# 1989 Volvo Open – Men's singles

Marcelo Filippini was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Nicklas Kulti.
Paolo Canè won the title by defeating Bruno Orešar 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Miloslav Mečíř (first round)
* Mikael Pernfors (first round)
* Jonas Svensson (second round)
* Jordi Arrese (first round)
* Paolo Canè (final)
* Andrés Gómez (first round)
* Magnus Gustafsson (quarterfinals)
* Marcelo Filippini (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Q | Johan Anderson | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Bruno Orešar | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Bruno Orešar | 7 | 6 | | Bruno Orešar | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | 5 | Paolo Canè | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 5 | Paolo Canè | 6 | 6 | 5 | Paolo Canè | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | Nicklas Kulti | 4 | 2 | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| 1 | M Mečíř | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Anderson | 6 | 4 | 6 | Q | J Anderson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Larsson | 1 | 6 | 4 | | T Nydahl | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Nydahl | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | Q | J Anderson | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Wostenholme | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Čihák | 6 | 6 | | | J Čihák | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Haldin | 4 | 1 | | 7 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J Anderson | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | J Svensson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Orešar | 7 | 6 |
| Q | P Henricsson | 3 | 2 | | 3 | J Svensson | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Orešar | 6 | 3 | 7 | | B Orešar | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Båthman | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Orešar | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | N Utgren | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Nováček | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | S Matsuoka | 1 | 0 | | WC | N Utgren | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nováček | 6 | 6 | | | K Nováček | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Gómez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 5 | P Canè | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kroon | 6 | 6 | | 5 | P Canè | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jönsson | 4 | 5 | | | C Allgårdh | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Allgårdh | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | P Canè | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Nyborg | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | C Bergström | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Bergström | 6 | 7 | | | C Bergström | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tauson | 6 | 6 | 6 | | M Tauson | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Arrese | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | P Canè | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | M Filippini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Kulti | 4 | 2 |
| | T Svantesson | 3 | 4 | | 8 | M Filippini | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rivas | 3 | 7 | 2 | | N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kulti | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | D Engel | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | WC | J Nyström | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| LL | M Zeile | 3 | 5 | | Q | D Engel | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Nyström | 6 | 6 | | WC | J Nyström | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Pernfors | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |