Stefan Edberg defeated defending champion Boris Becker in a rematch of the previous two years' finals, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships. It was his second Wimbledon singles title and fourth major singles title overall.

Seeds

Ivan Lendl (semifinals) Boris Becker (final) 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (champion) 🇺🇸 John McEnroe (first round) 🇪🇨 Andrés Gómez (first round) 🇺🇸 Tim Mayotte (first round) 🇺🇸 Brad Gilbert (quarterfinals) 🇺🇸 Aaron Krickstein (withdrew) 🇺🇸 Jim Courier (third round) 🇸🇪 Jonas Svensson (third round) 🇫🇷 Guy Forget (fourth round) 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (first round) 🇺🇸 Michael Chang (fourth round) Petr Korda (first round) 🇫🇷 Henri Leconte (second round) 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah (first round) Aaron Krickstein withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by Qualifier Shuzo Matsuoka.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8