1988 in tennis

Overview of tennis events of 1988.

Overview of the events of 1988 in tennis

1988 in sports
Years in tennis
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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

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Grand Slam tournaments

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

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

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

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

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

IOC

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1988 Summer Olympics

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24 July – 1 August 2021: Summer Olympics ^[6]

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