1988 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament
1988 Wimbledon Championships
Date20 June – 4 July
Edition102nd
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S/64D/64XD
Prize money£2,612,126
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Women's singles
West Germany Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
United States Ken Flach / United States Robert Seguso
Women's doubles
West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Mixed doubles
United States Sherwood Stewart / United States Zina Garrison
Boys' singles
Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
Girls' singles
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
Boys' doubles
Australia Jason Stoltenberg / Australia Todd Woodbridge
Girls' doubles
Australia Jo-Anne Faull / Australia Rachel McQuillan
← 1987 · Wimbledon Championships · 1989 →

The 1988 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 102nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 4 July 1988. Due to rain interruptions on Sunday 3 July, the men's final finished on 4 July.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1988 championships was £2,612,126. The winner of the men's title earned £165,000 while the women's singles champion earned £148,500.[3][4]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles £165,000 £82,500 £41,250 £20,900 £11,000 £6,160 £3,630 £2,215
Women's singles £148,500 £74,250 £36,090 £17,765 £8,800 £4,775 £2,815 £1,715
Men's doubles * £57,200 £28,600 £14,300 £7,260 £3,740 £1,980 £1,160 —
Women's doubles * £49,500 £24,750 £11,430 £5,810 £2,800 £1,490 £850 —
Mixed doubles * £29,700 £14,850 £7,430 £3,450 £1,720 £860 £390 —

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Sweden Stefan Edberg defeated West Germany Boris Becker, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–2[5]

  • It was Edberg's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

West Germany Steffi Graf defeated United States Martina Navratilova, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1[6]

  • It was Graf's 4th career Grand Slam title and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

United States Ken Flach / United States Robert Seguso defeated Australia John Fitzgerald / Sweden Anders Järryd, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)[7]

  • It was Flach's 5th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd and last Wimbledon title. It was Seguso's 4th and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Wimbledon title.

Women's doubles

West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini defeated Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 1–6, 12–10[8]

  • It was Graf's 5th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Wimbledon title. It was Sabatini's 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Wimbledon title.

Mixed doubles

United States Sherwood Stewart / United States Zina Garrison defeated United States Kelly Jones / United States Gretchen Magers, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)[9]

  • It was Stewart's 5th and last career Grand Slam title and his only Wimbledon title. It was Garrison's 2nd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Venezuela Nicolás Pereira defeated France Guillaume Raoux, 7–6(7–4), 6–2[10]

Girls' singles

Netherlands Brenda Schultz defeated France Emmanuelle Derly, 7–6(7–5), 6–1[11]

Boys' doubles

Australia Jason Stoltenberg / Australia Todd Woodbridge defeated Czechoslovakia David Rikl / Czechoslovakia Tomáš Zdražila, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5[12]

Girls' doubles

Australia Jo-Anne Faull / Australia Rachel McQuillan defeated France Alexia Dechaume / France Emmanuelle Derly, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3[13]

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (semifinals, lost to Boris Becker)
  2. Sweden Mats Wilander (quarterfinals, lost to Miloslav Mečíř)
  3. Sweden Stefan Edberg (champion)
  4. Australia Pat Cash (quarterfinals, lost to Boris Becker)
  5. United States Jimmy Connors (fourth round, lost to Patrik Kühnen)
  6. West Germany Boris Becker (final, lost to Stefan Edberg)
  7. France Henri Leconte (fourth round, lost to Tim Mayotte)
  8. United States John McEnroe (second round, lost to Wally Masur)
  9. Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř (semifinals, lost to Stefan Edberg)
  10. United States Tim Mayotte (quarterfinals, lost to Ivan Lendl)
  11. Sweden Anders Järryd (second round, lost to Jim Grabb)
  12. Sweden Jonas Svensson (third round, lost to Paul Annacone)
  13. Spain Emilio Sánchez (second round, lost to Petr Korda)
  14. Soviet Union Andrei Chesnokov (first round, lost to Udo Riglewski)
  15. Israel Amos Mansdorf (second round, lost to Diego Nargiso)
  16. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović (fourth round, lost to Mats Wilander)

Women's singles

  1. West Germany Steffi Graf (champion)
  2. United States Martina Navratilova (final, lost to Steffi Graf)
  3. United States Pam Shriver (semifinals, lost to Steffi Graf)
  4. United States Chris Evert (semifinals, lost to Martina Navratilova)
  5. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (fourth round, lost to Zina Garrison)
  6. Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (quarterfinals, lost to Chris Evert)
  7. Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (first round, lost to Pascale Paradis)
  8. Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva (fourth round, lost to Rosalyn Fairbank)
  9. Australia Hana Mandlíková (third round, lost to Anne Minter)
  10. United States Lori McNeil (third round, lost to Rosalyn Fairbank)
  11. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (withdrew before the tournament began)
  12. United States Zina Garrison (quarterfinals, lost to Pam Shriver)
  13. Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko (fourth round, lost to Martina Navratilova)
  14. Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva (fourth round, lost to Pam Shriver)
  15. West Germany Sylvia Hanika (third round, lost to Katrina Adams)
  16. United States Mary Joe Fernández (fourth round, lost to Steffi Graf)

References

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. ISBN 0007117078.
  3. ^ Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. pp. 327–334. ISBN 978-1899039401.
  4. ^ "About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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  7. ^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Boys' Doubles Finals 1982–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Girls' Doubles Finals 1982–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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