# 1989 Volvo Open – Women's singles

Isabel Cueto was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Strandlund.
Katerina Maleeva won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Sabine Hack.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Katerina Maleeva (champion)
* Barbara Paulus (first round)
* Isabel Cueto (quarterfinals)
* Sandra Cecchini (semifinals)
* Radka Zrubáková (quarterfinals)
* Sandra Wasserman (first round)
* Regina Rajchrtová (second round)
* Mercedes Paz (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
| 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 |
| 1 | K Maleeva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Goleš | 1 | 6 | | 1 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lásková | 6 | 6 | | | L Lásková | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Vieira | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | K Maleeva | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E-M Schürhoff | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | C Caverzasio | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Caverzasio | 6 | 6 | | | C Caverzasio | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ekstrand | 2 | 3 | | 8 | M Paz | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Paz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Maleeva | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | S Cecchini | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Cecchini | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | T Scheuer-Larsen | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | S Cecchini | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Jagerman | 4 | 7 | 7 | | N Jagerman | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Garrone | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | S Cecchini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Laval | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | LL | N Dahlman | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | N Dahlman | 6 | 6 | | LL | N Dahlman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Menning | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Menning | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Wasserman | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Katerina Maleeva | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | R Rajchrtová | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sabine Hack | 1 | 3 |
| | C Cohen | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | R Rajchrtová | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lapi | 5 | 4 | | | M Strandlund | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Strandlund | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Strandlund | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Ritter | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | I Cueto | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Budařová | 6 | 6 | | | I Budařová | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Niox-Chateau | 4 | 2 | | 3 | I Cueto | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | I Cueto | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Strandlund | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | R Zrubáková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Hack | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Medvedeva | 3 | 5 | | 5 | R Zrubáková | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lindström | 2 | 2 | | | S Meier | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Meier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | R Zrubáková | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-C Damas | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | S Hack | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Grossi | 1 | 6 | 4 | | M-C Damas | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Hack | 7 | 6 | | | S Hack | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Paulus | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |