1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles
# 1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles

Monica Seles defeated Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1990 Virginia Slims Championships. The final lasted 3 hours and 47 minutes, the longest final by time in the tournament's history.

Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Sabatini.

## Seeds

* Steffi Graf (semifinals)
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Gabriela Sabatini (final)
* Mary Joe Fernandez (semifinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
* Katerina Maleeva (quarterfinals)
* Zina Garrison (first round)
* Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (quarterfinals)

Note

* Martina Navratilova had qualified but withdrew due to knee surgery

## 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

* NB: The final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | S Graf | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Suková | 3 | 3 | | 6 | K Maleeva | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | G Sabatini | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | J Novotná | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | G Sabatini | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | C Martínez | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Z Garrison | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Sabatini | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | J Wiesner | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 1 | 6 | | 4 | MJ Fernandez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | MJ Fernandez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | MJ Fernandez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 2 | 5 | | 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paulus | 2 | 2 | | 2 | M Seles | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
