Date | 23 September – 1 October 1988 | |
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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.
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Winner of each match advanced to round three.
Match #1 | Steffi Graf | ![]() | 1 | Leila Meskhi | ![]() | Q | 7-5, 6-1 |
Match #2 | Catherine Suire | ![]() | LL | Lee Jeong-Myeong | ![]() | Q | 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 |
Match #3 | Larisa Savčenko | ![]() | 11 | Sara Gomer | ![]() | 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 9-7 | |
Match #4 | Kim Il-Sun | ![]() | Helena Suková | ![]() | 5 | 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 | |
Match #5 | Pam Shriver | ![]() | 4 | Jill Hetherington | ![]() | 6-2, 6-3 | |
Match #6 | Katerina Maleeva | ![]() | 10 | Gisele Miró | ![]() | Q | 7-5, 6-1 |
Match #7 | Barbara Paulus | ![]() | Q | Jana Novotná | ![]() | 6-4, 6-3 | |
Match #8 | Zina Garrison | ![]() | 8 | Claudia Hernández | ![]() | Q | 6-1, 6-4 |
Match #9 | Natasha Zverava | ![]() | 6 | Anne Minter | ![]() | 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 | |
Match #10 | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | ![]() | Wendy Turnbull | ![]() | 6-4, 6-3 | ||
Match #11 | Sylvia Hanika | ![]() | 12 | Julia Muir | ![]() | Q | 6-1, 6-1 |
Match #12 | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | 3 | Sabrina Goleš | ![]() | 6-1, 6-0 | |
Match #13 | Manuela Maleeva | ![]() | 7 | Mercedes Paz | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 | |
Match #14 | Catarina Lindqvist | ![]() | WC | Nathalie Tauziat | ![]() | 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 | |
Match #15 | Raffaella Reggi | ![]() | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | ![]() | 9 | 4-6, 7-6 (–-6), 6-3 | |
Match #16 | Chris Evert | ![]() | 2 | Sandra Cecchini | ![]() | WC | 6-2, 6-2 |
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Steffi Graf | ![]() | 1 | Catherine Suire | ![]() | LL | 6-3, 6-0 |
Match #2 | Larisa Savčenko | ![]() | 11 | Kim Il-Sun | ![]() | 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) | |
Match #3 | Pam Shriver | ![]() | 4 | Katerina Maleeva | ![]() | 10 | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 |
Match #4 | Zina Garrison | ![]() | 8 | Barbara Paulus | ![]() | Q | 7-5, 6-2 |
Match #5 | Natasha Zverava | ![]() | 6 | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 | |
Match #6 | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | 3 | Sylvia Hanika | ![]() | 12 | 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
Match #7 | Manuela Maleeva | ![]() | 7 | Catarina Lindqvist | ![]() | WC | 6-1, 6-0 |
Match #8 | Raffaella Reggi | ![]() | Chris Evert | ![]() | 2 | 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Steffi Graf | ![]() | 1 | Larisa Savčenko | ![]() | 11 | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 |
Match #2 | Zina Garrison | ![]() | 8 | Pam Shriver | ![]() | 4 | 6-3, 6-2 |
Match #3 | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | 3 | Natasha Zverava | ![]() | 6 | 6-4, 6-3 |
Match #4 | Manuela Maleeva | ![]() | 7 | Raffaella Reggi | ![]() | 6-3, 6-4 |
Winner of each match advanced to the final.
Match #1 | Steffi Graf | ![]() | 1 | Zina Garrison | ![]() | 8 | 6-2, 6-0 |
Match #2 | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | 3 | Manuela Maleeva | ![]() | 7 | 6-1, 6-1 |
Match 1/2 | Steffi Graf | ![]() | 1 | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | 3 | 6-3, 6-3 |