1988 Australian Open | |
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Date | 11–24 January 1988 |
Edition | 76th |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Surface | Hardcourt (Rebound Ace) |
Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Venue | Flinders Park |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Mats Wilander | |
Women's singles | |
Steffi Graf | |
Men's doubles | |
Rick Leach / Jim Pugh | |
Women's doubles | |
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
Mixed doubles | |
Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh | |
Boys' singles | |
Johan Anderson | |
Girls' singles | |
Jo-Anne Faull | |
Boys' doubles | |
Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge | |
Girls' doubles | |
Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan |
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.
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
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Women's singles |
Steffi Graf defeated Chris Evert 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Men's doubles |
Rick Leach / Jim Pugh defeated Jeremy Bates / Peter Lundgren 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Women's doubles |
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull 6–0, 7–5
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Mixed doubles |
Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh defeated Martina Navratilova / Tim Gullikson 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Boys' singles |
Johan Anderson defeated Andrew Florent 7–5, 7–6
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Girls' singles |
Jo-Anne Faull defeated Emmanuelle Derly 6–4, 6–4
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Boys' doubles |
Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Johan Anderson / Richard Fromberg 6–3, 6–2
Main article: 1988 Australian Open – Girls' doubles |
Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan defeated Kate McDonald / Rennae Stubbs 6–1, 7–5