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 England. It was the 102nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 4 July 1988.

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
Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini defeated Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Sherwood Stewart / Zina Garrison defeated Kelly Jones / Gretchen Magers, 6–1, 7–6

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

  17. Steffi Graf
  18. Martina Navratilova '
  19. Pam Shriver '
  20. Chris Evert '
  21. Gabriela Sabatini '
  22. Helena Suková '
  23. Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière '
  24. Natasha Zvereva '
  25. Hana Mandlíková '
  26. Lori McNeil '
  27. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch '
  28. Zina Garrison '
  29. Larisa Savchenko '
  30. Katerina Maleeva '
  31. Sylvia Hanika '
  32. Mary Joe Fernández