1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

First-seeded Steffi Graf defeated the record six-time defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.[1] This was Graf's third step towards completing the first, and so far only, Calendar Year Golden Slam.

Women's Singles
1988 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Martina Navratilova
Final score5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Draw128 (8Q / 8WC)
Seeds16
Main article: 1988 Wimbledon Championships

After Graf took a 5-3 lead in the first set, Navratilova won six straight games allowing her to win the first set and take a 2-0 lead in the second set. Graf then came back winning 12 of the next 13 games and the match.[2]

The semi-final match between Chris Evert and Navratilova was the last time they faced each other in a Grand Slam, with Navratilova extending her lead in their head-to-head rivalry in Grand Slam tournaments to 14-8.

Seeds
01.   Steffi Graf (Champion)
02.   Martina Navratilova (Final)
03.   Pam Shriver (Semifinals)
04.   Chris Evert (Semifinals)
05.   Gabriela Sabatini (Fourth round)
06.   Helena Suková (Quarterfinals)
07.   Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (First round)
08.   Natasha Zvereva (Fourth round)
09.   Hana Mandlíková (Third round)
10.   Lori McNeil (Third round)
11.   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (Withdrew)
12.   Zina Garrison (Quarterfinals)
13.   Larisa Savchenko (Fourth round)
14.   Katerina Maleeva (Fourth round)
15.   Sylvia Hanika (Third round)
16.   Mary Joe Fernández (Fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch withdrew due to a knee injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Shaun Stafford.

Qualifying
Main article: 1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Steffi Graf 6 6
Pascale Paradis 3 1
1 Steffi Graf 6 6
3 Pam Shriver 1 2
3 Pam Shriver 6 6
12 Zina Garrison 4 4
1 Steffi Graf 5 6 6
2 Martina Navratilova 7 2 1
6 Helena Suková 3 64
4 Chris Evert 6 77
4 Chris Evert 1 6 5
2 Martina Navratilova 6 4 7
Rosalyn Fairbank 6 4 5
2 Martina Navratilova 4 6 7

Top half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 S Graf 6 6
N Hu 0 0 1 S Graf 6 6
LL K Quentrec 77 6 LL K Quentrec 2 0
J Halard 63 1 1 S Graf 6 6
M Louie Harper 77 3 4 T Phelps 3 1
WC S Loosemore 62 6 6 WC S Loosemore 1 1
T Phelps 7 60 6 T Phelps 6 6
W Turnbull 5 77 0 1 S Graf 6 6
I Kuczyńska 5 6 6 16 MJ Fernández 2 2
E Nagelsen 7 1 3 I Kuczyńska 7 6
E Pfaff 5 3 Q L Field 5 4
Q L Field 7 6 I Kuczyńska 4 1
Q S Collins 4 6 7 16 MJ Fernández 6 6
L Meskhi 6 4 9 L Meskhi 1 5
N Jagerman 3 2 16 MJ Fernández 6 7
16 MJ Fernández 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
9 H Mandlíková 6 7
L Garrone 3 5 9 H Mandlíková 6 6
A Henricksson 6 6 A Henricksson 4 2
E Herr 3 2 9 H Mandlíková 4 3
M Bollegraf 6 6 A Minter 6 6
B Romanò 1 4 M Bollegraf 2 2
A Minter 6 6 A Minter 6 6
A Holíková 3 0 A Minter 3 7 4
J Wiesner 3 7 3 P Paradis 6 5 6
L Golarsa 6 5 6 L Golarsa 4 2
R White 3 6 6 R White 6 6
WC C Wood 6 3 3 R White 4 6 7
N Herreman 6 6 P Paradis 6 3 9
S Walsh-Pete 2 2 N Herreman 4 6 6
P Paradis 6 6 P Paradis 6 3 8
7 M Maleeva-Fragnière 4 3

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 P Shriver 6 4 8
D van Rensburg 2 6 6 3 P Shriver 6 6
J Hetherington 6 4 3 S Parkhomenko 3 4
S Parkhomenko 4 6 6 3 P Shriver 77 77
C Porwik 5 4 S Rehe 65 65
LL L O'Neill 7 6 LL L O'Neill 6 1 4
C Suire 3 7 4 S Rehe 4 6 6
S Rehe 6 5 6 3 P Shriver 6 6
M Javer 6 3 7 14 K Maleeva 2 2
S Meier 2 6 9 S Meier 1 7 4
B Cordwell 6 6 B Cordwell 6 5 6
E Burgin 4 3 B Cordwell 0 0
WC L Gould 66 2 14 K Maleeva 6 6
I Cueto 78 6 I Cueto 0 4
WC A Simpkin 1 0 14 K Maleeva 6 6
14 K Maleeva 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
12 Z Garrison 6 6
W White 3 1 12 Z Garrison 6 6
F Bonsignori 79 3 0 D Balestrat 4 3
D Balestrat 67 6 6 12 Z Garrison 77 6
G Fernández 2 6 8 E Minter 63 0
B Schultz 6 4 6 G Fernández 3 6 3
A Frazier 5 4 E Minter 6 3 6
E Minter 7 6 12 Z Garrison 6 3 6
C Tanvier 6 6 5 G Sabatini 1 6 2
P Medrado 3 1 C Tanvier 6 6
WC A Grunfeld 4 5 M Gurney 3 3
M Gurney 6 7 C Tanvier 2 3
R Zrubáková 6 77 5 G Sabatini 6 6
H Ludloff 3 64 R Zrubáková 4 3
C Bassett-Seguso 6 6 5 G Sabatini 6 6
5 G Sabatini 2 2

Bottom half

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 H Suková 7 1 6
I Demongeot 5 6 2 6 H Suková 6 6
J Novotná 6 7 J Novotná 2 2
T Scheuer-Larsen 3 5 6 H Suková 64 6 6
E Inoue 5 7 6 E Inoue 77 3 2
W Probst 7 5 2 E Inoue 6 6
Q P Barg 65 4 S Gomer 4 2
S Gomer 77 6 6 H Suková 77 6
E Krapl 3 6 3 B Potter 64 4
N Bykova 6 3 6 N Bykova 6 4 7
B Potter 6 77 B Potter 2 6 9
L Lapi 3 63 B Potter 4 6 6
M Lindström 65 3 Q J-A Faull 6 3 4
Q J-A Faull 77 6 Q J-A Faull 5 6 6
I Budařová 77 6 I Budařová 7 1 4
LL S Stafford 65 3

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 S Hanika 6 6
H Cioffi 1 2 15 S Hanika 6 6
M Jaggard 2 2 H Witvoet 1 3
H Witvoet 6 6 15 S Hanika 3 3
WC V Lake 3 2 K Adams 6 6
K Adams 6 6 K Adams 2 6 6
N Tauziat 6 6 N Tauziat 6 4 4
A Devries 2 4 K Adams 7 3 0
A Sánchez Vicario 3 4 4 C Evert 5 6 6
Q K Okamoto 6 6 Q K Okamoto 5 3
G Miró 6 0 2 A Kijimuta 7 6
A Kijimuta 4 6 6 A Kijimuta 4 0
C Singer 6 6 4 C Evert 6 6
S Wasserman 4 0 C Singer 4 6 3
A Dechaume 1 2 4 C Evert 6 3 6
4 C Evert 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 N Zvereva 6 6
Q R Reis 2 3 8 N Zvereva 6 6
P Fendick 6 6 P Fendick 3 3
C Benjamin 2 3 8 N Zvereva 6 77
C Jolissaint 63 6 6 E Reinach 2 64
Q L Gregory 77 4 3 C Jolissaint 1 4
C Lindqvist 63 4 E Reinach 6 6
E Reinach 77 6 8 N Zvereva 2 4
J Durie 6 6 R Fairbank 6 6
M Werdel 4 2 J Durie 2 6 5
R Fairbank 6 6 R Fairbank 6 1 7
M-L Daniels 2 3 R Fairbank 77 6
S Sloane 6 6 10 L McNeil 63 4
WC T Catlin 3 1 S Sloane 77 4 4
N Provis 3 5 10 L McNeil 63 6 6
10 L McNeil 6 7

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
13 L Savchenko 6 6
J Byrne 2 2 13 L Savchenko 77 6
M Yanagi 6 6 M Yanagi 64 3
B Gerken 4 1 13 L Savchenko 6 6
A Villagrán 6 6 WC J Salmon 1 2
L Ferrando 3 3 A Villagrán 77 1 2
E Smylie 4 4 WC J Salmon 61 6 6
WC J Salmon 6 6 13 L Savchenko 4 2
G Magers 77 3 7 2 M Navratilova 6 6
H Kelesi 65 6 5 G Magers 4 66
Q K Hunter 3 2 K Schimper 6 78
K Schimper 6 6 K Schimper 0 4
K Horvath 4 4 2 M Navratilova 6 6
E Hakami 6 6 E Hakami 2 1
S Goleš 1 2 2 M Navratilova 6 6
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See also

References
  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. Peter Alfano (3 July 1988). "Wimbledon; An Era Ends as Graf Beats Navratilova". The New York Times.
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