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 men's and women's tennis circuits, the Davis Cup, and the Federation Cup.
ITF
Grand Slam tournaments
Category Tournament Champions Finalists ScoreMen'ssinglesAustralian 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, 6–1Wimbledon Stefan Edberg Boris Becker 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–2US Open Mats Wilander Ivan Lendl 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Category Tournament Champions Finalists ScoreWomen'ssinglesAustralian Open Steffi Graf Chris Evert 6–1, 7–6(7–3)French Open Steffi Graf Natasha Zvereva 6–0, 6–0Wimbledon Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova 5–7, 6–2, 6–1US Open Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Category Championship Champions Finalists ScoreMen'sdoubles 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 ScoreWomen'sdoubles 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 ScoreMixeddoubles 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, 6–2Wimbledon 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
24 July – 1 August 2021: Summer Olympics
Category Gold medalist Silver medalist Bronze medalists Score in finalMen'ssingles Miloslav Mečíř Tim Mayotte Stefan Edberg Brad Gilbert 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2Women'ssingles Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini Zina Garrison Manuela Maleeva 6–3, 6–3Men'sdoubles 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), 9–7Women'sdoubles Zina Garrison Pam Shriver Jana Novotná Helena Suková Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 4–6, 6–2, 10–8
Davis Cup
Federation Cup
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
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)