Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Champion	Steffi Graf (FRG)
Runner-up	Gabriela Sabatini (ARG)
Final score	6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women

The Women's Singles competition was part of the tennis program at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Steffi Graf of West Germany defeated Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina in the gold medal match. By winning the gold medal, Steffi Graf finished off her "Calendar Golden Slam" having won all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Steffi had also beaten Sabatini earlier that summer in the final of the U.S. Open, thus capturing the final leg of the "Grand Slam".

Medalists

Gold	Steffi Graf West Germany (FRG)
Silver	Gabriela Sabatini Argentina (ARG)
Bronze	Zina Garrison United States (USA)
Bronze	Manuela Maleeva Bulgaria (BUL)

Seeds

All seeds received a bye to the second round.

Steffi Graf (FRG) (Champion, Gold Medalist)
Chris Evert (USA) (Third Round)
Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) (Final, Silver Medalist)
Pam Shriver (USA) (Quarterfinals)
Helena Suková (TCH) (Second Round)
Natasha Zvereva (URS) (Quarterfinals)
Manuela Maleeva (BUL) (Semifinals, Bronze Medalist)
Zina Garrison (USA) (Semifinals, Bronze Medalist)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) (Second Round)
Katerina Maleeva (BUL) (Third Round)
Larisa Savchenko (URS) (Quarterfinals)
Sylvia Hanika (FRG) (Third Round)

Draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final (Gold Medal Match)

1	Steffi Graf (FRG)	6	4	6
11	Larisa Savchenko (URS)	2	6	3
					1	Steffi Graf (FRG)	6	6

					8	Zina Garrison (USA)	2	0
4	Pam Shriver (USA)	2	3

8	Zina Garrison (USA)	6	6
									1	Steffi Graf (FRG)	6	6
									3	Gabriela Sabatini (ARG)	3	3
6	Natasha Zvereva (URS)	4	3
3	Gabriela Sabatini (ARG)	6	6
					3	Gabriela Sabatini (ARG)	6	6

					7	Manuela Maleeva (BUL)	1	2
7	Manuela Maleeva (BUL)	6	6

	Raffaella Reggi (ITA)	3	4

Top Half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Quarterfinals


					1	S Graf (FRG)	7	6
	R Rajchrtová (TCH)	5	5		Q	L Meskhi (URS)	5	1
Q	L Meskhi (URS)	7	7							1	S Graf (FRG)	6	6
LL	C Suire (FRA)	6	3	6						LL	C Suire (FRA)	3	0
	Y Basuki (INA)	3	6	0	LL	C Suire (FRA)	7	4	7
					Q	J-M Lee (KOR)	5	6	5
														1	S Graf (FRG)	6	4	6
														11	L Savchenko (URS)	2	6	3
					11	L Savchenko (URS)	6³	7	9
	S Gomer (GBR)	4	7	6		S Gomer (GBR)	7	6³	7
	B Cordwell (NZL)	6	5	2						11	L Savchenko (URS)	6	7
	I-S Kim (KOR)	6	3	7							I-S Kim (KOR)	3	6⁴
WC	E Inoue (JPN)	3	6	5		I-S Kim (KOR)	6	4	6
					5	H Suková (TCH)	2	6	2

Section 2

First Round				Second Round				Third Round					Quarterfinals


				4	P Shriver (USA)	6	6
	J Hetherington (CAN)	6	6		J Hetherington (CAN)	2	3
Q	I Berger (ISR)	1	4					4	P Shriver (USA)	6	3	6
	H Kelesi (CAN)	5	5					10	K Maleeva (BUL)	3	6	2
Q	G Miró (BRA)	7	7	Q	G Miró (BRA)	5	1
				10	K Maleeva (BUL)	7	6
													4	P Shriver (USA)	2	3
Q	I Demongeot (FRA)	4	3										8	Z Garrison (USA)	6	6
	J Novotná (TCH)	6	6		J Novotná (TCH)	4	3
Q	B Paulus (AUT)	7	6	Q	B Paulus (AUT)	6	6
	B Fulco (ARG)	6⁵	4					Q	B Paulus (AUT)	5	2
								8	Z Garrison (USA)	7	6
				Q	C Hernández Salas (MEX)	1	4
				8	Z Garrison (USA)	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals


				6	N Zvereva (URS)	6	3	6
	A Minter (AUS)	6	6		A Minter (AUS)	4	6	1
Q	X Escobedo (MEX)	1	3						6	N Zvereva (URS)	6	6
	W Turnbull (AUS)	6	6							T Scheuer-Larsen (DEN)	1	2
	C Wood (GBR)	1	3		W Turnbull (AUS)	4	3
	W Bouchabou (ALG)	0	1		T Scheuer-Larsen (DEN)	6	6
	T Scheuer-Larsen (DEN)	6	6											6	N Zvereva (URS)	4	3
														3	G Sabatini (ARG)	6	6
				12	S Hanika (FRG)	6	6
				Q	J Muir (ZIM)	1	1
									12	S Hanika (FRG)	6	4	2
	A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	4	2						3	G Sabatini (ARG)	1	6	6
	S Goleš (YUG)	6	6		S Goleš (YUG)	1	0
				3	G Sabatini (ARG)	6	6

Section 4

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals


				7	M Maleeva (BUL)	6	6
	M Paz (ARG)	7	6		M Paz (ARG)	1	2
Q	O Tsarbopoulou (GRE)	6⁷	3						7	M Maleeva (BUL)	6	6
Q	K Okamoto (JPN)	6³	5						WC	C Lindqvist (SWE)	1	0
WC	C Lindqvist (SWE)	7	7	WC	C Lindqvist (SWE)	2	6	6
	N Tauziat (FRA)	7	6		N Tauziat (FRA)	6	3	4
	C Bassett-Seguso (CAN)	6⁵	1											7	M Maleeva (BUL)	6	6
															R Reggi (ITA)	3	4
				9	C Kohde-Kilsch (FRG)	6	6³	3
	E Smylie (AUS)	6³	0		R Reggi (ITA)	4	7	6
	R Reggi (ITA)	7	6							R Reggi (ITA)	2	6	6
									2	C Evert (USA)	6	4	1
				WC	S Cecchini (ITA)	2	2
				2	C Evert (USA)	6	6

References

ITF 1988 Summer Olympics Women's Singles Draw