1988 Virginia Slims Championships

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1988 Virginia Slims Championships
DateNovember 14–20
Edition18th (singles) / 13th (doubles)
Draw16S / 8D
Prize money$1,000,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location New York City, U.S.
Venue Madison Square Garden
Champions
Singles
Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
  1987  · Virginia Slims Championships ·  1989  

The 1988 Virginia Slims Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 17th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 13th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from November 14 through November 20, 1988. Fourth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini won the singles title.

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Having become the only player in history to win the Golden Grand Slam by taking the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open singles titles, along with the Olympic gold medal; Steffi Graf's defeat in the semi-finals by Pam Shriver deprived her of the Super Slam and the Super Golden Slam. [1]

Finals

Singles

Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini defeated Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2.

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver defeated Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 6–4.

See also

References

  1. Collins, Bud. The Bud Collins History of Tennis. New Chapter Press; 3rd ed. edition (15 Jan. 2016). ISBN 978-1937559380