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Doubles, Women

Date24 – 30 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationTe-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants28 from 14 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Pam Shriver was one the great doubles players ever, though she was best known for her success partnering Martina Navratilova to 21 Grand Slam doubles titles. Shriver also won three Grand Slam doubles titles with other partners. Zina Garrison was also a top doubles player, winning 20 titles on the ladies’ tour, and three Grand Slam mixed doubles, but this would be her only championship with Shriver. In the final, they faced the Czech pair of Jana Novotná and Helena Suková, and the match went into a long third set, the Americans prevailing, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.

PosPairNOC
1Pam Shriver / Zina GarrisonUSAGold
2Jana Novotná / Helena SukováTCHSilver
=3Liz Smylie / Wendy TurnbullAUSBronze
=3Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-KilschFRGBronze
=5Nathalie Tauziat / Isabelle DemongeotFRA
=5Larisa Savčenko / Natasha ZveravaURS
=5Etsuko Inoue / Kumiko OkamotoJPN
=5Carling Bassett-Seguso / Jill HetheringtonCAN
=9Sara Gomer / Clare WoodGBR
=9Xóchitl Escobedo / Claudia HernándezMEX
=9Manuela Maleeva / Katerina MaleevaBUL
=9Sandra Cecchini / Raffaella ReggiITA
=9Kim Il-Sun / Lee Jeong-MyeongKOR
=9Gabriela Sabatini / Mercedes PazARG

Round One

Date24 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimePair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #124 SepShriver / GarrisonUSAbye
Match #224 SepTauziat / DemongeotFRA6-2, 4-6, 6-1Gomer / WoodGBR
Match #324 SepSavčenko / ZveravaURS6-2, 6-1Escobedo / HernándezMEX
Match #424 SepSmylie / TurnbullAUS6-2, 3-6, 6-0Maleeva / MaleevaBUL
Match #524 SepInoue / OkamotoJPN6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 8-6Cecchini / ReggiITA
Match #624 SepNovotná / SukováTCH6-2, 7-6 (7-4)Kim / LeeKOR
Match #724 SepBassett-Seguso / HetheringtonCAN7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 20-18Sabatini / PazARG
Match #824 SepGraf / Kohde-KilschFRGbye

Quarter-Finals

Date26 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #126 Sep 16:44Centre CourtShriver / GarrisonUSA7-5, 6-2Tauziat / DemongeotFRA
Match #226 Sep 12:40Court #2Smylie / TurnbullAUS6-3, 6-2Savčenko / ZveravaURS
Match #326 Sep 13:50Court #2Novotná / SukováTCH6-3, 6-2Inoue / OkamotoJPN
Match #426 Sep 17:15Court #1Graf / Kohde-KilschFRG6-3, 3-6, 6-2Bassett-Seguso / HetheringtonCAN

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #128 Sep 12:09Court #1Shriver / GarrisonUSA7-6 (7-5), 6-4Smylie / TurnbullAUS
Match #228 Sep 11:00Centre CourtNovotná / SukováTCH7-5, 6-3Graf / Kohde-KilschFRG

Final Round

Date30 September 1988 — 14:36
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match 1/230 Sep 14:36Centre CourtShriver / GarrisonUSA4-6, 6-2, 10-8Novotná / SukováTCH