# 1988 Singapore Open – Singles (women's tennis)

Anne Minter was the defending champion but lost in the quarter-finals to Natalia Bykova.
Monique Javer won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Leila Meskhi.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Natasha Zvereva (first round)
* Anne Minter (quarterfinals)
* Dianne Balestrat (semifinals)
* Leila Meskhi (final)
* Gigi Fernández (second round)
* Robin White (second round)
* Barbara Gerken (second round)
* Svetlana Parkhomenko (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | N Zvereva | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Byrne | 6 | 6 | | | J Byrne | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis | 2 | 1 | | | M Javer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Javer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Javer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Jonsson | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | C Bakkum | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bakkum | 6 | 6 | | | C Bakkum | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Lake | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | G Fernández | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | G Fernández | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Javer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | D Balestrat | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Balestrat | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | R Seeman | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | D Balestrat | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Wood | 6 | 6 | | | C Wood | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Düll | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | D Balestrat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaggard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Jaggard | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Salmon | 1 | 4 | | | M Jaggard | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Devries | 6 | 6 | | | A Devries | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Parkhomenko | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Monique Javer | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | B Gerken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Leila Meskhi | 6 | 3 |
| | K Okamoto | 4 | 0 | | 7 | B Gerken | 7 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Yanagi | 6 | 6 | | | M Yanagi | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Van Nostrand | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Yanagi | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Okagawa | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | L Meskhi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Nishiya | 6 | 6 | | | A Nishiya | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Moreno | 2 | 2 | | 4 | L Meskhi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Meskhi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Meskhi | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | R White | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | N Bykova | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | T Catlin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | R White | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bykova | 6 | 6 | | | N Bykova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Medvedeva | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Bykova | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schilder | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | A Minter | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Loosemore | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S Loosemore | 0 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mascarin | 4 | 3 | | 2 | A Minter | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Minter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |