The 1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas in the United States and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour.

It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from February 29 through March 6, 1988.

First-seeded Manuela Maleeva won the singles title.

[1][2] Manuela Maleeva defeated Sylvia Hanika 7–6(7–5), 7–5 Natalia Bykova / Svetlana Parkhomenko defeated Jana Novotná / Catherine Suire 6–3, 6–4