1988 WTA Tour
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Details | |
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Duration | November 30, 1987 – November 27, 1988 |
Edition | 16th |
Tournaments | 63 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Category 6 (1) 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 | Steffi Graf (11) |
Most tournament finals | Steffi Graf (12) |
Prize money leader | Steffi Graf $1,378,128 |
Points leader | Steffi Graf 325.78 |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Steffi Graf |
Doubles team of the year | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
Most improved player of the year | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
Newcomer of the year | Natasha Zvereva |
Comeback player of the year | Pascale Paradis |
← 1987 1989 → |
The 1988 WTA Tour was the 16th 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.
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]
Steffi Graf became the first singles player in history to win the Golden Slam by taking the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open singles titles, along with the Olympic gold medal. Graf's defeat by Pam Shriver in the semifinals of the Virginia Slims Championships deprived her of a Super Slam.[3]
Schedule[edit]
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[edit]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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30 Nov | Argentine Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Category 1 Clay – $50,000 -56S/28D/32Q Singles – Doubles | Gabriela Sabatini 6–0, 6–2 | Isabel Cueto | Bettina Fulco Barbara Paulus | Mercedes Paz Gisele Miró Patricia Tarabini Laura Garrone |
Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini 6–2, 6–2 | Jill Hetherington Christiane Jolissaint | ||||
7 Dec | Brazilian Open Guarujá, Brazil Category 1 Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D/32Q Singles – Doubles | Neige Dias 6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–4 | Pat Madrado | Amy Frazier Bettina Fulco | Barbara Paulus Laura Garrone Mercedes Paz Céline Cohen |
Katrina Adams Cheryl Jones 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | Jill Hetherington Mercedes Paz | ||||
28 Dec | Ariadne Women's Classic Brisbane, Australia Category 2 Grass – $150,000 – 56S/32D/32Q Singles – Doubles | Pam Shriver 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) | Jana Novotná | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Patty Fendick | Claudia Porwik Manon Bollegraf Sylvia Hanika Pascale Paradis |
Betsy Nagelsen Pam Shriver 2–6, 7–5, 6–2 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková |