Gretchen Magers was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Sara Gomer.
Jill Hetherington won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Katrina Adams.
Kathy Jordan and Betsy Nagelsen were the defending champions but only Nagelsen competed that year with Elizabeth Smylie.
The singles tournament for the 1988 Taipei Women's Championship was a 32-draw with qualifiers.
Carling Bassett was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Pam Shriver was the four-time defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.
Camille Benjamin was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Terry Phelps.
Jenni Goodling and Wendy Wood were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Raffaella Reggi was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Anne White was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Elly Hakami.
The 1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans was the final edition of the Virginia Slims of New Orleans tennis tournament. Chris Evert was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Anne Smith.
Gabriela Sabatini defeated Pam Shriver in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1988 Virginia Slims Championships.
Two-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1988 Virginia Slims Championships. It was Navratilova's eleventh Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's eighth.
Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Stöve with Pam Shriver and Turnbull with Rosemary Casals.
Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Bettina Bunge and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
Jo Durie and Jeremy Bates were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Robin White and Scott Davis.
Five-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Chris Evert and Wendy Turnbull in the final 6–0, 7–5 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1988 Australian Open.
The 1999 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 56th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Elly Hakami 
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