title: 1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles
text: # 1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles
  
  Monica Seles defeated Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1990 Virginia Slims Championships. The final lasted 3 hours and 47 minutes, the longest final by time in the tournament's history.
  
  Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Sabatini.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Steffi Graf (semifinals)
  * Monica Seles (champion)
  * Gabriela Sabatini (final)
  * Mary Joe Fernandez (semifinals)
  * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
  * Katerina Maleeva (quarterfinals)
  * Zina Garrison (first round)
  * Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (quarterfinals)
  
  Note
  
  * Martina Navratilova had qualified but withdrew due to knee surgery
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  * NB: The final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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  | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Capriati | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Suková | 3 | 3 | | 6 | K Maleeva | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | K Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | G Sabatini | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | J Novotná | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | G Sabatini | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | C Martínez | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Z Garrison | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Sabatini | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
  | 8 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
  | | J Wiesner | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Tauziat | 1 | 6 | | 4 | MJ Fernandez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | MJ Fernandez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | MJ Fernandez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | N Zvereva | 2 | 5 | | 5 | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Paulus | 2 | 2 | | 2 | M Seles | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  