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The 1988 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 76th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 11 through 24 January 1988 and was the first edition of the tournament hosted at Flinders Park. It would mark the first time a Grand Slam final would be played indoors under a roof; after the first 3 games of the Women's Final, there was a 1-hour & 23 min delay to close the roof.
1988 Australian Open | |
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Date | 11–24 January 1988 |
Edition | 76th |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Surface | Hardcourt (Rebound Ace) |
Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Venue | Flinders Park |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Mats Wilander | |
Women's singles | |
Steffi Graf | |
Men's doubles | |
Rick Leach / Jim Pugh | |
Women's doubles | |
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
Mixed doubles | |
Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh | |
Boys' singles | |
Johan Anderson | |
Girls' singles | |
Jo-Anne Faull | |
Boys' doubles | |
Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge | |
Girls' doubles | |
Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan |
This was the first Australian Open to have 128-players in each singles category, in line with the other three majors.
Mats Wilander defeated Pat Cash 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6, 6–1, 8–6
Steffi Graf defeated Chris Evert 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Rick Leach / Jim Pugh defeated Jeremy Bates / Peter Lundgren 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull 6–0, 7–5
Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh defeated Martina Navratilova / Tim Gullikson 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Johan Anderson defeated Andrew Florent 7–5, 7–6
Jo-Anne Faull defeated Emmanuelle Derly 6–4, 6–4
Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Johan Anderson / Richard Fromberg 6–3, 6–2
Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan defeated Kate McDonald / Rennae Stubbs 6–1, 7–5
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