1988 WTA Tour explained

1988 WTA Tour
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)
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
Doubles Team Of The Year: Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Previous:1987
Next: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

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

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
30 Nov 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 Neige Dias
6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–4
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 Pam Shriver
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Claudia Porwik
Manon Bollegraf
Sylvia Hanika
Pascale Paradis
Betsy Nagelsen
Pam Shriver
2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková

January

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
4 Jan Pam Shriver
6–2, 6–3
Ann Henricksson
Christiane Jolissaint
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
11 Jan
18 Jan
Steffi Graf
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Hana Mandlíková
Claudia Porwik
Anne Minter
Helena Suková
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
6–0, 7–5
Chris Evert
Wendy Turnbull
Jana Novotná
Jim Pugh
5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Martina Navratilova
Tim Gullikson
25 Jan Patty Fendick
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Sandra Wasserman
Terry Phelps
Gretchen Magers
Clare Wood
Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
6–2, 6–1
Cammy MacGregor
Cynthia MacGregor

February

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
1 Feb Jill Hetherington
6–1, 6–1
Simone Schilder
Terry Phelps
Gretchen Magers
Belinda Cordwell
Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
6–3, 6–3
Belinda Cordwell
Julie Richardson
8 Feb Martina Navratilova
6–0, 6–3
Katerina Maleeva
Barbara Potter
Mary Lou Daniels
Natasha Zvereva
Lori McNeil
Eva Pfaff
2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Gigi Fernández
Zina Garrison
15 Feb Martina Navratilova
6–1, 6–2
Natasha Zvereva
Hu Na
Hana Mandlíková
Robin White
Rosie Casals
Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–4
Hana Mandlíková
Jana Novotná
22 Feb Martina Navratilova
6–0, 6–2
Zina Garrison
Natasha Zvereva
Barbara Potter
Helena Suková
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–4
Gabriela Sabatini
Helena Suková
Lori McNeil
6–3, 6–2
Brenda Schultz Catarina Lindqvist
Raffaella Reggi
Helen Kelesi
Dinky Van Rensburg
Elna Reinach
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná
Catherine Suire
6–4, 6–4
Catarina Lindqvist
Tine Scheuer-Larsen
29 Feb Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
7–6(7–5), 7–5
Jana Novotná
Natalia Bykova
Peanut Louie-Harper
Pascale Paradis
Natalia Bykova
Svetlana Parkhomenko
6–3, 6–4
Jana Novotná
Catherine Suire
Steffi Graf
6–4, 6–1
Lori McNeil
Helena Suková
Nathalie Tauziat
Natasha Zvereva
Etsuko Inoue
Patty Fendick
Lori McNeil
Helena Suková
6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Rosalyn Fairbank
Gretchen Magers

March

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
7 Mar Gabriela Sabatini
2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Pascale Paradis
Gigi Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández
Sandra Cecchini
Katrina Adams
Zina Garrison
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
14 Mar
21 Mar
Steffi Graf
6–4, 6–4
Stephanie Rehe
Mary Joe Fernández
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Barbara Potter
Elna Reinach
Helena Suková
Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Gigi Fernández
Zina Garrison
28 Mar Chris Evert
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Terry Phelps
Raffaella Reggi
6–2, 6–4
Cammy MacGregor
Cynthia MacGregor

April

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
4 Apr Martina Navratilova
6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Gabriela Sabatini Raffaella Reggi
Lori McNeil
Helen Kelesi
Sylvia Hanika
Lori McNeil
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Gabriela Sabatini
11 Apr Martina Navratilova
6–0, 6–2
Steffi Graf
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Katerina Maleeva
Michelle Torres
Zina Garrison
Kathleen Horvath
Zina Garrison
Eva Pfaff
4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Katrina Adams
Penny Barg
Patty Fendick
6–3, 7–5
Monique Javer
Brenda Schultz
Anne Minter
Larisa Savchenko
Gigi Fernández
Robin White
6–1, 6–4
Lea Antonoplis
Barbara Gerken
18 Apr Chris Evert
6–0, 6–4
Elly Hakami
Zina Garrison
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Patricia Tarabini
Isabel Cueto
Gretchen Magers
Katrina Adams
Zina Garrison
6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4
Martina Navratilova
Lori McNeil
Stephanie Rehe
6–4, 6–4
Jonna Jonerup
Belinda Cordwell
Ann Henricksson
Betsy Nagelsen
Patty Fendick
Ann Henricksson
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Belinda Cordwell
Julie Richardson
Monique Javer
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Carin Bakkum
Michelle Jaggard-Lai
Masako Yanagi
Anne Minter
Natalia Bykova
Natalia Medvedeva
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Leila Meskhi
Svetlana Parkhomenko
25 Apr Pam Shriver
7–5, 6–1
Peanut Louie-Harper
Natasha Zvereva
Etsuko Inoue
Anne Minter
Pam Shriver
Helena Suková
4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Gigi Fernández
Robin White
Helen Kelesi
6–1, 6–0
Radka Zrubáková
Alexia Dechaume
Jana Pospíšilová
Laura Lapi
Andrea Betzner
Claudia Porwik
6–1, 6–2
Laura Garrone
Helen Kelesi
Neige Dias
6–3, 6–3
Sylvia Hanika
Sandra Wasserman
Pat Medrado
Barbara Romanò
Iva Budařová
Sandra Wasserman
1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Anna-Karin Olsson
María José Llorca

May

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
2 May Gabriela Sabatini
6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Raffaella Reggi
Bettina Fulco
Sandra Cecchini
Sylvia Hanika
Jana Novotná
Catherine Suire
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Jenny Byrne
Janine Tremelling
9 May Steffi Graf
6–3, 6–2
Nicole Provis
Sandra Cecchini
Radka Zrubáková
Mary Joe Fernández
Isabelle Demongeot
Nathalie Tauziat
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
16 May Barbara Paulus
6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Iva Budařová
Catarina Lindqvist
Mercedes Paz
Christiane Jolissaint
Dinky Van Rensburg
6–1, 6–3
Maria Lindström
Claudia Porwik
Sandra Cecchini
6–3, 6–0
Kathleen Horvath
Bettina Fulco
Susan Sloane
Anne Minter
Manon Bollegraf
Nicole Provis
7–5, 6–7(11–13), 6–3
Jenny Byrne
Janine Tremelling
23 May
30 May
Steffi Graf
6–0, 6–0
Bettina Fulco
Helen Kelesi
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
6–2, 7–5
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
Lori McNeil
Jorge Lozano
7–5, 6–2
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Michiel Schapers

June

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
6 Jun Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
6–2, 6–1
Rosalyn Fairbank
Anne Minter
Elna Reinach
Belinda Cordwell
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 6–1
Leila Meskhi
Svetlana Parkhomenko
13 Jun Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–2
Larisa Savchenko
Gabriela Sabatini
Anne Minter
Catarina Lindqvist
Eva Pfaff
Elizabeth Smylie
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Belinda Cordwell
Dinky Van Rensburg
20 Jun
27 Jun
Steffi Graf
5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Pascale Paradis
Zina Garrison
Helena Suková
Rosalyn Fairbank
Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
Zina Garrison
Sherwood Stewart
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Gretchen Magers
Kelly Jones

July

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
4 Jul Isabel Cueto
7–5, 6–1
Mercedes Paz
Laura Lapi
Cecilia Dahlman
Gretchen Magers
Sandra Cecchini
Mercedes Paz
6–0, 6–2
Linda Ferrando
Silvia La Fratta
11 Jul Lori McNeil
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Wendy White
Robin White
Lea Antonoplis
Ann Henricksson
Rosalyn Fairbank
Barbara Potter
6–4, 6–3
Gigi Fernández
Lori McNeil
Sandra Cecchini
7–5, 6–4
Silke Frankl
Patricia Tarabini
Laura Garrone
Barbara Paulus
Catherine Suire
Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Isabelle Demongeot
Nathalie Tauziat
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–0, 7–5
Zina Garrison
Mercedes Paz
Silvia La Fratta
Neige Dias
Mercedes Paz
Tine Scheuer-Larsen
7–6(7–3), 6–1
Katerina Maleeva
Raffaella Reggi
18 Jul Judith Wiesner
6–1, 6–2
Nathalie Guerrée
Iva Budařová
Neige Dias
Conchita Martínez
Nathalie Herreman
Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 7–5
Sandra Cecchini
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Gretchen Magers
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Elly Hakami
Ronni Reis
Carrie Cunningham
Akemi Nishiya
Ann Henricksson
Julie Richardson
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Lea Antonoplis
Cammy MacGregor
25 Jul Sara Gomer
6–4, 7–5
Anne Smith
Jo Durie
Ann Grossman
Gretchen Magers
Lise Gregory
Ronni Reis
6–3, 6–4
Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
Steffi Graf
6–4, 6–2
Bettina Fulco
Radka Zrubáková
Raffaella Reggi
Sandra Cecchini
Silke Meier
Isabel Cueto
Jana Novotná
Tine Scheuer-Larsen
6–4, 6–2
Andrea Betzner
Judith Wiesner

August

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
1 Aug Barbara Potter
6–2, 6–2
Kathy Rinaldi
Susan Sloane
Peanut Louie-Harper
Beth Herr
Beth Herr
Candy Reynolds
4–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–1
Lindsay Bartlett
Helen Kelesi
Stephanie Rehe
6–1, 6–1
Jennifer Santrock
Jo Durie
Lisa Bonder
Gretchen Magers
Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
7–6(12–10), 6–4
Betsy Nagelsen
Dianne Van Rensburg
Isabel Cueto
6–0, 6–1
Angeliki Kanellopoulou
Silke Frankl
Sabine Hack
Judith Wiesner
Sabrina Goleš
Judith Wiesner
7–5, 6–0
Silke Frankl
Sabine Hack
8 Aug Chris Evert
2–6, 6–1, 6–1
Stephanie Rehe
Zina Garrison
Patty Fendick
Lori McNeil
Anne Minter
Amy Frazier
Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
Gigi Fernández
Robin White
Conchita Martínez
6–1, 6–2
Iva Budařová
Sabrina Goleš
Hana Fukárková
Sandra Wasserman
Conchita Martínez
Barbara Paulus
1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Sabrina Goleš
Katerina Maleeva
15 Aug Gabriela Sabatini
6–1, 6–2
Martina Navratilova
Terry Phelps
Lori McNeil
Helena Suková
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
Zina Garrison
Pam Shriver
22 Aug Steffi Graf
6–0, 6–1
Sylvia Hanika
Stephanie Rehe
Natasha Zvereva
Catarina Lindqvist
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
6–3, 6–2
Gigi Fernández
Robin White
29 Aug
5 Sep
Steffi Graf
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Chris Evert
Zina Garrison
Katerina Maleeva
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Larisa Savchenko
Martina Navratilova
Gigi Fernández
Robin White
6–4, 6–1
Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
Jana Novotná
Jim Pugh
7–5, 6–3
Elizabeth Smylie
Patrick McEnroe

September

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
12 Sep Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Dinky Van Rensburg Terry Phelps
Rosalyn Fairbank
Wendy White
Elly Hakami
Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(10–8)
Beth Herr
Terry Phelps
19 Sep Petra Langrová
7–6(7–0), 6–2
Jana Pospíšilová
Marie-Christine Damas
Laura Garrone
Sabine Hack
Alexia Dechaume
Emmanuelle Derly
6–0, 6–2
Louise Field
Nathalie Herreman
19 Sep
26 Sep
Larisa Savchenko
Pam Shriver
Natasha Zvereva
Raffaella Reggi
Steffi Graf
6–3, 6–3
Zina Garrison
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Zina Garrison
Pam Shriver
4–6, 6–2, 10–8
Elizabeth Smylie
Wendy Turnbull
Steffi Graf
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

October

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
3 Oct Chris Evert
6–4, 6–1
Anne Smith Susan Sloane
Robin White
Lori McNeil
Barbara Potter
Beth Herr
Candy Reynolds
6–4, 6–4
Lori McNeil
Betsy Nagelsen
10 Oct Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–3
Radka Zrubáková
Elna Reinach
Nathalie Tauziat
Sylvia Hanika
Iwona Kuczyńska
Martina Navratilova
6–1, 6–4
Raffaella Reggi
Elna Reinach
Anne Minter
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Stephanie Rehe
Gretchen Magers
Michelle Jaggard
Camille Benjamin
Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
6–4, 6–2
Gigi Fernández
Robin White
17 Oct Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–4
Brenda Schultz
Raffaella Reggi
Katerina Maleeva
Jana Pospíšilová
Isabelle Demongeot
Nathalie Tauziat
6–3, 6–3
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
Susan Sloane
6–3, 6–2
Barbara Potter
Halle Cioffi
Helen Kelesi
Ann Grossman
Jenny Byrne
Janine Thompson
7–5, 6–7(1–7), 6–4
Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank
24 Oct Steffi Graf
6–2, 6–0
Nathalie Tauziat
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Sandra Cecchini
Sylvia Hanika
Lori McNeil
Betsy Nagelsen
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Isabelle Demongeot
Nathalie Tauziat
Katerina Maleeva
6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Hu Na
Stacey Martin
Gretchen Magers
Amy Frazier
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 6–1
Katrina Adams
Zina Garrison
31 Oct Martina Navratilova
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Helena Suková
Helen Kelesi
Stephanie Rehe
Barbara Potter
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Gabriela Sabatini
Helena Suková

November

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
7 Nov Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–2
Zina Garrison
Gabriela Sabatini
Ann Grossman
Rosalyn Fairbank
Lori McNeil
Betsy Nagelsen
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
Mercedes Paz
7–5, 6–2
Bettina Fulco
Donna Faber
Gisele Miró
Neige Dias
Bettina Fulco
Mercedes Paz
6–3, 6–4
Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder
14 Nov Gabriela Sabatini
7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Chris Evert
Natasha Zvereva
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–4
Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
21 Nov Bridgestone Doubles Championships
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 8D
Doubles
Katrina Adams
Zina Garrison
7–5, 7–5
Smith / Tremelling
Maleeva / Maleeva-Fragnière
Herr / Reynolds
McNeil / Nagelsen

December

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).

Titles won by nation

Rankings

Below are the 1988 WTA year-end rankings (December 19, 1988) in both singles and doubles competition:

See also

References

  1. Book: Barrett. John. World of Tennis 1988. 1988. Willow Books. London. 978-0002182690.
  2. Web site: Rules and Regulations. Women's Tennis Association (WITA). 1988. University of California San Francisco (UCSF)'s Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.
  3. Collins, Bud. The Bud Collins History of Tennis. New Chapter Press; 3rd ed. edition (15 Jan. 2016).
  4. Web site: Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1988. WTA. 2011-05-24. James. Hill. 2011-11-11.
  5. Web site: Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1988. WTA. 2011-05-24. James. Hill. 2011-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20111109072259/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/Doubles_Numeric_1988.pdf. 2011-11-09. dead.