1988 Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles

Chris Evert was the defending champion and won in the final 6–0, 6–4 against Martina Navratilova.

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


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (final)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Chris Evert (champion)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil (first round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Isabel Cueto (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇦🇷 Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Rosalyn Fairbank (first round)