# 1989 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Singles

Katerina Maleeva successfully defended her title, by defeating Raffaella Reggi 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Katerina Maleeva (champion)
* Catarina Lindqvist (first round)
* Raffaella Reggi (final)
* Lori McNeil (second round)
* Amy Frazier (semifinals)
* Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinals)
* Susan Sloane (first round)
* Manon Bollegraf (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 |
| 1 | Katerina Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Amy Frazier | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Amy Frazier | 4 | 3 | 1 | Katerina Maleeva | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Raffaella Reggi | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Raffaella Reggi | 6 | 6 | 3 | Raffaella Reggi | 4 | 4 |
| | Ronni Reis | 2 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | K Maleeva | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Whitlinger | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Koizumi | 4 | 0 | | | C Porwik | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Porwik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Baranski | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | N Medvedeva | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | N Medvedeva | 7 | 6 | | | N Medvedeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hetherington | 2 | 3 | | 8 | M Bollegraf | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Frazier | 4 | 3 |
| | LA Eldredge | 4 | 3 | | 4 | L McNeil | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Cioffi | 6 | 1 | 6 | | H Cioffi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Na | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | H Cioffi | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | E Inoue | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Drake | 1 | 7 | 2 | | E Inoue | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Meskhi | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | A Frazier | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Miró | 4 | 0 | | 6 | L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Lord | 2 | 3 | | | R Simpson | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Simpson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | L Savchenko | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | S Amiach | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | R Reggi | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Faber | 3 | 6 | 6 | | D Faber | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Martin | 2 | 1 | | 3 | R Reggi | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Reggi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Reggi | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | S Sloane | 7 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Reis | 2 | 2 |
| | K Adams | 6 | 7 | 6 | | K Adams | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pospíšilová | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Pospíšilová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Keller | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | J Pospíšilová | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | K Kessaris | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | R Reis | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Reis | 6 | 6 | | | R Reis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Foltz | 4 | 7 | 6 | | S Foltz | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Lindqvist | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |