1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1988 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Martina Navratilova
Final score	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Draw	128 (8Q / 8WC)
Seeds	16

Steffi Graf defeated the record six-time defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] This was Graf's third step towards completing the first, and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam.

After Graf took a 5-3 lead in the first set, Navratilova won six straight games allowing her to win the first set and take a 2-0 lead in the second set. Graf then came back winning 12 of the next 13 games and the match.^[2]

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch withdrew due to a knee injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Shaun Stafford.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Steffi Graf	6	6
		Pascale Paradis	3	1
								1	Steffi Graf	6	6
								3	Pam Shriver	1	2
	3	Pam Shriver	6	6
	12	Zina Garrison	4	4
															1	Steffi Graf	5	6	6
															2	Martina Navratilova	7	2	1
	6	Helena Suková	3	64
	4	Chris Evert	6	77
								4	Chris Evert	1	6	5
								2	Martina Navratilova	6	4	7
		Rosalyn Fairbank	6	4	5
	2	Martina Navratilova	4	6	7

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	S Graf	6	6
		N Hu	0	0				1	S Graf	6	6
	LL	K Quentrec	77	6				LL	K Quentrec	2	0
		J Halard	63	1											1	S Graf	6	6
		M Louie Harper	77	3	4											T Phelps	3	1
	WC	S Loosemore	62	6	6			WC	S Loosemore	1	1
		T Phelps	7	60	6				T Phelps	6	6
		W Turnbull	5	77	0																	1	S Graf	6	6
		I Kuczyńska	5	6	6																	16	MJ Fernández	2	2
		E Nagelsen	7	1	3				I Kuczyńska	7	6
		E Pfaff	5	3				Q	L Field	5	4
	Q	L Field	7	6												I Kuczyńska	4	1
	Q	S Collins	4	6	7										16	MJ Fernández	6	6
		L Meskhi	6	4	9				L Meskhi	1	5
		N Jagerman	3	2				16	MJ Fernández	6	7
	16	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	9	H Mandlíková	6	7
		L Garrone	3	5				9	H Mandlíková	6	6
		A Henricksson	6	6					A Henricksson	4	2
		E Herr	3	2											9	H Mandlíková	4	3
		M Bollegraf	6	6												A Minter	6	6
		B Romanò	1	4					M Bollegraf	2	2
		A Minter	6	6					A Minter	6	6
		A Holíková	3	0																			A Minter	3	7	4
		J Wiesner	3	7	3																		P Paradis	6	5	6
		L Golarsa	6	5	6				L Golarsa	4	2
		R White	3	6	6				R White	6	6
	WC	C Wood	6	3	3											R White	4	6	7
		N Herreman	6	6												P Paradis	6	3	9
		S Walsh-Pete	2	2					N Herreman	4	6	6
		P Paradis	6	6					P Paradis	6	3	8
	7	M Maleeva-Fragnière	4	3

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	3	P Shriver	6	4	8
		D van Rensburg	2	6	6			3	P Shriver	6	6
		J Hetherington	6	4	3				S Parkhomenko	3	4
		S Parkhomenko	4	6	6										3	P Shriver	77	77
		C Porwik	5	4												S Rehe	65	65
	LL	L O'Neill	7	6				LL	L O'Neill	6	1	4
		C Suire	3	7	4				S Rehe	4	6	6
		S Rehe	6	5	6																	3	P Shriver	6	6
		M Javer	6	3	7																	14	K Maleeva	2	2
		S Meier	2	6	9				S Meier	1	7	4
		B Cordwell	6	6					B Cordwell	6	5	6
		E Burgin	4	3												B Cordwell	0	0
	WC	L Gould	66	2											14	K Maleeva	6	6
		I Cueto	78	6					I Cueto	0	4
	WC	A Simpkin	1	0				14	K Maleeva	6	6
	14	K Maleeva	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	12	Z Garrison	6	6
		W White	3	1				12	Z Garrison	6	6
		F Bonsignori	79	3	0				D Balestrat	4	3
		D Balestrat	67	6	6										12	Z Garrison	77	6
		G Fernández	2	6	8											E Minter	63	0
		B Schultz	6	4	6				G Fernández	3	6	3
		A Frazier	5	4					E Minter	6	3	6
		E Minter	7	6																		12	Z Garrison	6	3	6
		C Tanvier	6	6																		5	G Sabatini	1	6	2
		P Medrado	3	1					C Tanvier	6	6
	WC	A Grunfeld	4	5					M Gurney	3	3
		M Gurney	6	7												C Tanvier	2	3
		R Zrubáková	6	77											5	G Sabatini	6	6
		H Ludloff	3	64					R Zrubáková	4	3
		C Bassett-Seguso	6	6				5	G Sabatini	6	6
	5	G Sabatini	2	2

Bottom half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	6	H Suková	7	1	6
		I Demongeot	5	6	2			6	H Suková	6	6
		J Novotná	6	7					J Novotná	2	2
		T Scheuer-Larsen	3	5											6	H Suková	64	6	6
		E Inoue	5	7	6											E Inoue	77	3	2
		W Probst	7	5	2				E Inoue	6	6
	Q	P Barg	65	4					S Gomer	4	2
		S Gomer	77	6																		6	H Suková	77	6
		E Krapl	3	6	3																		B Potter	64	4
		N Bykova	6	3	6				N Bykova	6	4	7
		B Potter	6	77					B Potter	2	6	9
		L Lapi	3	63												B Potter	4	6	6
		M Lindström	65	3											Q	J-A Faull	6	3	4
	Q	J-A Faull	77	6				Q	J-A Faull	5	6	6
		I Budařová	77	6					I Budařová	7	1	4
	LL	S Stafford	65	3

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	15	S Hanika	6	6
		H Cioffi	1	2				15	S Hanika	6	6
		M Jaggard	2	2					H Witvoet	1	3
		H Witvoet	6	6											15	S Hanika	3	3
	WC	V Lake	3	2												K Adams	6	6
		K Adams	6	6					K Adams	2	6	6
		N Tauziat	6	6					N Tauziat	6	4	4
		A Devries	2	4																			K Adams	7	3	0
		A Sánchez Vicario	3	4																		4	C Evert	5	6	6
	Q	K Okamoto	6	6				Q	K Okamoto	5	3
		G Miró	6	0	2				A Kijimuta	7	6
		A Kijimuta	4	6	6											A Kijimuta	4	0
		C Singer	6	6											4	C Evert	6	6
		S Wasserman	4	0					C Singer	4	6	3
		A Dechaume	1	2				4	C Evert	6	3	6
	4	C Evert	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	8	N Zvereva	6	6
	Q	R Reis	2	3				8	N Zvereva	6	6
		P Fendick	6	6					P Fendick	3	3
		C Benjamin	2	3											8	N Zvereva	6	77
		C Jolissaint	63	6	6											E Reinach	2	64
	Q	L Gregory	77	4	3				C Jolissaint	1	4
		C Lindqvist	63	4					E Reinach	6	6
		E Reinach	77	6																		8	N Zvereva	2	4
		J Durie	6	6																			R Fairbank	6	6
		M Werdel	4	2					J Durie	2	6	5
		R Fairbank	6	6					R Fairbank	6	1	7
		M-L Daniels	2	3												R Fairbank	77	6
		S Sloane	6	6											10	L McNeil	63	4
	WC	T Catlin	3	1					S Sloane	77	4	4
		N Provis	3	5				10	L McNeil	63	6	6
	10	L McNeil	6	7

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	13	L Savchenko	6	6
		J Byrne	2	2				13	L Savchenko	77	6
		M Yanagi	6	6					M Yanagi	64	3
		B Gerken	4	1											13	L Savchenko	6	6
		A Villagrán	6	6											WC	J Salmon	1	2
		L Ferrando	3	3					A Villagrán	77	1	2
		E Smylie	4	4				WC	J Salmon	61	6	6
	WC	J Salmon	6	6																		13	L Savchenko	4	2
		G Magers	77	3	7																	2	M Navratilova	6	6
		H Kelesi	65	6	5				G Magers	4	66
	Q	K Hunter	3	2					K Schimper	6	78
		K Schimper	6	6												K Schimper	0	4
		K Horvath	4	4											2	M Navratilova	6	6
		E Hakami	6	6					E Hakami	2	1
		S Goleš	1	2				2	M Navratilova	6	6
	2	M Navratilova	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "Wimbledon 1988". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2018.