# 1993 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Singles

Martina Navratilova was the defending champion but lost in the finals to top seed Monica Seles 3–6, 6–2, 6–1.

## 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.
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Martina Navratilova (final)
* Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals)
* Katerina Maleeva (semifinals)
* Zina Garrison-Jackson (quarterfinals)
* Amy Frazier (first round)
* Brenda Schultz (quarterfinals)
* Pam Shriver (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| 1 | Monica Seles | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Martina Navratilova | 6 | 2 | 1 |

### Section 1

| 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Po | 6 | 6 | | | K Po | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Å Carlsson | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Harvey-Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | L Field | 2 | 1 | | | L Harvey-Wild | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stafford | 4 | 4 | | 7 | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Seles | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | MJ Fernández | 3 | 0 |
| | | | | | 3 | MJ Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman | 6 | 7 | | | A Grossman | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Nagelsen | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | MJ Fernández | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Majoli | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | I Majoli | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | S McCarthy | 6 | 2 | 0 | | I Majoli | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Whitlinger | 6 | 1 | 6 | | T Whitlinger | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Frazier | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 8 | P Shriver | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Graham | 0 | 5 | | 8 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bollegraf | 3 | 6 | | | A Keller | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Keller | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 8 | P Shriver | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | S Amiach | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | | 4 | K Maleeva | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Werdel | 6 | 6 | 6 | | M Werdel | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | K Maleeva | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Z Garrison-Jackson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Navratilova | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | L Raymond | 2 | 4 | | 5 | Z Garrison-Jackson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Adams | 7 | 2 | 3 | | E Reinach | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Reinach | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 5 | Z Garrison-Jackson | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | L Allen | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank-Nideffer | 7 | 6 | | | R Fairbank-Nideffer | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |