1989 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
# 1989 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Boris Becker was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

John McEnroe won in the final 6–3, 6–3, 7–6 against Brad Gilbert.

The finals were held in Dallas, Texas at Reunion Arena.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* John McEnroe (champion)
* Mats Wilander (quarterfinals)
* Ivan Lendl (semifinals)
* Stefan Edberg (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John McEnroe | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andre Agassi | 6 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andre Agassi | 6 | $0^r$ | | | | 1 | John McEnroe | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Ivan Lendl | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | Ivan Lendl | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | Ivan Lendl | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Jakob Hlasek | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jakob Hlasek | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Brad Gilbert | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| | Brad Gilbert | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Brad Gilbert | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | Brad Gilbert | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Mikael Pernfors | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Mikael Pernfors | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Mikael Pernfors | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 2 | Mats Wilander | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
