![]() Steffi Graf finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in her career. She won eleven tournaments during the season, including all four majors at the Australian Open, the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open, to complete the Grand Slam. She also claimed the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics to complete the only Golden Slam in pedestrian tennis history. | |
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Duration | November 30, 1987 – November 27, 1988 |
Edition | 16th |
Tournaments | 63 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Category 6 (1) WTA Category 5 (8) WTA Category 4 (10) WTA Category 3 (8) WTA Category 2 (14) WTA Category 1 (16) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | ![]() |
Most finals | ![]() |
Prize money leader | ![]() |
Points leader | ![]() |
Awards | |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles team of the year | ![]() ![]() |
Most improved player of the year | ![]() |
Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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The 1988 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 16th elite tour for professional women's tennis of the Women's International Tennis Association (WITA) for the 1988 season. The 1988 Virginia Slims World Championship Series included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WITA Tour Championships and the WTA Category 1-5 events. [1] [2] ITF tournaments were not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
The tour was governed by the Women's International Professional Tennis Council (WIPTC), a cooperation between WITA, ITF and recognized tournaments. [2] Philip Morris sponsored the tour under its Virginia Slims brand. [2]
Steffi Graf became the first singles player in history to win the Golden Slam by taking the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open singles titles, along with the Olympic gold medal. Graf's defeat by Pam Shriver in the semifinals of the Virginia Slims Championships deprived her of a Super Slam. [3]
The table below shows the 1988 WTA Tour schedule.
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Category 6 events |
Category 5 events |
Category 4 events |
Category 3 events |
Category 2 and 1 events |
Summer Olympics |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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30 Nov | Argentine Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Category 1 Clay – $50,000 -56S/28D/32Q Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–0, 6–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–2, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
7 Dec | Brazilian Open Guarujá, Brazil Category 1 Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D/32Q Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
28 Dec | Ariadne Women's Classic Brisbane, Australia Category 2 Grass – $150,000 – 56S/32D/32Q Singles – Doubles | ![]() 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 2–6, 7–5, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Dec | Fed Cup Melbourne, Australia Team Hard | ![]() 2–1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1988 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular WTA tour events. The players/nations are sorted by:
Total titles | Player | Grand Slam tournaments | Year-end championships | Regular tournaments | All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments | Year-end championships | Regular tournaments | All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
Below are the 1988 WTA year-end rankings (December 19, 1988) in both singles and doubles competition:
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