# 1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Singles

Susan Sloane won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Beverly Bowes.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Barbara Potter (quarterfinals)
* Lori McNeil (semifinals)
* Helen Kelesi (quarterfinals)
* Bettina Fulco (second round)
* Anne Minter (second round)
* Halle Cioffi (quarterfinals)
* Leila Meskhi (semifinals)
* Rosalyn Fairbank (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 |
| 1 | B Potter | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gurney | 6 | 1 | | 1 | B Potter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bykova | 4 | 1 | | | K Rinaldi | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Rinaldi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | B Potter | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Schimper | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | L Meskhi | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | B Nagelsen | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Thomas | 3 | 1 | | 7 | L Meskhi | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L Meskhi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Meskhi | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | B Fulco | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Bowes | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | H Na | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | B Fulco | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bollegraf | 3 | 4 | | | B Bowes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bowes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Bowes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | H Cioffi | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Parkhomenko | 3 | 3 | | | A Frazier | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson | 6 | 3 | | 6 | H Cioffi | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | H Cioffi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Beverly Bowes | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | R Fairbank | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Susan Sloane | 6 | 6 |
| | C Benjamin | 6 | 6 | | | C Benjamin | 6 | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sloane | 2 | 6 | 7 | | S Sloane | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Herr | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | S Sloane | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Werdel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | H Kelesi | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Grousbeck | 4 | 4 | | | M Werdel | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hakami | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | H Kelesi | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | H Kelesi | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Sloane | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| 5 | A Minter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L McNeil | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| | W White | 2 | 4 | | 5 | A Minter | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 6 | 6 | | | A Grossman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M L Daniels | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | A Grossman | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Simpson | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | L McNeil | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hetherington | 7 | 6 | | | J Hetherington | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Kessaris | 1 | 4 | | 2 | L McNeil | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |