1988 WTA Tour
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Duration | November 30, 1987 – November 27, 1988 |
Edition | 18th |
Tournaments | 63 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Category 5 (9) WTA Category 4 (10) WTA Category 3 (8) WTA Category 2 (14) WTA Category 1 (16) |
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Player of the year | ![]() |
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The 1988 WTA Tour was the 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]
Having become the only player in history to win the Golden Grand Slam by taking the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open singles titles, along with the Olympic Gold Medal; Steffi Graf's defeat in the semi finals by Pam Shriver at the final tournament of the year, the Virginia Slims Championships, deprived her of the Super Slam and the Super Golden Slam.[3]
Schedule[]
The table below shows the 1988 WTA Tour schedule.
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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[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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30 Nov | Argentine Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Category 1 $50,000 - Clay -56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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7 Dec | Brazilian Open Guarujá, Brazil Category 1 $50,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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28 Dec | Ariadne Women's Classic Brisbane, Australia Category 2 $150,000 - Grass - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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January[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Jan | New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Category 3 $200,000 - Grass - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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11 Jan 18 Jan |
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $711,445 - Hard(Rebound Ace) - 128S/64D/32X/64Q Singles - Doubles - Mixed |
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25 Jan | Nutri-Metics Open Auckland, New Zealand Category 1 $50,000 -Hard - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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February[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Feb | Fernleaf Classic Wellington, New Zealand Category 1 $50,000 - Hard - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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8 Feb | Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas, United States Category 4 $250,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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15 Feb | Virginia Slims of California Oakland, United States Category 4 $250,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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22 Feb | Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, United States Category 5 $300,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Virginia Slims of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, United States Category 2 $100,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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29 Feb | Virginia Slims of Kansas Kansas City, United States Category 2 $100,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships San Antonio, United States Category 3 $200,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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March[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Mar | Virginia Slims of Florida Boca Raton, United States Category 5 $300,000 - Hard - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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14 Mar 21 Mar |
Lipton International Players Championships Key Biscayne, United States Category 6 $750,000 - Hard - 128S/64D/64Q Singles - Doubles |
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28 Mar | Eckerd Open Tampa, United States Category 3 $200,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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April[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Apr | Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island, United States Category 5 $300,000 - Clay - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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11 Apr | Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, United States Category 5 $300,000 - Clay - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Suntory Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Category 2 $100,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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18 Apr | Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, United States Category 4 $250,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Taipei Women's Championship Taipei, Taiwan Category 1 $50,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/16D Singles - Doubles |
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Singapore Open Singapore Category 1 $50,000 - Hard - 32S/16D Singles - Doubles |
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25 Apr | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Category 4 $250,000 - Carpet (i) - 28S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Citta de Taranto Taranto, Italy Category 1 $50,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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International Championships of Spain Barcelona, Spain Category 1 $50,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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May[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2 May | Italian Open Rome, Italy Category 3 $200,000 - Clay - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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9 May | German Open West Berlin, West Germany Category 5 $300,000 - Clay - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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16 May | European Open Geneva, Switzerland Category 2 $100,000 - Clay - 64S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Grand Prix de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Category 2 $100,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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23 May 30 May |
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $1,488,000 - Clay - 128S/64D/56X/64Q Singles - Doubles - Mixed |
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June[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Jun | Dow Chemical Classic Birmingham, Great Britain Category 2 $150,000 - Grass - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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13 Jun | Pilkington Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Category 4 $250,000 - Grass - 64S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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20 Jun 27 Jun |
Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam $1,717,085 - Grass - 128S/64D/64X/64Q Singles - Doubles - Mixed |
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July[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Jul | Volvo Ladies Open Båstad, Sweden Category 1 $75,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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11 Jul | Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, United States Category 3 $200,000 - Grass - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Nice, France Category 2 $100,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q - |
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Belgian Ladies Open Brussels, Belgium Category 1 $75,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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18 Jul | WTA Aix-en-Provence Open Aix-en-Provence, France Category 2 $100,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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OTB Open Schenectady, United States Category 1 $50,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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25 Jul | Aptos, California, United States Category 1 $50,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q - |
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Citizen Cup Hamburg, West Germany Category 3 $200,000 - Clay - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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August[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Aug | Pringles Light Classic Mason, United States Category 4 $250,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Virginia Slims of San Diego San Diego, United States Category 2 $100,000 - Hard - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Athens Open Athens, Greece Category 1 $75,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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8 Aug | Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Los Angeles, United States Category 5 $300,000 - Hard - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Sofia Open Sofia, Bulgaria Category 2 $100,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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15 Aug | Canadian Open Montreal, Canada Category 5 $300,000 - Hard - 56S/32D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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22 Aug | United Jersey Bank Classic Mahwah, United States Category 3 $200,000 - Hard - 28S/16D/48Q Singles - Doubles |
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29 Aug 5 Sep |
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $1,937,333 - Hard - 128S/64D/32X/64Q Singles - Doubles - Mixed |
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September[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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12 Sep | Virginia Slims of Arizona Phoenix, United States Category 2 $100,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/16D/32Q - |
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19 Sep | Clarins Open Paris, France Category 1 $50,000 - Clay - 32S/16D/32Q - |
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19 Sep 26 Sep |
Summer Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea Summer Olympic Games Hard 48S/14D Singles – Doubles |
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October[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Oct | Virginia Slims of New Orleans New Orleans, United States Category 4 $250,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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10 Oct | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, West Germany Category 4 $250,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Honda Classic San Juan, Puerto Rico Category 1 $75,000 - Hard - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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17 Oct | European Indoors Zürich, Switzerland Category 3 $200,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Virginia Slims of Nashville Nashville, United States Category 2 $100,000 - Hard - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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24 Oct | Midland Group Championships Brighton, Great Britain Category 4 $250,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States Category 2 $100,000 - Hard - 56S/28D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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31 Oct | Virginia Slims of New England Worcester, United States Category 5 $300,000 - Hard (i) - 32S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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November[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Nov | Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Category 4 $250,000 - Carpet (i) - 28S/16D/32Q Singles - Doubles |
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Rainha Cup Guarujá, Brazil Category 1 $50,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles |
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14 Nov | Virginia Slims Championships New York City, United States Year-End Championship $1,000,000 - Carpet (i) - 16S/8D Singles - Doubles |
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21 Nov | Bridgestone Doubles Championships Tokyo, Japan $250,000 - Carpet (i) - 8D Doubles |
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December[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Dec | Fed Cup Melbourne, Australia Team Hard |
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Statistical Information[]
Titles won by player[]
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1988 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular WTA tour events. The players/nations are sorted by:
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Total titles | Player | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Regular tournaments |
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
Titles won by nation[]
Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments |
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
Rankings[]
Below are the 1988 WTA year-end rankings (December 19, 1988) in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also[]
- 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix – men's circuit
References[]
- ^ Barrett, John (1988). World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. ISBN 978-0002182690.
- ^ a b c "Rules and Regulations". Women's Tennis Association (WITA). 1988 – via University of California San Francisco (UCSF)'s Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.
- ^ Collins, Bud. The Bud Collins History of Tennis. New Chapter Press; 3rd ed. edition (15 Jan. 2016). ISBN 978-1937559380
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1988" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1988" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- 1988 WTA Tour
- 1988 in tennis
- WTA Tour seasons