1988 French Open

1988 French Open
Date	23 May – 5 June 1988
Edition	87
Category	58th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Mats Wilander
Women's singles
Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez Vicario
Women's doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles
Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano
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The 1988 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 87th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1988.

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1988 French Open – Men's singles

Mats Wilander defeated Henri Leconte, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1

• It was Wilander's 6th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd (and last) French Open title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1988 French Open – Women's singles

Steffi Graf defeated Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0

• This was the shortest women's singles Grand Slam final in the Open Era; Graf won the match in 32 ^[1] minutes.
• It was Graf's 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd (consecutive) French Open title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1988 French Open – Men's doubles

Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez Vicario defeated John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles

Main article: 1988 French Open – Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková, 6–2, 7–5

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1988 French Open – Mixed doubles

Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Michiel Schapers, 7–5, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Nicolás Pereira defeated Magnus Larsson, 7–6, 6–3

Girls' singles

Julie Halard defeated Andrea Farley, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

Boys' doubles

Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Cristiano Caratti / Goran Ivanišević, 7–6, 7–5

Girls' doubles

Alexia Dechaume / Emmanuelle Derly defeated Julie Halard / Maïder Laval, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Prize money

Event		W	F	SF	QF	4R	3R	2R	1R
Singles [2]	Men	FF1,500,240	FF750,120	FF375,060	FF190,030	FF100,019	FF56,009	FF33,015	FF20,123
	Women	FF1,436,390	FF731,700	FF362,440	FF183,450	FF89,850	FF46,330	FF24,540	FF12,750

Total prize money for the event was FF20,963,950.

References

1. Times, Robin Herman and Special To the New York. "TENNIS; Graf Shuts Out Zvereva to Gain French Open Title" . Retrieved 2018-05-02.
2. John Barrett, ed. (1989). World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. p. 65. ISBN   978-0-00-218311-6.

External links

• French Open official website

Preceded by 1988 Australian Open

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 1988 Wimbledon Championships