title: 1990 Virginia Slims Championships
text: # 1990 Virginia Slims Championships
  
  The 1990 Virginia Slims Championships was the season-ending women's tennis held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States between November 12 and November 18, 1990. Second-seeded Monica Seles won the singles title in the first five set women's final since Elisabeth Moore won the 1901 U.S. National Championships. Seles received $250,000 first-prize money. Martina Navratilova had qualified for the tournament but withdrew in order to undergo a knee operation.
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Monica Seles defeated Gabriela Sabatini, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers defeated Mercedes Paz / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 6–4.
  
  