1988 Wimbledon Championships


The 1988 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 102nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 4 July 1988. Due to rain interruptions on Sunday 3 July, the men's final finished on 4 July.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1988 championships was £2,612,126. The winner of the men's title earned £165,000 while the women's singles champion earned £148,500.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles£165,000£82,500£41,250£20,900£11,000£6,160£3,630£2,215
Women's singles£148,500£74,250£36,090£17,765£8,800£4,775£2,815£1,715
Men's doubles *£57,200£28,600£14,300£7,260£3,740£1,980£1,160
Women's doubles *£49,500£24,750£11,430£5,810£2,800£1,490£850
Mixed doubles *£29,700£14,850£7,430£3,450£1,720£860£390

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Stefan Edberg defeated Boris Becker, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
  • It was Graf's 4th career Grand Slam title and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
  • It was Flach's 5th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd and last Wimbledon title. It was Seguso's 4th and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Wimbledon title.

Women's doubles

Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini defeated Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 1–6, 12–10
  • It was Graf's 5th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Wimbledon title. It was Sabatini's 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Wimbledon title.

Mixed doubles

Sherwood Stewart / Zina Garrison defeated Kelly Jones / Gretchen Magers, 6–1, 7–6
  • It was Stewart's 5th and last career Grand Slam title and his only Wimbledon title. It was Garrison's 2nd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Nicolás Pereira defeated Guillaume Raoux, 7–6, 6–2

Girls' singles

Brenda Schultz defeated Emmanuelle Derly, 7–6, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated David Rikl / Tomáš Zdražila, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5

Girls' doubles

Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan defeated Alexia Dechaume / Emmanuelle Derly, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Ivan Lendl '
  2. Mats Wilander '
  3. Stefan Edberg
  4. Pat Cash '
  5. Jimmy Connors '
  6. Boris Becker '
  7. Henri Leconte '
  8. John McEnroe '
  9. Miloslav Mečíř '
  10. Tim Mayotte '
  11. Anders Järryd '
  12. Jonas Svensson '
  13. Emilio Sánchez '
  14. Andrei Chesnokov '
  15. Amos Mansdorf '
  16. Slobodan Živojinović ''''

Women's singles

  1. Steffi Graf
  2. Martina Navratilova '
  3. Pam Shriver '
  4. Chris Evert '
  5. Gabriela Sabatini '
  6. Helena Suková '
  7. Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière '
  8. Natasha Zvereva '
  9. Hana Mandlíková '
  10. Lori McNeil '
  11. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch '
  12. Zina Garrison '
  13. Larisa Savchenko '
  14. Katerina Maleeva '
  15. Sylvia Hanika '
  16. Mary Joe Fernández ''''