1988 in tennis

For more important tennis events, see 1988 ATP Tour, 1988 WTA Tour, and Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

This page covers the most important events in the sport of tennis in 1988. It provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

ITF

Grand Slam tournaments

Category	Tournament	Champions	Finalists	Score
Men's singles [1]	Australian Open	Mats Wilander	Pat Cash	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 6–1, 8–6
	French Open	Mats Wilander	Henri Leconte	7–5, 6–2, 6–1
	Wimbledon	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–2
	US Open	Mats Wilander	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Category	Tournament	Champions	Finalists	Score
Women's singles [2]	Australian Open	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
	French Open	Steffi Graf	Natasha Zvereva	6–0, 6–0
	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf	Martina Navratilova	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
	US Open	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Category	Championship	Champions	Finalists	Score
Men's doubles [3]	Australian Open	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
	French Open	Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
	Wimbledon	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	US Open	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	walkover

Category	Championship	Champions	Finalists	Score
Women's doubles [4]	Australian Open	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull	6–0, 7–5
	French Open	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–2, 7–5
	Wimbledon	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 1–6, 12–10
	US Open	Gigi Fernández Robin White	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	6–4, 6–1

Category	Championship	Champions	Finalists	Score
Mixed doubles [5]	Australian Open	Jana Novotná Jim Pugh	Martina Navratilova Tim Gullikson	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
	French Open	Lori McNeil Jorge Lozano	Brenda Schultz Michiel Schapers	7–5, 6–2
	Wimbledon	Zina Garrison Sherwood Stewart	Gretchen Magers Kelly Jones	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
	US Open	Jana Novotná Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie Patrick McEnroe	7–5, 6–3

IOC

1988 Summer Olympics

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Category	Gold medalist	Silver medalist	Bronze medalists	Score in final
Men's singles	Miloslav Mečíř	Tim Mayotte	Stefan Edberg Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Women's singles	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	Zina Garrison Manuela Maleeva	6–3, 6–3
Men's doubles	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Miloslav Mečíř Milan Šrejber Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7), 9–7
Women's doubles	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	4–6, 6–2, 10–8

Exhibitions

ADELAIDE - Rio International
January 7–10, 1988
Surface: Hard
Prize Money:
Semi-final	Semi-final
Stefan Edberg - Anders Järryd 7–6, 6–3	Pat Cash - Johan Kriek 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Final
Pat Cash - Stefan Edberg 7–6, 7–6

GOLD COAST, Australia
January 7–10, 1988
Surface: Hard
Prize Money:
Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals
Kelly Evernden - Slobodan Živojinović 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Wally Masur - Paul Annacone 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Semi-finals
Ivan Lendl - Kelly Evernden 6–0, 7–5	Wally Masur - Yannick Noah 7–6, 6–7, 6–1
Final
Ivan Lendl - Wally Masur 6–7, 7–6, 6–4

PORTLAND
January 25, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match
Andrei Chesnokov - John McEnroe 6–3, 6–4

OSAKA, Japan
January 28, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match
Boris Becker - Ivan Lendl 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

HOMBURG, West Germany
January 28, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match	Challenge match
Henri Leconte - Tomáš Šmíd 6–2, 6–4	Eric Jelen - Wojciech Fibak 6–7, 6–0, 6–3

PREROV, Czechoslovakia
January 29–30, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge matches	Challenge matches
Karel Nováček - Bernhard Pils 6–0, 6–3	Petr Korda - Thomas Muster 6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Karel Nováček - Thomas Muster 6–3, 7–5	Petr Korda - Bernhard Pils 6–3, 6–2

SINDELFINGEN, West Germany
January 29–31, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match	Challenge match
Stefan Edberg - Miloslav Mečíř 6–2, 6–3	Anders Järryd - Tomáš Šmíd 6–0, 6–1

FRANKFURT, West Germany
January 31, 1988
Surface: Carpet
Challenge match
Ivan Lendl - Boris Becker 6–4, 7–5

ATLANTA - AT&T Challenge of Champions
April 28–May 1, 1988
Surface: Clay (Har-Tru)
Prize Money: $500,000
Round Robin 1	Round Robin 2
John McEnroe - Jimmy Connors 7–5, 6–1	Ivan Lendl - Mikael Pernfors 6–3, 6–3
Stefan Edberg - Slobodan Živojinović 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Andrés Gómez - Amos Mansdorf 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Stefan Edberg - Jimmy Connors 6–4, 6–3	Ivan Lendl - Andrés Gómez 6–4, 6–3
Slobodan Živojinović - John McEnroe 6–4, 6–3	Mikael Pernfors - Amos Mansdorf
John McEnroe - Stefan Edberg 6–1, 6–4	Ivan Lendl - Amos Mansdorf
Jimmy Connors - Slobodan Živojinović	Andrés Gómez - Mikael Pernfors
Semi-finals
Stefan Edberg - John McEnroe 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Ivan Lendl - Andrés Gómez 6–2, 6–2
Final
Ivan Lendl - Stefan Edberg 2–6, 6–1, 6–3

References

1. "Tennis Grand Slam Men's Champions - Tennis Grand Slam Men's Champions - ESPN". ESPN.com.
2. "Tennis Grand Slam Women's Champions - Tennis Grand Slam Men's Champions - ESPN". ESPN.com.
3. "Australian Open - Men's doubles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com.
4. "Australian Open - Women's doubles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com.
5. "Australian Open - Mixed doubles - Grand Slam History". www.grandslamhistory.com.
6. "Seoul 1988 Olympic results". Olympics.com.

External links

• Official website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)
• Official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)
• Official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)
• Official website of the International Team Competition in Men's Tennis (Davis Cup)
• Official website of the International Team Competition in Women's Tennis (Fed Cup)