1990 Virginia Slims of Indian Wells – Singles

Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Martina Navratilova won in the final 6–2, 5–7, 6–1 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) 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (champion)
 * 2) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (third round)
 * 3)  Helena Suková (final)
 * 4)  Jana Novotná (third round)
 * 5) 🇧🇬 Katerina Maleeva (semifinals)
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Hana Mandlíková (third round)
 * 7)  Larisa Neiland (second round)
 * 8)  Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández (third round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Gretchen Magers (third round)
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Amy Frazier (semifinals)
 * 12) 🇦🇹 Judith Wiesner (third round)
 * 13) 🇸🇪 Catarina Lindqvist (second round)
 * 14)  Claudia Porwik (third round)
 * 15) n/a
 * 16) 🇺🇸 Patty Fendick (first round)