# 1990 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles

Ramesh Krishnan was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Scott Davis.
Davis won the 1990 Benson & Hedges Open tennis tournament, defeating Andrei Chesnokov in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–3.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Andrei Chesnokov (final)
* Miloslav Mečíř (first round)
* Magnus Gustafsson (quarterfinals)
* Kelly Evernden (first round)
* Amos Mansdorf (semifinals)
* Paolo Canè (first round)
* Paul Chamberlin (first round)
* Scott Davis (champion)

## 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 | Final |
| 1 | A Chesnokov | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Zoecke | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 5 | 1 | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | R Reneberg | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Bloom | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | A Chesnokov | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Stich | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Connell | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Jones | 5 | 3 | | | M Stich | 4 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Connell | 7 | 6 | | | G Connell | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Chamberlin | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Chesnokov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | K Evernden | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Mansdorf | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | |
| | G Layendecker | 6 | 6 | | | G Layendecker | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pistolesi | 3 | 3 | | | J Arias | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Arias | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Arias | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Delaître | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | A Mansdorf | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis | 2 | 3 | | | O Delaître | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nováček | 4 | 1 | | 5 | A Mansdorf | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Mansdorf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Andrei Chesnokov | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | P Canè | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Scott Davis | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | R Krishnan | 6 | 6 | | | R Krishnan | 7$^9$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Derlin | 7 | 6 | | WC | B Derlin | 6$^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Laurendeau | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | R Krishnan | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Wöhrmann | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | M Gustafsson | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Bates | 2 | 6 | 6 | | J Bates | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Anderson | 1 | 2 | | 3 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Krishnan | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | S Davis | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | S Davis | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | C Bergström | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | S Davis | 6 | 6$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Goldie | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | D Goldie | 1 | 7$^{11}$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-A Wahlgren | 6$^4$ | 0 | | | | | | | 8 | S Davis | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Paloheimo | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | WC | S Guy | 2 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Steven | 6 | 6 | | WC | B Steven | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Guy | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Guy | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Mečíř | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |