1988 Citizen Cup

1988 Citizen Cup
Date 25–31 July
Edition 11th
Category Category 3
Draw 56S / 28D
Prize money $200,000
Location Hamburg, West Germany
Venue Am Rothenbaum
Champions
Singles
West Germany Steffi Graf
Doubles
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen

The 1988 Citizen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, West Germany and was part of the Category 3 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from July 25 through July 31, 1988. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her second consecutive at the event, and earned $40,000 first-prize money.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

West Germany Steffi Graf defeated Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Graf's 7th singles title of the year and the 26th of her career.

Doubles

Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen defeated West Germany Andrea Betzner / Austria Judith Wiesner 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Novotná's 3rd title of the year and the 6th of her career. It was Scheuer-Larsen's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of her career.

References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1989). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. pp. 175, 198–199. ISBN 9780002183116.
  2. ↑ Henlon, Maureen; Bloch Shallouf, Renee, eds. (1988). 1988 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 355.
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