1988 Dow Classic – Singles

1988 Dow Classic
1987 champion   Pam Shriver
Champion   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Runner-up   Pam Shriver
Final score   6–2, 6–1
Events
Singles   Doubles

Pam Shriver was the four-time defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.

Contents

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top nine seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Pam Shriver (Final)
  2. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (Champion)
  3. Lori McNeil (Semifinals)
  4. Zina Garrison (Semifinals)
  5. Larisa Savchenko (Third Round)
  6. n/a
  7. Anne Minter (Quarterfinals)
  8. Nathalie Tauziat (Third Round)
  1. Leila Meskhi (Second Round)
  2. Etsuko Inoue (Second Round)
  3. Elly Hakami (First Round)
  4. Isabelle Demongeot (First Round)
  5. Gigi Fernández (First Round)
  6. Rosalyn Fairbank (Third Round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1   Pam Shriver 6 4 6  
3   Lori McNeil 1 6 3  
  1   Pam Shriver 2 1  
  2   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6 6  
4   Zina Garrison 2 4  
  2   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6 6    

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1   P Shriver 7 6    
    E Smylie 7 2 6         E Smylie 5 3    
    J Salmon 6 6 3       1   P Shriver 6 7    
    V Lake 3 6 1           D van Rensburg 3 5    
    D van Rensburg 6 4 6         D van Rensburg 6 1 6
    C Porwik 3 7 3         W White 3 6 3  
    W White 6 6 6       1   P Shriver 6 6  
14   R Fairbank 6 6         14   R Fairbank 2 1  
Q   S Godman 3 3       14   R Fairbank 6 6    
    S Walsh-Pete 5 6 4         E Krapl 2 3    
    E Krapl 7 2 6       14   R Fairbank 6 6  
Q   R Reis 6 6         Q   R Reis 3 4    
Q   K Steinmetz 1 0       Q   R Reis 2 7 6
    9   L Meskhi 6 6 1  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    3   L McNeil 7 6    
    A Henricksson 6 6           A Henricksson 6 4    
    M Lindström 4 1         3   L McNeil 4 6 8  
    E Burgin 5 6             J Durie 6 2 6  
    J Durie 7 7           J Durie 6 6  
    T Phelps 6 6           T Phelps 3 2    
12   I Demongeot 4 4         3   L McNeil 6 4 6
    A Kijimuta 3 6 2       7   A Minter 3 6 1
    B Nagelsen 6 4 6         B Nagelsen 6 6    
    H Witvoet 4 7 4         L Golarsa 1 4    
    L Golarsa 6 6 6           B Nagelsen 5 2  
Q   M Yanagi 0 6 1       7   A Minter 7 6    
    S Parkhomenko 6 4 6         S Parkhomenko 4 5  
    7   A Minter 6 7    
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    5   L Savchenko 7 3 6  
    K Schimper 2 2           E Pfaff 6 6 1  
    E Pfaff 6 6         5   L Savchneko 1 1    
LL   K Adams 7 6             E Reinach 6 6    
Q   C Jolissaint 6 4       LL   K Adams 3 1  
    E Reinach 6 4 8         E Reinach 6 6    
13   G Fernández 3 6 6           E Reinach 2 5  
10   E Inoue 7 6         4   Z Garrison 6 7  
    J Hetherington 6 2       10   E Inoue 6 4 2  
    S Gomer 6 6           S Gomer 2 6 6  
Q   N Medvedeva 4 0             S Gomer 3 2  
    H Ludloff 6 6 6       4   Z Garrison 6 6    
Q   L Field 2 7 3         H Ludloff 1 2  
    4   Z Garrison 6 6    
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    8   N Tauziat 2 6 6  
    B Gerken 2 2           M Jaggard 6 3 1  
    M Jaggard 6 6         8   N Tauziat 6 3    
    H Na 4 6 5           B Cordwell 7 6    
    C Singer 6 2 7         C Singer 2 6  
Q   K Okamoto 5 1           B Cordwell 6 7    
    B Cordwell 7 6             B Cordwell 2 6  
11   E Hakami 2 7 2       2   C Kohde-Kilsch 6 7  
    C Benjamin 6 6 6         C Benjamin 3 6 6  
    M Bollegraf 6 6           M Bollegraf 6 2 4  
    C Wood 3 2             C Benjamin 2 0  
    N Bykova 5 4         2   C Kohde-Kilsch 6 6    
    E Minter 7 6           E Minter 0 2  
    2   C Kohde-Kilsch 6 6    
 

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