WTA Tour 1988

◄ WTA Tour 1988 ►
Period:	December 1987 - December 1988
Edition:	18th
Number of tournaments:	63
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Doubles Championships Olympic Games Tier I (2) Tier II (7) Tier III (10) Tier IV (9) Tier V (28)
successes
Most tournament victories:	Steffi Graf (11)
Most of the finals:	Steffi Graf (12)
Awards
Player of the year:	Steffi Graf
Double team of the year:	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
Newcomer of the year:	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Newcomer of the year:	Natallja Sverava
Returner of the year:	Pascale Paradis

Australian Open ,
French Open ,
Wimbledon Championships
and US Open :
Steffi Graf

The 1988 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims World Championships Series 1988 ) was the 18th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Federation Cup team competition is not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . It is still listed because the top players usually play there too.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Tour Championships Tier I. Tier II Tier III Tier IV & V

Others Federation Cup Olympic games

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
28.12.	Ariadne Women's Classic Brisbane , Australia Tier V - $ 150,000 Turf - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná	7: 6, 7: 6
		Betsy Nagelsen Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.01.	New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia Tier IV - $ 200,000 Turf - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Pam Shriver	Helena Suková	6: 2, 6: 3
		Ann Henricksson Christiane Jolissaint	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3
11.01.	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - $ 711,450 Hard Court - 128E / Q60 / 64D / 32M	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6: 1, 7: 6 3
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull	6-0, 7-5
		Jana Novotná Jim Pugh	Martina Navrátilová Tim Gullikson	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
25.01.	Nutri-Metics Auckland , New Zealand Tier V - $ 50,000 Hard Court - 56E / 24D	Patty Fendick	Sara Gomer	6: 3, 7: 6
		Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Cammy MacGregor, Cynthia MacGregor	6: 2, 6: 1

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
01.02.	Fernleaf Classic Wellington , New Zealand Tier V - $ 50,000 Hard Court - 56E / 24D	Jill Hetherington	Katrina Adams	6: 1, 6: 1
		Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6: 3, 6: 3
08.02.	Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas , United States Tier III - $ 250,000 Carpet (Hall) - 32E / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Pam Shriver	6: 0, 6: 3
		Lori McNeil Eva Pfaff	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
02/15	Virginia Slims of California Oakland , United States Tier III - $ 250,000 Carpet (Hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Laryssa Savchenko	6: 1, 6: 2
		Rosie Casals Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná	6: 4, 6: 4
02/22	Virginia Slims of Oklahoma Oklahoma City , United States Tier V - $ 100,000 Indoor Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Lori McNeil	Brenda Schultz	6: 3, 6: 2
		Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	Catarina Lindqvist Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6: 4, 6: 4
	Virginia Slims of Washington Fairfax , United States Tier II - $ 300,000 Indoor Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Pam Shriver	6-0, 6-2
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Gabriela Sabatini Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 4
02/29	US Hard Court Championships San Antonio , United States Tier IV - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleewa	6: 4, 6: 1
		Lori McNeil Helena Suková	Rosalyn Fairbank Gretchen Magers	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 2
	Virginia Slims of Kansas Wichita , United States Tier V - $ 100,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Manuela Maleewa	Sylvia Hanika	7: 6, 7: 5
		Natalia Bykowa Svetlana Parchomenko	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	6: 3, 6: 4

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.03.	Virginia Slims of Florida Boca Raton , United States Tier II - $ 300,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Gabriela Sabatini	Steffi Graf	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
		Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
14.03.	Lipton International Players Championships Miami , United States Tier I - $ 750,000 Hard Court - 128E / 64Q / 64D	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6: 4, 6: 4
		Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	7: 6, 6: 3
28.03.	Eckerd Open Tampa , United States Tier IV - $ 200,000 Clay - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Chris Evert	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7: 6, 6: 4
		Terry Phelps Raffaella Reggi	Cammy MacGregor, Cynthia MacGregor	6: 2, 6: 4

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04/04	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island , United States Tier II - $ 300,000 Clay - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Martina Navrátilová	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4
		Lori McNeil Martina Navrátilová	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Gabriela Sabatini	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3
04/11	Bausch & Lomb Amelia Island Amelia Island , United States Tier II - $ 300,000 Clay - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Martina Navrátilová	Gabriela Sabatini	6-0, 6-2
		Zina Garrison Eva Pfaff	Katrina Adams Penny Barg	4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
	Suntory Japan Open Tokyo , Japan Tier V - $ 100,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Patty Fendick	Stephanie Deer	6: 3, 7: 5
		Gigi Fernández Robin White	Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken	6: 1, 6: 4
April 18	Singapore Open Singapore , Singapore Tier V - $ 50,000 Clay - 32E / 13D	Monique Javer	Leila Mes'chi	7: 6, 6: 3
		Natalja Bykowa Natalija Medvedeva	Leila Mes'chi Svetlana Parchomenko	7: 6, 6: 3
	Taipei International Championships Taipei Tier V - $ 50,000 Carpet (Hall) - 27E / 10D	Stephanie Deer	Brenda Schultz	6: 4, 6: 4
		Patty Fendick Ann Henricksson	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 2
	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston , United States Tier III - $ 250,000 Clay - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6-0, 6-4
		Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	Lori McNeil Martina Navrátilová	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
04/25	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Tier III - $ 250,000 Carpet (Indoor) - 28E / 24Q / 16D	Pam Shriver	Helena Suková	7: 5, 6: 1
		Pam Shriver Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
	Citta di Taranto Taranto , Italy Tier V - $ 50,000 Clay Court - 32E / 26Q / 16D	Helen Kelesi	Laura Garrone	6: 1, 6: 0
		Andrea Betzner Claudia Porwik	Laura Garrone Helen Kelesi	6: 1, 6: 2
	International Championships of Spain Barcelona , Spain Tier V - $ 50,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Run out of slides	Bettina Fulco	6: 3, 6: 3
		Iva Budařová Sandra Wasserman	Anna-Karin Olsson Maria Jose Llorca	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02.05.	Italian Open Rome , Italy Tier IV - $ 200,000 Clay Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Gabriela Sabatini	Helen Kelesi	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 1
		Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5
09.05.	German Open Berlin (West) , Federal Republic of Germany Tier I - $ 300,000 Clay Court - 56E / 27Q / 28D	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 2
		Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
16.05.	European Open Geneva , Switzerland Tier V - $ 100,000 Clay Court - 32E / 28Q / 16D	Barbara Paulus	Lori McNeil	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 1
		Christiane Jolissaint Dinky Van Rensburg	Maria Lindstrom Claudia Porwik	6: 1, 6: 3
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France Tier V - $ 100,000 Clay Court - 32E / 28Q / 16D	Sandra Cecchini	Judith Wiesner	6: 3, 6: 0
		Manon Bollegraf Nicole Provis	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 3
05/23	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 1,645,000 Clay Court - 128E / 64Q / 64D / 56M	Steffi Graf	Natallja Sverava	6-0, 6-0
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 2, 7: 5
		Lori McNeil Jorge Lozano	Brenda Schultz Michiel Schapers	7: 5, 6: 2

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.06.	The Dow Classic Birmingham , UK Tier V - $ 150,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 6: 1
		Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava	Leila Mes'chi Svetlana Parchomenko	6: 4, 6: 1
13.06.	Pilkington Championships Eastbourne , UK Tier III - $ 250,000 Lawn - 64E / 32Q / 32D	Martina Navrátilová	Natallja Sverava	6: 2, 6: 2
		Eva Pfaff Elizabeth Smylie	Belinda Cordwell Dinky Van Rensburg	6: 3, 7: 6
June 20	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , United Kingdom Grand Slam - $ 1,815,396 Lawn - 128E / 64Q / 64D / 64M	Steffi Graf	Martina Navrátilová	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 1
		Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini	Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava	6: 3, 1: 6, [12:10]
		Zina Garrison Sherwood Stewart	Gretchen Magers Kelly Jones	6: 1, 7: 6

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.07.	Volvo Ladies Cup Båstad , Sweden Tier V - $ 75,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Isabel Cueto	Sandra Cecchini	7: 5, 6: 1
		Sandra Cecchini Mercedes Paz	Linda Ferrando Silvia La Fratta	6-0, 6-2
07/11	Belgian Ladies Open Brussels , Belgium Tier V - $ 75,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Raffaella Reggi	6-0, 7-5
		Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Katerina Maleewa Raffaella Reggi	7: 6, 6: 1
	Nice Ladies Open Nice , France Tier V - $ 100,000 Clay Court - 32E / 21Q / 16D	Sandra Cecchini	Nathalie Tauziat	7: 5, 6: 4
		Catherine Suire Catherine Tanvier	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport , United States Tier IV - $ 200,000 Lawn - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Lori McNeil	Barbara Potter	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
		Rosalyn Fairbank Barbara Potter	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	6: 4, 6: 3
07/18	Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence , France Tier V - $ 100,000 Clay - 56E / 24D	Judith Wiesner	Sylvia Hanika	6: 1, 6: 2
		Nathalie Herreman Catherine Tanvier	Sandra Cecchini Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 4, 7: 5
	OTB Open Schenectady , United States Tier V - $ 50,000 Hard Court - 32E / 30Q / 16D	Gretchen Magers	Terry Phelps	7: 6, 6: 4
		Ann Henricksson Julie Richardson	Lea Antonoplis Cammy MacGregor	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 5
25.07.	Citizen Cup Hamburg , West Germany Tier IV - $ 200,000 Clay Court - 56E / 28D	Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleewa	6: 4, 6: 2
		Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Andrea Betzner Judith Wiesner	6: 4, 6: 2
	Northern California Open Aptos , United States Tier V - $ 50,000 Hard Court - 32E / 29Q / 16D	Sara Gomer	Robin White	6: 4, 7: 5
		Lise Gregory Ronni Reis	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	6: 3, 6: 4

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08/01	Athens Greece Athens , Greece Tier V - $ 75,000 Clay - 32E / 22Q / 16D	Isabel Cueto	Laura Golarsa	6-0, 6-1
		Sabrina Goleš Judith Wiesner	Silke Frankl Sabine Hack	7: 5, 6: 0
	Pringle's Light Classic Cincinnati , United States Tier III - $ 250,000 hard court - 32E / 16D	Barbara Potter	Helen Kelesi	6: 2, 6: 2
		Beth Mr. Candy Reynolds	Lindsay Bartlett Helen Kelesi	4: 6, 7: 6 9 , 6: 1
	Virginia Slims of San Diego San Diego , United States Tier V - $ 100,000 Hard Court - 32E / 27Q / 16D	Stephanie Deer	Ann Grossman	6: 1, 6: 1
		Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Betsy Nagelsen Dinky Van Rensburg	7: 6 10 , 6: 4
08.08.	Vitosha The New Otani Sofia , Bulgaria Tier V - $ 100,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Conchita Martínez	Barbara Paulus	6: 1, 6: 2
		Conchita Martínez Barbara Paulus	Sabrina Goleš Katerina Maleewa	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Manhattan Beach , United States Tier II - $ 300,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D	Chris Evert	Gabriela Sabatini	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1
		Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7: 6 2 , 5: 7, 6: 4
08/15	Canadian Open Player's Challenge Montreal , Canada Tier II - $ 300,000 Hard Court - 56E / 27Q / 28D	Gabriela Sabatini	Natallja Sverava	6: 1, 6: 2
		Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 6
08/22	United Jersey Bank Classic Mahwah , United States Tier IV - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 28E / 48Q / 16D	Steffi Graf	Nathalie Tauziat	6-0, 6-1
		Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6: 3, 6: 2
08/29	US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 1,937,333 Hard Court - 128E / 64Q / 64D / 32M	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1
		Gigi Fernández Robin White	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	6: 4, 6: 1
		Jana Novotná Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie Patrick McEnroe	7: 5, 6: 3

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
12.09.	Virginia Slims of Arizona Phoenix , United States Tier V - $ 100,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Manuela Maleewa	Dinky Van Rensburg	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
		Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	Beth Mr. Terry Phelps	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6
19.09.	Clarins Open Paris , France Tier V - $ 50,000 Clay - 32E / 23Q / 16D	Petra Langrová	Sandra Wasserman	7: 6, 6: 2
		Alexia Dechaume Emmanuelle Derly	Louise Field Nathalie Herreman	6-0, 6-2
	Summer Olympics Seoul , South Korea Olympic Games Hard Court - 46E / 16D	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 3, 6: 3
		Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	4: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.10.	Virginia Slims of New Orleans New Orleans , United States Tier III - $ 250,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Chris Evert	Anne Smith	6: 4, 6: 1
		Beth Mr. Candy Reynolds	Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen	6: 4, 6: 4
10.10.	Honda Classic San Juan , Puerto Rico Tier IV - $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 22Q / 16D	Anne Minter	Mercedes Paz	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
		Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6: 4, 6: 2
	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt , Federal Republic of Germany Tier III - $ 250,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6: 2, 6: 3
		Iwona Kuczyńska Martina Navrátilová	Raffaella Reggi Elna Reinach	6: 1, 6: 4
17.10.	European Indoors Zurich , Switzerland Tier IV - $ 200,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Pam Shriver	Manuela Maleewa	6: 3, 6: 4
		Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 3
	Virginia Slims of Nashville Nashville , United States Tier V - $ 100,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Susan Sloane	Beverly Bowes	6: 3, 6: 2
		Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7: 5, 6: 7 1 , 6: 4
October 24	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis , United States Tier V - $ 100,000 Indoor Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Katerina Maleewa	Zina Garrison	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 2
		Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	6: 2, 6: 1
	Brighton Brighton , UK Tier III - $ 250,000 Carpet (Hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleewa	6: 2, 6: 0
		Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	7: 6, 2: 6, 7: 6
October 31	Virginia Slims of New England Worcester , United States Tier II - $ 300,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Natallja Sverava	6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Gabriela Sabatini Helena Suková	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 5

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.11.	Rainha Cup Guarujá , Brazil Tier V - $ 50,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Mercedes Paz	Rene Simpson	7: 5, 6: 2
		Bettina Fulco Mercedes Paz	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	6: 3, 6: 4
	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago , United States Tier III - $ 250,000 Carpet (Hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6: 2, 6: 2
		Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen	Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
11/14	WTA Championships New York , United States Masters - $ 1,000,000 Carpet (Indoor) - 16E / 8D	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver	7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava	6: 3, 6: 4
11/21	World Doubles Championships Tokyo , Japan $ 250,000 Carpet (Indoor) - 8D	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7: 5, 7: 5
11/28	Danone Southern Cross Classic Adelaide , Australia Tier V - $ 100,000 Hard Court - 32E / 30Q / 16D	Jana Novotná	Jana Pospíšilová	7: 5, 6: 4
		Sylvia Hanika Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Lori McNeil Jana Novotná	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 4

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.12.	Federation Cup Final Melbourne , Australia , ITF - Hard Court	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	2: 1

¹ The date marks the beginning of the week

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).