1989 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles

Singles
1989 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Final
ChampionArgentina Gabriela Sabatini
Runner-upWest Germany Steffi Graf
Score3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Details
Draw56 (7 Q )
Seeds16
Events
Singles Doubles
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Martina Navratilova was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Gabriela Sabatini.

Sabatini won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 against Steffi Graf.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. West Germany Steffi Graf (final)
  2. United States Martina Navratilova (semifinals)
  3. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (champion)
  4. Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva (second round)
  5. United States Lori McNeil (second round)
  6. Spain Arantxa Sánchez (semifinals)
  7. Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko (second round)
  8. Australia Hana Mandlíková (quarterfinals)
  9. Italy Sandra Cecchini (second round)
  10. Argentina Bettina Fulco (second round)
  11. Austria Judith Wiesner (quarterfinals)
  12. United States Terry Phelps (second round)
  13. West Germany Isabel Cueto (second round)
  14. Soviet Union Leila Meskhi (third round)
  15. n/a
  16. n/a

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 6  
6 Spain Arantxa Sánchez 3 2  
1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 3 5
3 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 3 6 7
3 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 6  
2 United States Martina Navratilova 3 2  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 West Germany S Graf 6 6  
  United States K Adams 1 5     United States E Burgin 1 2  
  United States E Burgin 6 7   1 West Germany S Graf 6 6  
  Italy L Lapi 6 7     Italy L Lapi 1 0  
Q United States P Barg 1 5     Italy L Lapi 3 6 6
  United States H Cioffi 6 0 2 9 Italy S Cecchini 6 3 1
9 Italy S Cecchini 4 6 6 1 West Germany S Graf 6 6  
  South Africa R Fairbank 5 6   8 Australia H Mandlíková 3 4  
  United Kingdom S Gomer 7 7     United Kingdom S Gomer 5 3  
  United States K Gompert 4 4     South Africa K Schimper 7 6  
  South Africa K Schimper 6 6     South Africa K Schimper 5 6  
  United States E Hakami 3 6 6 8 Australia H Mandlíková 7 7  
  Argentina P Tarabini 6 2 2   United States E Hakami 4 2  
8 Australia H Mandlíková 6 6  

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Soviet Union N Zvereva 6 3 3
Q United States K Kessaris 4 2   Q Czechoslovakia R Rajchrtová 3 6 6
Q Czechoslovakia R Rajchrtová 6 6   Q Czechoslovakia R Rajchrtová 6 3 0
  Czechoslovakia I Budařová 5 2   11 Austria J Wiesner 4 6 6
Q Italy C Caverzasio 7 6   Q Italy C Caverzasio 3 0  
  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia S Goleš 6 4 5 11 Austria J Wiesner 6 6  
11 Austria J Wiesner 4 6 7 11 Austria J Wiesner 4 5  
13 West Germany I Cueto 6 6   6 Spain A Sánchez 6 7  
Q West Germany S Frankl 2 1   13 West Germany I Cueto 6 6  
  United States A Grossman 6 6     United States A Grossman 7 7  
  United States K Horvath 1 1     United States A Grossman 0 1  
  United States C Benjamin 1 6 1 6 Spain A Sánchez 6 6  
  United States S Stafford 6 1 6   United States S Stafford 2 4  
6 Spain A Sánchez 6 6  

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 Soviet Union L Savchenko 4 6 1
  Greece A Kanellopoulou 6 6     Greece A Kanellopoulou 6 2 6
  United States C Reynolds 2 2     Greece A Kanellopoulou 7 6  
  Sweden M Strandlund 3 6 1 Q Hungary A Temesvári 6 3  
Q Hungary A Temesvári 6 1 6 Q Hungary A Temesvári 6 4 7
Q Poland R Baranski 1 2   12 United States T Phelps 2 6 6
12 United States T Phelps 6 6     Greece A Kanellopoulou 6 4 3
10 Argentina B Fulco 6 6   3 Argentina G Sabatini 3 6 6
  Italy L Garrone 3 2   10 Argentina B Fulco 4 6 2
  Czechoslovakia J Pospíšilová 4 6 6   Czechoslovakia J Pospíšilová 6 4 6
  United States A Farley 6 3 0   Czechoslovakia J Pospíšilová 3 3  
  Argentina M Paz 7 6   3 Argentina G Sabatini 6 6  
Q Czechoslovakia A Holíková 6 0     Argentina M Paz 3 6 2
3 Argentina G Sabatini 6 4 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 United States L McNeil 1 3  
  United States R Reis 2 2     United States K Rinaldi 6 6  
  United States K Rinaldi 6 6     United States K Rinaldi 3 6 6
  Peru L Gildemeister 6 6   14 Soviet Union L Meskhi 6 2 3
LL France J Halard 0 3     Peru L Gildemeister 6 2 5
  United States H Na 2 6   14 Soviet Union L Meskhi 3 6 7
14 Soviet Union L Meskhi 6 7     United States K Rinaldi 1 4  
  Netherlands B Schultz 7 2 2 2 United States M Navratilova 6 6  
  Italy L Ferrando 6 6 6   Italy L Ferrando 6 6 7
  Czechoslovakia P Langrová 6 0 7   Czechoslovakia P Langrová 7 2 6
  United States B Bowes 4 6 5   Italy L Ferrando 1 1  
  United States M Torres 6 6   2 United States M Navratilova 6 6  
  United States D Faber 4 3     United States M Torres 2 0  
2 United States M Navratilova 6 6