1988 Player's Canadian Open – Women's singles

Pam Shriver was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Natasha Zvereva.

Gabriela Sabatini won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Zvereva.

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) 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Chris Evert (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini (champion)
 * 5)  Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Natasha Zvereva (final)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (withdrew)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison (third round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Barbara Potter (third round)
 * 11)  Sylvia Hanika (third round)
 * 12)  Larisa Savchenko (second round)
 * 13) 🇨🇦 Helen Kelesi (third round)
 * 14) 🇦🇺 Anne Minter (first round)