Women's singles Champion Steffi Graf Runner-up Gabriela Sabatini Final score 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1988 tennis event results
Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1988 U.S. Open. As a result, she became the third woman to win the Grand Slam , after Maureen Connolly and Margaret Court . Moreover, it was the fourth component of her Golden Slam , which remains the only Golden Slam won in able-bodied tennis of any discipline. With the win, Graf also completed the career Grand Slam in singles. It was Sabatini's maiden major final.
Martina Navratilova was the two-time defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Zina Garrison .
Seeds [ ]
Steffi Graf (champion)
Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)
Chris Evert (semifinals, withdrew due to illness) [1]
Pam Shriver (second round)
Gabriela Sabatini (final)
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (quarterfinals)
Helena Suková (fourth round)
Natasha Zvereva (first round)
Lori McNeil (third round)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (third round)
Zina Garrison (semifinals)
Barbara Potter (fourth round)
Mary Joe Fernández (third round)
Katerina Maleeva (quarterfinals)
Sylvia Hanika (third round)
Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinals)
Qualifying [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Steffi Graf
6
6
14
Katerina Maleeva
3
0
1
Steffi Graf
3
Chris Evert
w/o
3
Chris Evert
3
6
6
6
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
6
4
2
1
Steffi Graf
6
3
6
5
Gabriela Sabatini
3
6
1
5
Gabriela Sabatini
4
6
6
16
Larisa Savchenko
6
4
1
5
Gabriela Sabatini
6
7
11
Zina Garrison
4
5
11
Zina Garrison
6
63
7
2
Martina Navratilova
4
77
5
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
Section 6 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
16
L Savchenko
77
6
L Golarsa
64
2
16
L Savchenko
5
7
6
E Burgin
6
E Burgin
7
5
4
E Pfaff
3
16
L Savchenko
6
6
G Magers
6
5
6
C Bassett-Seguso
4
3
S Meier
3
7
4
G Magers
4
1
A Villagrán
3
0
C Bassett-Seguso
6
6
C Bassett-Seguso
6
6
16
L Savchenko
6
6
T Phelps
3
6
6
T Phelps
3
1
WC
C Cunningham
6
1
2
T Phelps
7
6
WC
D Graham
4
6
1
A Henricksson
5
2
A Henricksson
6
4
6
T Phelps
4
6
77
L Meskhi
7
4
6
L Meskhi
6
3
64
Q
T Scheuer-Larsen
5
6
3
L Meskhi
4
6
6
A Smith
4
3
4
P Shriver
6
1
4
4
P Shriver
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
Section 8 [ ]
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