1988 WTA Tour
The 1988 WTA Tour was the elite tour for professional women's tennis of the Women's International Tennis Association (WITA) for the 1988 season. The 1988 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WITA Tour Championships and the WTA Category 1-5 events.[1][2] ITF tournaments were not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
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| Details | |
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| Duration | November 30, 1987 – November 27, 1988 |
| Edition | 18th |
| Tournaments | 63 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Category 5 (9) WTA Category 4 (10) WTA Category 3 (8) WTA Category 2 (14) WTA Category 1 (16) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  |
| Most tournament finals | |
| Prize money leader | |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | |
| Doubles Team of the year |  |
| Most improved player of the year |  |
| Newcomer of the year |  |
| Comeback player of the year |  |
← 1987 1989 → | |
The tour was governed by the Women's International Professional Tennis Council (WIPTC), a cooperation between WITA, ITF and recognized tournaments.[2] Philip Morris sponsored the tour under its Virginia Slims brand.[2]
Schedule
The table below shows the 1988 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| Category 6 events |
| Category 5 events |
| Category 4 events |
| Category 3 events |
| Category 2 and 1 events |
| Summer Olympics |
| Team events |
December 1987
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov | Argentine Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Category 1 $50,000 - Clay -56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |  6–0, 6–2 | |  |   |
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| 7 Dec | Brazilian Open Guarujá, Brazil Category 1 $50,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles | 6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–4 | | | |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | | ||||
| 28 Dec | Ariadne Women's Classic Brisbane, Australia Category 2 $150,000 - Grass - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles | 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) |  | |  |
2–6, 7–5, 6–2 | |
January
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February
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March
April
May
June
July
August
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September
October
November
Statistical Information
Titles won by player
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1988 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular WTA tour events. The players/nations are sorted by:
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
| Total titles | Player | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Regular tournaments |
All titles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | ||
Titles won by nation
| Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Regular tournaments |
All titles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | ||
Rankings
Below are the 1988 WTA year-end rankings (December 19, 1988) in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also
- 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix – men's circuit
References
- Barrett, John (1988). World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. ISBN 978-0002182690.
- "Rules and Regulations". Women's Tennis Association (WITA). 1988 – via University of California San Francisco (UCSF)'s Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1988" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1988" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.