The 1988 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 76th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 11 through 24 January 1988 and was the first edition of the tournament hosted at Flinders Park. It would mark the first time a Grand Slam final would be played indoors under a roof; after the first 3 games of the Women's Final, there was a 1-hour & 23 min delay to close the roof.
This was the first Australian Open to have 128-players in each singles category, in line with the other three majors.
See main article: 1988 Australian Open – Men's singles. 
Mats Wilander defeated 
Pat Cash 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 6–1, 8–6
See main article: 1988 Australian Open – Women's singles. Steffi Graf defeated 
Chris Evert 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
See main article: 1988 Australian Open – Men's doubles. Rick Leach / Jim Pugh defeated 
Jeremy Bates / Peter Lundgren 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
See main article: 1988 Australian Open – Women's doubles. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull 6–0, 7–5
See main article: 1988 Australian Open – Mixed doubles. Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh defeated Martina Navratilova / Tim Gullikson 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Johan Anderson defeated Andrew Florent 7–5, 7–6
Jo-Anne Faull defeated 
Emmanuelle Derly 6–4, 6–4
Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Johan Anderson / Richard Fromberg 6–3, 6–2
Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan defeated Kate McDonald / Rennae Stubbs 6–1, 7–5