | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | C Benjamin | 5 | 1 | | 6 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pospíšilová | 6 | 6 | | | J Pospíšilová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Keil | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Maleeva | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tremelling | 6 | 3 | | | A Henricksson | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan | 5 | 6 | | 2 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Maleeva | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |