1988 in tennis

For more important tennis events, see 1988 ATP Tour, 1988 WTA Tour, and Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

This page covers the most important events in the sport of tennis in 1988. It provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

ITF

Grand Slam tournaments

Category Tournament Champions Finalists Score
Men's
singles[1] 		Australian Open Mats Wilander Pat Cash 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 6–1, 8–6
French Open Mats Wilander Henri Leconte 7–5, 6–2, 6–1
Wimbledon Stefan Edberg Boris Becker 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–2
US Open Mats Wilander Ivan Lendl 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Category Tournament Champions Finalists Score
Women's
singles[2] 		Australian Open Steffi Graf Chris Evert 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
French Open Steffi Graf Natasha Zvereva 6–0, 6–0
Wimbledon Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
US Open Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Category Championship Champions Finalists Score
Men's
doubles[3] 		Australian Open Rick Leach
Jim Pugh 		Jeremy Bates
Peter Lundgren 		6–3, 6–2, 6–3
French Open Andrés Gómez
Emilio Sánchez 		John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd 		6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Wimbledon Ken Flach
Robert Seguso 		John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd 		6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
US Open Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez 		Rick Leach
Jim Pugh 		walkover
Category Championship Champions Finalists Score
Women's
doubles[4] 		Australian Open Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver 		Chris Evert
Wendy Turnbull 		6–0, 7–5
French Open Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver 		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková 		6–2, 7–5
Wimbledon Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini 		Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva 		6–3, 1–6, 12–10
US Open Gigi Fernández
Robin White 		Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington 		6–4, 6–1
Category Championship Champions Finalists Score
Mixed
doubles[5] 		Australian Open Jana Novotná
Jim Pugh 		Martina Navratilova
Tim Gullikson 		5–7, 6–2, 6–4
French Open Lori McNeil
Jorge Lozano 		Brenda Schultz
Michiel Schapers 		7–5, 6–2
Wimbledon Zina Garrison
Sherwood Stewart 		Gretchen Magers
Kelly Jones 		6–1, 7–6(7–3)
US Open Jana Novotná
Jim Pugh 		Elizabeth Smylie
Patrick McEnroe 		7–5, 6–3

IOC

1988 Summer Olympics

Category Gold medalist Silver medalist Bronze medalists Score in final
Men's
singles		 Miloslav Mečíř Tim Mayotte Stefan Edberg
Brad Gilbert		 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Women's
singles		 Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini Zina Garrison
Manuela Maleeva		 6–3, 6–3
Men's
doubles		 Ken Flach
Robert Seguso		 Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez		 Miloslav Mečíř
Milan Šrejber
Stefan Edberg
Anders Järryd		 6–3, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7), 9–7
Women's
doubles		 Zina Garrison
Pam Shriver		 Jana Novotná
Helena Suková		 Elizabeth Smylie
Wendy Turnbull
Steffi Graf
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch		 4–6, 6–2, 10–8

Exhibitions

ADELAIDE - Rio International
January 7–10, 1988
Surface: Hard
Prize Money:
Semi-final Semi-final
Stefan Edberg - Anders Järryd 7–6, 6–3 Pat Cash - Johan Kriek 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Final
Pat Cash - Stefan Edberg 7–6, 7–6
GOLD COAST, Australia
January 7–10, 1988
Surface: Hard
Prize Money:
Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
Kelly Evernden - Slobodan Živojinović 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 Wally Masur - Paul Annacone 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Semi-finals
Ivan Lendl - Kelly Evernden 6–0, 7–5 Wally Masur - Yannick Noah 7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Final
Ivan Lendl - Wally Masur 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
PORTLAND
January 25, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match
Andrei Chesnokov - John McEnroe 6–3, 6–4
OSAKA, Japan
January 28, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match
Boris Becker - Ivan Lendl 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
HOMBURG, West Germany
January 28, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match Challenge match
Henri Leconte - Tomáš Šmíd 6–2, 6–4 Eric Jelen - Wojciech Fibak 6–7, 6–0, 6–3
PREROV, Czechoslovakia
January 29–30, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge matches Challenge matches
Karel Nováček - Bernhard Pils 6–0, 6–3 Petr Korda - Thomas Muster 6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Karel Nováček - Thomas Muster 6–3, 7–5 Petr Korda - Bernhard Pils 6–3, 6–2
SINDELFINGEN, West Germany
January 29–31, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match Challenge match
Stefan Edberg - Miloslav Mečíř 6–2, 6–3 Anders Järryd - Tomáš Šmíd 6–0, 6–1
FRANKFURT, West Germany
January 31, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match
Ivan Lendl - Boris Becker 6–4, 7–5
ATLANTA - AT&T Challenge of Champions
April 28–May 1, 1988
Surface: Clay (Har-Tru)
Prize Money: $500,000
Round Robin 1 Round Robin 2
John McEnroe - Jimmy Connors 7–5, 6–1 Ivan Lendl - Mikael Pernfors 6–3, 6–3
Stefan Edberg - Slobodan Živojinović 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 Andrés Gómez - Amos Mansdorf 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Stefan Edberg - Jimmy Connors 6–4, 6–3 Ivan Lendl - Andrés Gómez 6–4, 6–3
Slobodan Živojinović - John McEnroe 6–4, 6–3 Mikael Pernfors - Amos Mansdorf
John McEnroe - Stefan Edberg 6–1, 6–4 Ivan Lendl - Amos Mansdorf
Jimmy Connors - Slobodan Živojinović Andrés Gómez - Mikael Pernfors
Semi-finals
Stefan Edberg - John McEnroe 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 Ivan Lendl - Andrés Gómez 6–2, 6–2
Final
Ivan Lendl - Stefan Edberg 2–6, 6–1, 6–3

References

  1. ^ "Tennis Grand Slam Men's Champions - Tennis Grand Slam Men's Champions - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  2. ^ "Tennis Grand Slam Women's Champions - Tennis Grand Slam Men's Champions - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  3. ^ "Australian Open - Men's doubles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com.
  4. ^ "Australian Open - Women's doubles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com.
  5. ^ "Australian Open - Mixed doubles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com.
  6. ^ "Seoul 1988 Olympic results". Olympics.com.
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