1988 WTA German Open

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1988 WTA German Open
Date9–15 May
Edition17th
Category Tier I
Draw56S / 28D
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Berlin, West Germany
Venue Rot-Weiss Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Isabelle Demongeot
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat
  1987  · WTA German Open ·  1989  

The 1988 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin and was part of Tier I of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and ran from 9 May through 15 May 1988. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Clay court type of tennis court

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

The Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiß is a tennis club located in Grunewald, part of a district in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1897 as Lawn Tennis Turnier Club, and was the origin for careers of many German tennis players in the 20th century like Cilly Aussem, Otto Froitzheim, Henner Henkel, Hans Moldenhauer, Hans-Jürgen Pohmann, Roman Najuch und Daniel Prenn. The central court has been the venue of the German Pro Championships since 1911 and later the German Open WTA Tour tournament from 1979 until 2008. The club has 16 clay courts. During winter season there are eight indoor courts available. A larger 7,000-seat stadium court was built in 1996 to replace the old ohne with 3,500. This stadium and was named Steffi Graf Stadion in September 2004. Steffi Graf was member of the club since 1984. Also Boris Becker represented the club 1985-1987. The club is located at the Gottfried von Cramm Street, named after the German tennis legend and the man primarily responsible for reviving the Rot-Weiß club after World War II, Baron Gottfried von Cramm.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková 6–3, 6–2

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Steffi Graf.

Doubles

Flag of France.svg Isabelle Demongeot / Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat defeated Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Isabelle Demongeot is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on 1 May 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled further south in Gassin.

Nathalie Tauziat French tennis player

Nathalie Tauziat is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000.

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch German tennis player

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of 25 doubles titles.

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