# 1989 Virginia Slims of Indian Wells – Singles

This was the first edition of the tournament for women.
Manuela Maleeva won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Jenny Byrne.

## 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.
* Chris Evert (second round)
* Helena Suková (semifinals)
* Pam Shriver (quarterfinals)
* Manuela Maleeva (champion)
* Lori McNeil (first round)
* Catarina Lindqvist (quarterfinals)
* Nicole Provis (second round)
* Nathalie Tauziat (second 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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Q | Jenny Byrne | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Manuela Maleeva | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | C Evert | 6 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Kijimuta | 6 | 3 | 2 | | H Mandlíková | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Mandlíková | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | H Mandlíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Demongeot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | I Demongeot | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | B Paulus | 3 | 1 | | | I Demongeot | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Poruri | 1 | 3 | | 8 | N Tauziat | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Mandlíková | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J Byrne | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Durie | 3 | 2 | | | A Minter | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Minter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | P Shriver | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | J-A Faull | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | J Byrne | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | J Byrne | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Byrne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Phelps | 6 | 6 | | | T Phelps | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L McNeil | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | C Lindqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Reinach | 2 | 2 | | 6 | C Lindqvist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank | 6 | 4 | 2 | Q | A Nishiya | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Nishiya | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | C Lindqvist | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | G Magers | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Balestrat | 6 | 5 | 2 | | G Magers | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | N Provis | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H Suková | 2 | 4 |
| | T Austin | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | N Provis | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Novotná | 7 | 7 | | | J Novotná | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Paz | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | J Novotná | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Schultz | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | H Suková | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | R White | 6 | 4 | 5 | | B Schultz | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |