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Singles, Women

Date	23 September – 1 October 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Te-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	48 from 26 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Steffi Graf won the 1984 Olympic demonstration singles title when she was only 15 years old. She achieved the #1 world ranking in 1987, and in 1988, became the fifth person and third woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis – Australia, French, Wimbledon, and US titles in one year– after Don Budge, Maureen Connolly, Rod Laver, and Margaret Court. When she won the Olympic gold medal, easily defeating Argentina’s Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6-3, 6-3, it was called the Golden Slam, never before achieved. In the final Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini, who she had also defeated earlier in the year in the final of the US Open and the semi-finals of Roland Garros. Sabatini would eventually defeat Graf at a major in the final of the 1990 US Open.

Graf’s career eventually had some tennis experts considering her the greatest woman player ever, as she won 22 Grand Slam singles titles – 4 Australian, 6 French, 7 Wimbledon, and 5 US – and 107 career professional titles. She later married fellow Olympic gold medalist, Andre Agassi.

Pos	Nr	Player	NOC
1	520	Steffi Graf	FRG	Gold
2	504	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	Silver
=3	545	Zina Garrison	USA	Bronze
=3	511	Manuela Maleeva	BUL	Bronze
=5	529	Raffaella Reggi	ITA
=5	546	Pam Shriver	USA
=5	543	Natasha Zverava	URS
=5	542	Larisa Savčenko	URS
=9	518	Catherine Suire	FRA
=9	532	Kim Il-Sun	KOR
=9	510	Katerina Maleeva	BUL
=9	508	Barbara Paulus	AUT
=9	515	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	DEN
=9	521	Sylvia Hanika	FRG
=9	537	Catarina Lindqvist	SWE
=9	544	Chris Evert	USA
=17	541	Leila Meskhi	URS
=17	533	Lee Jeong-Myeong	KOR
=17	523	Sara Gomer	GBR
=17	540	Helena Suková	TCH
=17	513	Jill Hetherington	CAN
=17	509	Gisele Miró	BRA
=17	538	Jana Novotná	TCH
=17	535	Claudia Hernández	MEX
=17	505	Anne Minter	AUS
=17	507	Wendy Turnbull	AUS
=17	548	Julia Muir	ZIM
=17	547	Sabrina Goleš	YUG
=17	503	Mercedes Paz	ARG
=17	519	Nathalie Tauziat	FRA
=17	522	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	FRG
=17	528	Sandra Cecchini	ITA
=33	519	Regina Rajchrtová	TCH
=33	526	Yayuk Basuki	INA
=33	536	Belinda Cordwell	NZL
=33	530	Etsuko Inoue	JPN
=33	527	Ilana Berger	ISR
=33	514	Helen Kelesi	CAN
=33	517	Isabelle Demongeot	FRA
=33	502	Bettina Fulco	ARG
=33	534	Xóchitl Escobedo	MEX
=33	524	Clare Wood	GBR
=33	501	Oarda Bouchabou	ALG
=33	516	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP
=33	525	Olga Tsarmbopoulou	GRE
=33	531	Kumiko Okamoto	JPN
=33	512	Carling Bassett-Seguso	CAN
=33	506	Liz Smylie	AUS

Round One (23 September 1988)

Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match #1	Steffi Graf	FRG	1				bye
Match #2	Leila Meskhi	URS	Q	Regina Rajchrtová	TCH		7-5, 7-5
Match #3	Catherine Suire	FRA	LL	Yayuk Basuki	INA		6-3, 3-6, 6-0
Match #4	Lee Jeong-Myeong	KOR					bye
Match #5	Larisa Savčenko	URS	11				bye
Match #6	Sara Gomer	GBR		Belinda Cordwell	NZL		4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Match #7	Kim Il-Sun	KOR		Etsuko Inoue	JPN	WC	6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Match #8	Helena Suková	TCH	5				bye
Match #9	Pam Shriver	USA	4				bye
Match #10	Jill Hetherington	CAN		Ilana Berger	ISR	Q	6-1, 6-4
Match #11	Gisele Miró	BRA	Q	Helen Kelesi	CAN		7-5, 7-5
Match #12	Katerina Maleeva	BUL	10				bye
Match #13	Jana Novotná	TCH		Isabelle Demongeot	FRA	Q	6-4, 6-3
Match #14	Barbara Paulus	AUT	Q	Bettina Fulco	ARG		7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Match #15	Claudia Hernández	MEX					bye
Match #16	Zina Garrison	USA	8				bye
Match #17	Natasha Zverava	URS	6				bye
Match #18	Anne Minter	AUS		Xóchitl Escobedo	MEX	Q	6-1, 6-3
Match #19	Wendy Turnbull	AUS		Clare Wood	GBR		6-1, 6-3
Match #20	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	DEN		Oarda Bouchabou	ALG		6-0, 6-1
Match #21	Sylvia Hanika	FRG	12				bye
Match #22	Julia Muir	ZIM					bye
Match #23	Sabrina Goleš	YUG		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP		6-4, 6-2
Match #24	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	3				bye
Match #25	Manuela Maleeva	BUL	7				bye
Match #26	Mercedes Paz	ARG		Olga Tsarmbopoulou	GRE	Q	7-6 (9-7), 6-3
Match #27	Catarina Lindqvist	SWE	WC	Kumiko Okamoto	JPN	Q	7-6 (7-3), 7-5
Match #28	Nathalie Tauziat	FRA		Carling Bassett-Seguso	CAN		7-6 (7-5), 6-1
Match #29	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	FRG	9				bye
Match #30	Raffaella Reggi	ITA		Liz Smylie	AUS		7-6 (7-3), 6-0
Match #31	Sandra Cecchini	ITA					bye
Match #32	Chris Evert	USA	2				bye

Round Two (24 September 1988)

Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match #1	Steffi Graf	FRG	1	Leila Meskhi	URS	Q	7-5, 6-1
Match #2	Catherine Suire	FRA	LL	Lee Jeong-Myeong	KOR	Q	7-5, 4-6, 7-5
Match #3	Larisa Savčenko	URS	11	Sara Gomer	GBR		6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 9-7
Match #4	Kim Il-Sun	KOR		Helena Suková	TCH	5	6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Match #5	Pam Shriver	USA	4	Jill Hetherington	CAN		6-2, 6-3
Match #6	Katerina Maleeva	BUL	10	Gisele Miró	BRA	Q	7-5, 6-1
Match #7	Barbara Paulus	AUT	Q	Jana Novotná	TCH		6-4, 6-3
Match #8	Zina Garrison	USA	8	Claudia Hernández	MEX	Q	6-1, 6-4
Match #9	Natasha Zverava	URS	6	Anne Minter	AUS		6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Match #10	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	DEN		Wendy Turnbull	AUS		6-4, 6-3
Match #11	Sylvia Hanika	FRG	12	Julia Muir	ZIM	Q	6-1, 6-1
Match #12	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	3	Sabrina Goleš	YUG		6-1, 6-0
Match #13	Manuela Maleeva	BUL	7	Mercedes Paz	ARG		6-1, 6-2
Match #14	Catarina Lindqvist	SWE	WC	Nathalie Tauziat	FRA		2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Match #15	Raffaella Reggi	ITA		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	FRG	9	4-6, 7-6 (–-6), 6-3
Match #16	Chris Evert	USA	2	Sandra Cecchini	ITA	WC	6-2, 6-2

Round Three (25 September 1988)

Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match #1	Steffi Graf	FRG	1	Catherine Suire	FRA	LL	6-3, 6-0
Match #2	Larisa Savčenko	URS	11	Kim Il-Sun	KOR		6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
Match #3	Pam Shriver	USA	4	Katerina Maleeva	BUL	10	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Match #4	Zina Garrison	USA	8	Barbara Paulus	AUT	Q	7-5, 6-2
Match #5	Natasha Zverava	URS	6	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	DEN		6-1, 6-2
Match #6	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	3	Sylvia Hanika	FRG	12	1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Match #7	Manuela Maleeva	BUL	7	Catarina Lindqvist	SWE	WC	6-1, 6-0
Match #8	Raffaella Reggi	ITA		Chris Evert	USA	2	2-6, 6-4, 6-1

Quarter-Finals (27 September 1988)

Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match #1	Steffi Graf	FRG	1	Larisa Savčenko	URS	11	6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Match #2	Zina Garrison	USA	8	Pam Shriver	USA	4	6-3, 6-2
Match #3	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	3	Natasha Zverava	URS	6	6-4, 6-3
Match #4	Manuela Maleeva	BUL	7	Raffaella Reggi	ITA		6-3, 6-4

Semi-Finals (29 September 1988)

Winner of each match advanced to the final.

Match #1	Steffi Graf	FRG	1	Zina Garrison	USA	8	6-2, 6-0
Match #2	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	3	Manuela Maleeva	BUL	7	6-1, 6-1

Final Round (1 October 1988 — 11:13)

Match 1/2	Steffi Graf	FRG	1	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG	3	6-3, 6-3