1988 French Open

1988 French Open
1988 French Open
Date	23 May - 5 June
Edition	92nd
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade 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

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.

Seniors[]

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[]

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[]

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

Women's doubles[]

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

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
Singles ^[2]	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[]

^ Times, Robin Herman and Special To the New York. "TENNIS; Graf Shuts Out Zvereva to Gain French Open Title". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ John Barrett, ed. (1989). World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-00-218311-6.

External links[]

French Open official website

Preceded by 1988 Australian Open	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 1988 Wimbledon Championships

[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.

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