1988 French Open

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1988 French Open
Roland-garros-1988.jpg
Date:   23 May - 5 June
Edition:   87th
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface:   Clay
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Venue:   Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Sweden Mats Wilander
Women's Singles
West Germany Steffi Graf
Men's Doubles
Ecuador Andrés Gómez / Spain Emilio Sánchez Vicario
Women's Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
Mixed Doubles
United States Lori McNeil / Mexico Jorge Lozano
French Open
 < 1987 1989 > 

The 1988 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 87th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1988.

Contents

[edit] Seniors

[edit] Men's singles

Sweden Mats Wilander def. France Henri Leconte, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1

  • It was Wilander's 6th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd (and last) French Open title.

[edit] Women's singles

West Germany Steffi Graf def. Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0

  • This was the most one-sided women's singles final in Grand Slam history; Graf won the match in 32 minutes
  • It was Graf's 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd (consecutive) French Open title.

[edit] Men's doubles

Ecuador Andrés Gómez / Spain Emilio Sánchez Vicario def. Australia John Fitzgerald / Sweden Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

[edit] Women's doubles

United States Martina Navrátilová / United States Pam Shriver def. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková, 6–2, 7–5

[edit] Mixed doubles

United States Lori McNeil / Mexico Jorge Lozano def. Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Netherlands Michiel Schapers, 7–5, 6–2

[edit] Juniors

[edit] Boys' singles

Venezuela Nicolas Pereira def. Sweden Magnus Larsson, 7–6, 6–3

[edit] Girls' singles

France Julie Halard def. Sweden Andrea Farley, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

[edit] Boys' doubles

Australia Jason Stoltenberg / Australia Todd Woodbridge

[edit] Girls' doubles

France Alexia Dechaume / France Emmanuelle Derly

[edit] Notes

Preceded by
1987 French Open
French Open Succeeded by
1989 French Open
Preceded by
1988 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1988 Wimbledon Championships
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