The tour was governed by the Women's International Professional Tennis Council (WIPTC), a cooperation between WITA, ITF and recognized tournaments.

[2] Philip Morris sponsored the tour under its Virginia Slims brand.

Graf's defeat by Pam Shriver in the semifinals of the Virginia Slims Championships deprived her of a Super Slam.

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1988 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular WTA tour events.

The players/nations are sorted by: Below are the 1988 WTA year-end rankings (December 19, 1988) in both singles and doubles competition: Women's World Tennis circuit|1923]]