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1988 Dow Chemical Classic

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1988 Dow Classic
DateJune 6 – June 12
Edition7th
CategoryTier IV
SurfaceGrass / Outdoor
LocationBirmingham, England
VenueEdgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Doubles
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
← 1987 · Dow Classic · 1989 →

The 1988 Dow Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham in England and was part of Tier IV of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from June 6 through June 12, 1988.

Winners

Women's Singles

West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch defeated United States Pam Shriver 6–2, 6–1

  • It was Kohde-Kilsch's 1st title of the year and the 29th of her career.

Women's Doubles

Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva defeated Soviet Union Leila Meskhi / Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko 6–4, 6–1

  • It was Savchenko's 1st title of the year and the 9th of her career. It was Zvereva's 1st title of the year and the 1st of her career.