1988 New South Wales Open – Women's singles

Zina Garrison was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Pam Shriver won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Helena Suková.

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) 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver (champion)
 * 2)  Helena Suková (final)
 * 3)  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (semifinals)
 * 4)  Sylvia Hanika (second round)
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Catarina Lindqvist (quarterfinals)
 * 6) n/a
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Elizabeth Smylie (second round)
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Etsuko Inoue (quarterfinals)
 * 9)  Rosalyn Fairbank (second round)
 * 10) 🇦🇺 Anne Minter (third round)
 * 11)  Eva Pfaff (first round)
 * 12)  Jana Novotná (third round)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Marianne Werdel (second round)
 * 14) 🇺🇸 Ann Henricksson (third round)
 * 15) n/a
 * 16) n/a