# 1988 United Jersey Bank Classic – Singles

Manuela Maleeva was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Catarina Lindqvist.
Steffi Graf won in the final 6–0, 6–1 against Nathalie Tauziat.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Steffi Graf (champion)
* Manuela Maleeva (second round)
* Helena Suková (semifinals)
* Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
* Katerina Maleeva (semifinals)
* Sylvia Hanika (quarterfinals)
* Larisa Savchenko (first round)
* Stephanie Rehe (quarterfinals)

## 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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 6 | |
| | Nathalie Tauziat | 0 | 1 | |

### 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 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | A Sánchez | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Durie | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Balestrat | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 6 | S Hanika | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | N Provis | 6 | 4 | 5 | | D Balestrat | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Reggi | 2 | 3 | | 6 | S Hanika | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Hanika | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | H Suková | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Wiesner | 6 | 4 | 1 | Q | I Demongeot | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Demongeot | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | H Suková | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Meskhi | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | S Rehe | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | S Cecchini | 6 | 6 | | | S Cecchini | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | D Van Rensburg | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | S Rehe | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Rehe | 6 | 6 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | L Savchenko | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Halard | 7 | 6 | | Q | J Halard | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Inoue | 6 | 0 | 2 | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | N Zvereva | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | E Reinach | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | K Maleeva | 4 | 3 |
| | G Fernández | 4 | 2 | | 5 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Cordwell | 5 | 6 | 5 | | B Fulco | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Fulco | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Lindqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Lindqvist | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Novotná | 3 | 4 | | | C Lindqvist | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Maleeva | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |