1989 European Open – Singles

Barbara Paulus was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Conchita Martínez.

Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière won in the final 6–4, 6–0 against Martínez.

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


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Chris Evert (second round)
 * 2)  Natasha Zvereva (first round)
 * 3) 🇧🇬 Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (champion)
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (final)
 * 5)  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (first round)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil (first round)
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Sandra Cecchini (first round)
 * 8) 🇸🇪 Catarina Lindqvist (second round)