1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas – Singles

Barbara Potter was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Pascale Paradis.

Manuela Maleeva won in the final 7–6, 7–5 against Sylvia Hanika.

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


 * 1) 🇧🇬 Manuela Maleeva (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Barbara Potter (second round)
 * 3)  Sylvia Hanika (final)
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Dianne Balestrat (first round)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Stephanie Rehe (first round)
 * 6)  Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
 * 7) n/a
 * 8)  Claudia Porwik (first round)