ATP Wimbledon 1988 Draw & Results

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Stefan Edberg won the 1988 Wimbledon, defeating Boris Becker 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 20–July 4 on grass courts in London, United Kingdom.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion
Stefan Edberg
def. Boris Becker , 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2
Dates
Jun 20 — Jul 4
Location
London, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Match type

126 recorded singles results

Wimbledon 1988 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Stefan Edberg #2 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2 Boris Becker #42× CH H2H Match data Jul 4, 1988* F
SF (2)
Boris Becker #82× CH 6-4 6-3 6-7 6-4 Ivan Lendl #1 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1988* SF
Stefan Edberg #3 4-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 Miloslav Mecir #7 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1988* SF
QF (4)
Miloslav Mecir #7 6-3 6-1 6-3 Mats Wilander #2 H2H Match data Jul 1, 1988* QF
Boris Becker #82× CH 6-4 6-3 6-4 Pat Cash #4DEF H2H Match data Jul 1, 1988* QF
Ivan Lendl #1 7-6 7-6 6-3 Tim Mayotte #13 H2H Match data Jul 1, 1988* QF
Stefan Edberg #3 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-6 Patrik Kuhnen #90 H2H Match data Jul 1, 1988* QF
R16 (8)
Ivan Lendl #1 7-5 6-7 6-7 7-5 10-8 Mark Woodforde #54 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16
Pat Cash #4DEF 6-3 6-3 6-3 Andrei Olhovskiy #151 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16
Patrik Kuhnen #90 5-7 7-6 7-6 6-7 6-3 Jimmy Connors #52× CH H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tim Mayotte #13 6-4 7-6 4-6 6-2 Henri Leconte #10 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16
Stefan Edberg #3 6-2 6-4 6-4 Simon Youl #153 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16
Boris Becker #82× CH 6-3 6-4 6-4 Paul Annacone #55 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16
Mats Wilander #2 6-4 7-6 7-5 Slobodan Zivojinovic H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16
Miloslav Mecir #7 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 Wally Masur #64 H2H Match data Jun 29, 1988* R16
R32 (16)
Pat Cash #4DEF 6-1 6-2 6-4 John Fitzgerald #30 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Simon Youl #153 6-4 7-6 6-0 Petr Korda #77 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Henri Leconte #10 3-6 6-1 7-6 6-1 Barry Moir #160 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Mark Woodforde #54 6-3 6-4 6-3 Diego Nargiso #162 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Andrei Olhovskiy #151 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3 Chris Pridham #93 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Slobodan Zivojinovic 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-3 Eric Jelen #48 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Stefan Edberg #3 6-2 7-5 2-6 7-5 Ken Flach #94 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Wally Masur #64 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-1 Robert Seguso #74 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Patrik Kuhnen #90 6-1 6-4 6-4 Jim Grabb #63 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Paul Annacone #55 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4 Jonas Svensson #15 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Mats Wilander #2 6-1 6-4 6-4 Menno Oosting #88 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Boris Becker #82× CH 7-6 6-4 6-4 Sammy Giammalva Jr — Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Jimmy Connors #52× CH 7-5 4-6 4-6 6-2 7-5 Derrick Rostagno #86 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Tim Mayotte #13 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-4 Joakim Nystrom #24 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Ivan Lendl #1 6-7 7-6 6-4 6-7 6-1 Michiel Schapers #43 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
Miloslav Mecir #7 6-3 6-4 6-2 Ricardo Acuna #239 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1988* R32
R64 (31)
Jonas Svensson #15 6-1 6-2 6-4 Magnus Gustafsson #44 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Menno Oosting #88 4-6 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-1 Kelly Evernden #67 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Derrick Rostagno #86 6-2 6-3 6-7 4-6 16-14 Marty Davis #106 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Stefan Edberg #3 6-3 7-6 5-7 6-2 Richey Reneberg #72 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Jim Grabb #63 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-0 Anders Jarryd #14 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Ken Flach #94 7-5 6-1 6-4 Jay Berger #38 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Mats Wilander #2 6-2 7-6 6-4 Glenn Michibata #141 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Wally Masur #64 7-5 7-6 6-3 John McEnroe #193× CH H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Simon Youl #153 6-2 6-3 6-4 Stephen Botfield #442 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Petr Korda #77 7-6 6-3 3-6 0-6 6-1 Emilio Sanchez #16 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ivan Lendl #1 5-7 6-2 6-4 6-4 Darren Cahill #47 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Boris Becker #82× CH 6-3 6-4 6-4 Karel Novacek #158 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Barry Moir #160 7-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 Heiner Moraing #155 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Chris Pridham #93 6-7 7-5 6-3 7-5 Udo Riglewski #125 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Eric Jelen #48 6-1 6-1 6-4 Tore Meinecke #58 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Ricardo Acuna #239 3-6 5-7 7-6 7-6 6-4 David Pate #28 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
John Fitzgerald #30 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-3 Christian Bergstrom #102 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Jimmy Connors #52× CH 7-6 6-3 6-3 Jason Stoltenberg #98 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Diego Nargiso #162 6-3 3-0 (ret.) Amos Mansdorf #22 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Patrik Kuhnen #90 7-6 5-7 4-6 6-1 6-4 Jakob Hlasek #35 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Pat Cash #4DEF 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 Javier Frana #80 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Mark Woodforde #54 6-7 6-4 6-3 6-3 Ramesh Krishnan H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Henri Leconte #10 2-6 7-6 6-2 6-3 Michael Chang #85 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Tim Mayotte #13 6-3 6-3 6-4 Greg Holmes #111 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Sammy Giammalva Jr 1-6 6-1 6-2 1-6 6-3 Milan Srejber #62 — Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Joakim Nystrom #24 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-1 Jan Gunnarsson #50 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Andrei Olhovskiy #151 6-4 6-4 6-2 Pieter Aldrich #143 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Michiel Schapers #43 7-5 6-2 6-2 Peter Lundgren #37 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Paul Annacone #55 6-4 6-2 6-4 Branislav Stankovic #144 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Miloslav Mecir #7 6-2 6-4 6-4 Alexander Volkov #66 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
Robert Seguso #74 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 Jeremy Bates #70 H2H Match data Jun 24, 1988* R64
R128 (64)
Karel Novacek #158 6-2 6-4 7-6 Peter Lindgren #126 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Ivan Lendl #1 6-4 6-1 6-3 David Felgate #362 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Magnus Gustafsson #44 6-3 6-4 6-4 Tarik Benhabiles #191 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Ricardo Acuna #239 7-6 6-7 7-6 6-4 Kevin Curren #27 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jay Berger #38 6-1 7-6 6-0 Fernando Luna #95 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Wally Masur #64 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-1 Steve Shaw #185 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Marty Davis #106 5-7 7-5 7-6 7-5 Broderick Dyke #92 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Jeremy Bates #70 2-6 1-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 Christo Van Rensburg H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Chris Pridham #93 6-3 6-4 6-4 Gustav Fichardt #515 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Heiner Moraing #155 6-3 7-5 6-4 Mark Petchey #984 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
John Ross 6-7 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-1 Paolo Cane #165 — Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Simon Youl #153 2-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-4 Carl Uwe Steeb #45 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Kelly Evernden #67 7-6 6-4 6-2 Jerome Potier #87 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Jakob Hlasek #35 6-3 4-6 6-4 7-5 Dan Goldie #32 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
John McEnroe #193× CH 6-1 7-5 6-1 Horst Skoff #73 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Branislav Stankovic #144 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-4 Todd Nelson #89 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Alexander Volkov #66 4-6 7-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 Thierry Champion #99 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Emilio Sanchez #16 6-3 6-3 6-4 Javier Sanchez #83 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Mats Wilander #2 6-3 6-4 7-6 Eduardo Masso #76 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Michiel Schapers #43 4-6 6-4 6-4 7-6 Alex Antonitsch #147 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Pat Cash #4DEF 6-1 6-1 6-2 Todd Woodbridge #262 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Eric Jelen #48 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 Gilad Bloom #113 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Greg Holmes #111 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-3 Nick Fulwood #343 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Richey Reneberg #72 7-5 2-6 6-3 7-5 Christian Saceanu #61 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Andrei Olhovskiy #151 6-4 6-4 6-4 Tomas Smid #40 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tore Meinecke #58 5-7 7-6 7-5 6-2 Richard Whichello #380 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Jason Stoltenberg #98 6-4 6-4 6-3 Yahiya Doumbia #120 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Stefan Edberg #3 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 Guy Forget #31 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Slobodan Zivojinovic 5-7 7-6 6-4 6-4 Horacio de la Pena #123 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Patrik Kuhnen #90 6-3 6-2 6-4 Huub Van Boeckel — Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Christian Bergstrom #102 6-1 6-4 6-1 Libor Pimek #105 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Miloslav Mecir #7 7-6 7-6 6-2 Agustin Moreno H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
John Fitzgerald #30 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4 Francesco Cancellotti #112 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Ken Flach #94 7-5 7-6 6-3 Peter Doohan #122 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Milan Srejber #62 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-3 Nduka Odizor #167 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
David Pate #28 6-2 6-3 6-7 6-2 Ulf Stenlund #131 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Pieter Aldrich #143 6-7 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-2 Pablo Arraya #81 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Menno Oosting #88 7-5 6-1 6-3 Carl Limberger #210 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Amos Mansdorf #22 6-3 6-2 1-6 6-1 Goran Ivanisevic #418 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Boris Becker #82× CH 6-3 6-1 6-2 John Frawley — Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Ramesh Krishnan 6-2 6-4 5-7 1-6 7-5 Grant Connell #124 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Tim Mayotte #13 6-4 6-4 6-3 Matt Anger #82 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Jonas Svensson #15 6-1 7-6 6-3 Tim Wilkison #101 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Stephen Botfield #442 6-4 6-4 6-3 Jaroslav Navratil #137 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Joakim Nystrom #24 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 Jim Pugh #53 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Barry Moir #160 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-1 Sergio Casal #100 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Jimmy Connors #52× CH 6-3 7-6 6-1 Leif Shiras #117 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Jim Grabb #63 6-0 6-3 6-4 Josef Cihak #149 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Glenn Michibata #141 6-4 7-5 6-4 Andrew Castle #91 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Darren Cahill #47 6-7 6-2 6-2 6-0 Gary Muller — Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Sammy Giammalva Jr 6-7 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-4 Ricki Osterthun #78 — Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Diego Nargiso #162 6-2 6-3 7-6 Jason Goodall — Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Peter Lundgren #37 4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-0 Nicklas Kroon #114 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Mark Woodforde #54 7-6 6-3 6-4 Johan Kriek #51 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Robert Seguso #74 6-2 6-7 6-4 6-3 Shane Barr #242 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Derrick Rostagno #86 6-0 6-3 7-5 Jaime Yzaga #57 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Udo Riglewski #125 7-5 6-4 6-4 Andrei Chesnokov #18 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128 Upset: winner had a 7 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Petr Korda #77 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 Massimiliano Narducci #84 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Paul Annacone #55 6-0 6-2 6-3 Martin Laurendeau #136 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Henri Leconte #10 6-4 6-2 6-2 Tobias Svantesson #176 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Jan Gunnarsson #50 6-3 7-6 6-4 Chris Bailey #321 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Anders Jarryd #14 6-2 6-0 6-2 Tom Nijssen #121 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Javier Frana #80 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 Bill Scanlon #188 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128
Michael Chang #85 7-5 1-6 6-4 6-2 Glenn Layendecker #298 H2H Match data Jun 22, 1988* R128

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