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Doubles, Men

Date23 September – 1 October 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationTe-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants62 from 31 countries
FormatSingle-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.

PosPairNOC
1Ken Flach / Robert SegusoUSAGold
2Emilio Sánchez Vicario / Sergio CasalESPSilver
=3Miloslav Mečíř / Milan ŠrejberTCHBronze
=3Stefan Edberg / Anders JärrydSWEBronze
=5Morten Christensen / Michael TausonDEN
=5Guy Forget / Henri LeconteFRA
=5Darren Cahill / John FitzgeraldAUS
=5Slobodan Živojinović / Goran IvaniševićYUG
=9László Markovits / Gábor KövesHUN
=9Amos Mansdorf / Gilad BloomISR
=9Luiz Mattar / Ricardo AciolyBRA
=9Vijay Amritraj / Anand AmritrajIND
=9Philip Tuckniss / Mark GurrZIM
=9Kelly Evernden / Bruce DerlinNZL
=9Heinz Günthardt / Jakob HlasekSUI
=9Horst Skoff / Alex AntonitschAUT
=17 Suharyadi / Donald Wailan WalalangiINA
=17Leonardo Lavalle / Agustín MorenoMEX
=17Eoin Collins / Owen CaseyIRL
=17Glenn Michibata / Grant ConnellCAN
=17Nduka Odizor / Tony MmohNGR
=17Shuzo Matsuoka / Toshihisa TsuchihashiJPN
=17Yu Jin-Seon / Kim Bong-SuKOR
=17Liu Shuhua / Ma KeqinCHN
=17Carl-Uwe Steeb / Eric JelenFRG
=17Víctor Caballero / Hugo ChapacúPAR
=17Javier Frana / Martín JaiteARG
=17Georgios Kalovelonis / Tasos BavelasGRE
=17Jeremy Bates / Andrew CastleGBR
=17Omar Camporese / Diego NargisoITA
=17Aleksandr Volkov / Andrey OlkhovskyURS
DNSLuis-Arturo González / Álvaro JordanCOL

Round One

Date23 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #123 SepFlach / SegusoUSA6-3, 6-1, 7-5Suharyadi / WalalangiINA
Match #223 SepMarkovits / KövesHUN3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-4Lavalle / MorenoMEX
Match #323 SepMansdorf / BloomISR6-2, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-5Collins / CaseyIRL
Match #423 SepChristensen / TausonDEN7-5, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5Michibata / ConnellCAN
Match #523 SepForget / LeconteFRA6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-6)Odizor / MmohNGR
Match #623 SepMattar / AciolyBRA4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2Matsuoka / TsuchihashiJPN
Match #723 SepAmritraj / AmritrajIND6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2Yu / KimKOR
Match #823 SepMečíř / ŠrejberTCH7-5, 6-1, 6-4Liu / MaCHN
Match #923 SepEdberg / JärrydSWE6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2Steeb / JelenFRG
Match #1023 SepTuckniss / GurrZIM4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1Caballero / ChapacúPAR
Match #1123 SepEvernden / DerlinNZL6-4, 4-1Frana / JaiteARG
Match #1223 SepCahill / FitzgeraldAUS6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1Kalovelonis / BavelasGRE
Match #1323 SepŽivojinović / IvaniševićYUG7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)Bates / CastleGBR
Match #1423 SepGünthardt / HlasekSUI3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6 (7-6)Camporese / NargisoITA
Match #1523 SepSkoff / AntonitschAUTGonzález / Jordan (Q)COLwalkover
Match #1623 SepSánchez Vicario / CasalESP6-3, 6-3, 6-1Volkov / OlkhovskyURS

Round Two

Date25 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #125 SepFlach / SegusoUSA6-4, 6-4, 6-4Markovits / KövesHUN
Match #225 SepChristensen / TausonDEN7-5, 6-3, 6-2Mansdorf / BloomISR
Match #325 SepForget / LeconteFRA4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1Mattar / AciolyBRA
Match #425 SepMečíř / ŠrejberTCH4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2Amritraj / AmritrajIND
Match #525 SepEdberg / JärrydSWE6-0, 6-1, 6-4Tuckniss / GurrZIM
Match #625 SepCahill / FitzgeraldAUS6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1Evernden / DerlinNZL
Match #725 SepŽivojinović / IvaniševićYUG6-3, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3Günthardt / HlasekSUI
Match #825 SepSánchez Vicario / CasalESP6-4, 6-2, 6-1Skoff / AntonitschAUT

Quarter-Finals

Date27 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #127 Sep 11:18Court #2Flach / SegusoUSA6-4, 7-5, 6-2Christensen / TausonDEN
Match #227 Sep 13:17Court #2Mečíř / ŠrejberTCH3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 9-7Forget / LeconteFRA
Match #327 Sep 11:15Court #1Edberg / JärrydSWE6-3, 6-4, 6-3Cahill / FitzgeraldAUS
Match #427 Sep 13:17Court #1Sánchez Vicario / CasalESP6-1, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3Živojinović / IvaniševićYUG

Semi-Finals

Date29 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #129 Sep 12:09Court #1Flach / SegusoUSA6-2, 6-4, 6-1Mečíř / ŠrejberTCH
Match #229 Sep 11:14Centre CourtSánchez Vicario / CasalESP6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2Edberg / JärrydSWE

Final Round

Date1 October 1988 — 13:19
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match 1/201 Oct 13:19Centre CourtFlach / SegusoUSA6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (6-7), 9-7Sánchez Vicario / CasalESP