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.

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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