1988 French Open

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 92nd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1988.

1988 French Open
Date23 May - 5 June
Edition92nd
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Mats Wilander
Women's Singles
Steffi Graf
Men's Doubles
Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez Vicario
Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
Mixed Doubles
Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano

Seniors

Men's singles
Main article: 1988 French Open – Men's Singles

Mats Wilander defeated 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.

Women's singles
Main article: 1988 French Open – Women's Singles

Steffi Graf defeated Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0

  • This was the shortest women's singles Grand Slam final in the Open Era; Graf won the match in 32[1] minutes.
  • It was Graf's 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd (consecutive) French Open title.

Men's doubles
Main article: 1988 French Open – Men's Doubles

Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez Vicario defeated John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles
Main article: 1988 French Open – Women's Doubles

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková, 6–2, 7–5

Mixed doubles
Main article: 1988 French Open – Mixed Doubles

Lori McNeil / Jorge Lozano defeated Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Michiel Schapers, 7–5, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Nicolas Pereira defeated Magnus Larsson, 7–6, 6–3

Girls' singles

Julie Halard defeated Andrea Farley, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5

Boys' doubles

Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Cristiano Caratti / Goran Ivanišević, 7–6, 7–5

Girls' doubles

Alexia Dechaume / Emmanuelle Derly defeated Julie Halard / Maïder Laval, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Prize money
Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [2] Men FF1,500,240 FF750,120 FF375,060 FF190,030 FF100,019 FF56,009 FF33,015 FF20,123
Women FF1,436,390 FF731,700 FF362,440 FF183,450 FF89,850 FF46,330 FF24,540 FF12,750

Total prize money for the event was FF20,963,950.

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References
  1. Times, Robin Herman and Special To the New York. "TENNIS; Graf Shuts Out Zvereva to Gain French Open Title". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1989). World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-00-218311-6.
Preceded by
1988 Australian Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1988 Wimbledon Championships
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