Date | 23 September – 1 October 1988 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Te-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul | |
Participants | 62 from 31 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were the top-ranked doubles team in the world. Together they won 29 doubles championships and four Grand Slam titles – 1985 US Open, 1987 French Open, and 1987-88 Wimbledon. The final in Seoul matched them against Spain’s Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal. The Americans won the first two sets, but the Spaniards fought back to take the match to five sets, before losing, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7, (1-7), 9-7.
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Ken Flach / Robert Seguso | ![]() | László Markovits / Gábor Köves | ![]() | 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 | ||
Match #2 | Morten Christensen / Michael Tauson | ![]() | Amos Mansdorf / Gilad Bloom | ![]() | 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 | ||
Match #3 | Guy Forget / Henri Leconte | ![]() | Luiz Mattar / Ricardo Acioly | ![]() | 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 | ||
Match #4 | Miloslav Mečíř / Milan Šrejber | ![]() | Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj | ![]() | 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 | ||
Match #5 | Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd | ![]() | Phillip Tuckniss / Mark Gurr | ![]() | 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 | ||
Match #6 | Darren Cahill / John Fitzgerald | ![]() | Kelly Evernden / Bruce Derlin | ![]() | 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 | ||
Match #7 | Slobodan Živojinović / Goran Ivanišević | ![]() | Heinz Günthardt / Jakob Hlasek | ![]() | 6-3, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 | ||
Match #8 | Emilio Sánchez Vicario / Sergio Casal | ![]() | Horst Skoff / Alex Antonitsch | ![]() | 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Ken Flach / Robert Seguso | ![]() | Morten Christensen / Michael Tauson | ![]() | 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 | ||
Match #2 | Miloslav Mečíř / Milan Šrejber | ![]() | Guy Forget / Henri Leconte | ![]() | 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 9-7 | ||
Match #3 | Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd | ![]() | Darren Cahill / John Fitzgerald | ![]() | 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 | ||
Match #4 | Emilio Sánchez Vicario / Sergio Casal | ![]() | Slobodan Živojinović / Goran Ivanišević | ![]() | 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 |
Winner of each match advanced to the final.
Match #1 | Ken Flach / Robert Seguso | ![]() | Miloslav Mečíř / Milan Šrejber | ![]() | 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 | ||
Match #2 | Emilio Sánchez Vicario / Sergio Casal | ![]() | Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd | ![]() | 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
Match 1/2 | Ken Flach / Robert Seguso | ![]() | Emilio Sánchez Vicario / Sergio Casal | ![]() | 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (6-7), 9-7 |