# 1989 Virginia Slims of Newport – Singles

Lori McNeil was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Laura Gildemeister.
Zina Garrison won in the final 6–0, 6–1 against Pam Shriver.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Zina Garrison (champion)
* Pam Shriver (final)
* Lori McNeil (second round)
* Patty Fendick (first round)
* Amy Frazier (first round)
* Rosalyn Fairbank (semifinals)
* Gretchen Magers (second round)
* Gigi Fernández (semifinals)

## 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Z Garrison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Albano | 1 | 1 | | 1 | Z Garrison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Santrock | 0 | 3 | | | M McGrath | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M McGrath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Z Garrison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Louie-Harper | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | M Jaggard | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Javer | 3 | 6 | 3 | | M Louie-Harper | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaggard | 6 | 6 | | | M Jaggard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Frazier | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Z Garrison | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | L McNeil | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | G Fernández | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | W White | 4 | 5 | | 3 | L McNeil | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M L Daniels | 3 | 6 | 3 | | L Gildemeister | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Gildemeister | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | L Gildemeister | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Ivan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | G Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Graham | 4 | 4 | | Q | A Ivan | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Richardson | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | G Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | G Fernández | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zina Garrison | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | R Fairbank | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Pam Shriver | 0 | 1 |
| | K Adams | 1 | 4 | | 6 | R Fairbank | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Smylie | 7 | 6 | 7 | | E Smylie | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R White | 6 | 7 | 5 | | | | | 6 | R Fairbank | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | H Na | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Field | 6 | 6 | | Q | R Field | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Na | 3 | 7 | 6 | | H Na | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Fendick | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | R Fairbank | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | G Magers | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Shriver | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | L-A Eldredge | 2 | 5 | | 7 | G Magers | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kessaris | 3 | 6 | 5 | | J Hetherington | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hetherington | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | J Hetherington | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Aallonen | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | P Shriver | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Antonoplis | 6 | 5 | | Q | A Aallonen | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson | 3 | 2 | | 2 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |