ATP US Open 1988 Draw, Results & Schedule

Mats Wilander won the 1988 US Open, defeating Ivan Lendl 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 29 to September 12, 1988. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
Mats Wilander
def. Ivan Lendl , 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4
Dates
Aug 29 — Sep 12
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

US Open 1988 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Mats Wilander #1 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 Ivan Lendl #2DEF · 3× H2H Match data Sep 12, 1988* F
SF (2)
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 3× 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 Andre Agassi #4 H2H Match data Sep 11, 1988* SF
Mats Wilander #2 6-4 6-4 6-2 Darren Cahill #33 H2H Match data Sep 11, 1988* SF
QF (4)
Andre Agassi #4 6-2 7-6 6-1 Jimmy Connors #65× CH H2H Match data Sep 9, 1988* QF
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 3× 6-2 6-2 6-0 Derrick Rostagno #52 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1988* QF
Darren Cahill #33 6-2 5-7 7-6 5-7 6-3 Aaron Krickstein #20 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1988* QF
Mats Wilander #2 3-6 7-6 6-0 6-4 Emilio Sanchez #21 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1988* QF
R16 (8)
Darren Cahill #33 6-4 6-4 6-3 Martin Laurendeau #151 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 3× 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4 Jakob Hlasek #25 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
Jimmy Connors #65× CH 6-1 6-2 6-0 Jorge Lozano #68 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
Aaron Krickstein #20 5-7 7-6 7-6 4-6 7-5 Stefan Edberg #3 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
Emilio Sanchez #21 6-2 6-3 6-4 John Frawley — Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
Derrick Rostagno #52 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-3 Ronald Agenor #26 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
Mats Wilander #2 6-3 6-2 6-2 Mark Woodforde #36 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
Andre Agassi #4 7-5 6-3 6-2 Michael Chang #48 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1988* R16
R32 (16)
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 3× 6-1 6-4 6-3 Scott Davis #192 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Emilio Sanchez #21 6-3 3-6 7-6 6-1 Miloslav Mecir #9 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Jakob Hlasek #25 6-2 6-4 6-2 Anders Jarryd #17 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Aaron Krickstein #20 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4 Andres Gomez #16 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Martin Laurendeau #151 4-6 6-2 6-4 7-5 Jaime Yzaga #69 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Jimmy Connors #65× CH 6-3 6-2 6-3 Pieter Aldrich #115 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Darren Cahill #33 (w/o) Marcelo Ingaramo #104 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Stefan Edberg #3 6-0 7-5 6-2 Johan Carlsson #238 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
John Frawley 6-3 6-4 6-3 Henri Leconte #11 — Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Michael Chang #48 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 Tim Wilkison #88 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Derrick Rostagno #52 6-3 6-4 6-2 Tim Mayotte #10 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Mark Woodforde #36 6-1 5-7 6-3 6-0 Diego Nargiso #96 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Mats Wilander #2 6-4 6-0 7-5 Mikael Pernfors #34 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Ronald Agenor #26 6-3 2-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 Jason Stoltenberg #100 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Andre Agassi #4 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-0 Johan Kriek #67 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32
Jorge Lozano #68 6-4 6-4 5-7 7-6 Guillermo Perez-Roldan #14 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1988* R32 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R64 (32)
Jaime Yzaga #69 1-6 6-0 6-4 6-2 Brad Gilbert #13 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Stefan Edberg #3 7-5 6-1 6-3 Guy Forget #46 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Jakob Hlasek #25 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-3 Wally Masur #50 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Johan Carlsson #238 6-2 6-3 6-0 Tobias Svantesson #119 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Mikael Pernfors #34 6-3 6-4 6-4 Jim Courier #80 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Henri Leconte #11 6-0 6-4 6-4 Barry Moir #143 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Derrick Rostagno #52 7-6 6-4 6-3 Marty Davis #108 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Aaron Krickstein #20 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 David Pate #31 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Anders Jarryd #17 6-0 6-3 6-0 Richey Reneberg #103 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Jimmy Connors #65× CH 6-0 6-3 3-6 6-1 Gilad Bloom #152 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Tim Wilkison #88 7-6 6-2 6-2 Claudio Mezzadri #44 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Pieter Aldrich #115 7-6 6-4 6-3 Grant Connell #148 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Scott Davis #192 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 Jimmy Brown — Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Darren Cahill #33 6-3 6-3 6-2 Boris Becker #5 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Andres Gomez #16 7-6 2-6 6-4 2-6 6-2 Shuzo Matsuoka #175 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Jason Stoltenberg #100 6-2 6-7 5-1 (ret.) Yannick Noah #8 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Guillermo Perez-Roldan #14 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-7 6-3 John Ross — Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
John Frawley 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 7-6 Paul Annacone #39 — Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Martin Laurendeau #151 6-3 6-3 6-2 Menno Oosting #107 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Mark Woodforde #36 7-5 4-6 6-7 6-3 6-1 John McEnroe #184× CH H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Michael Chang #48 5-7 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-4 Jonas Svensson #15 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Marcelo Ingaramo #104 7-6 6-1 3-6 6-2 Andrew Burrow #355 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Tim Mayotte #10 6-3 7-5 6-4 Gianluca Pozzi #226 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 3× 6-2 6-4 6-1 Jay Berger #35 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Miloslav Mecir #9 6-4 6-1 7-6 Sammy Giammalva Jr — Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Emilio Sanchez #21 6-2 7-5 6-2 Ramesh Krishnan H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Diego Nargiso #96 6-3 7-5 6-4 Patrik Kuhnen #53 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Jorge Lozano #68 7-5 6-0 2-6 6-7 6-4 Robert Seguso #54 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Johan Kriek #67 6-4 6-2 3-6 7-6 Martin Jaite #27 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Mats Wilander #2 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 Kevin Curren #22 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Andre Agassi #4 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 Rick Leach #168 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
Ronald Agenor #26 6-4 6-4 6-3 Jared Palmer #923 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1988* R64
R128 (64)
Johan Kriek #67 6-4 7-6 7-6 Tommy Ho #620 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Johan Carlsson #238 6-0 6-4 6-4 Slobodan Zivojinovic H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Boris Becker #5 6-3 6-0 7-6 Todd Nelson #85 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Andre Agassi #4 7-6 6-3 6-3 Philip Johnson #179 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Derrick Rostagno #52 6-3 6-7 6-3 7-6 Yahiya Doumbia #76 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Martin Laurendeau #151 2-6 6-4 7-6 7-6 Jimmy Arias #134 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Gianluca Pozzi #226 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3 Peter Lundgren #49 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Brad Gilbert #13 6-3 6-3 6-2 Milan Srejber #42 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Tim Wilkison #88 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 Ricki Osterthun #99 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Barry Moir #143 6-3 6-4 5-7 0-6 6-2 Leif Shiras #124 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jakob Hlasek #25 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3 Claudio Pistolesi #112 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
John McEnroe #184× CH 6-3 6-4 6-4 Leonardo Lavalle #139 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Guy Forget #46 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-4 Thierry Tulasne #65 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Gilad Bloom #152 4-6 6-4 3-0 (ret.) Petr Korda #105 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Martin Jaite #27 6-1 6-4 1-6 6-0 Thierry Champion #90 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Darren Cahill #33 6-0 6-0 6-2 Lawson Duncan #55 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jorge Lozano #68 6-2 7-5 3-6 7-5 Jim Grabb #64 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Emilio Sanchez #21 6-3 6-4 6-2 Sergio Casal #71 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Michael Chang #48 6-4 6-3 7-5 Luiz Mattar #32 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Pieter Aldrich #115 7-5 6-3 6-4 Wojtek Kowalski #125 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Shuzo Matsuoka #175 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 Simon Youl #111 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Marcelo Ingaramo #104 6-3 3-6 3-6 7-6 6-2 Horacio de la Pena #66 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Andres Gomez #16 6-4 6-2 6-2 Javier Sanchez #106 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Rick Leach #168 6-7 7-5 6-1 7-6 Scott Melville #290 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Patrik Kuhnen #53 6-4 2-6 7-5 6-2 Nicklas Kroon #118 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
John Ross 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #154 — Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 3× 6-2 6-7 6-1 5-7 6-0 Amos Mansdorf #24 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Grant Connell #148 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4 Christian Bergstrom #77 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Andrew Burrow #355 6-2 4-6 7-6 6-2 Udo Riglewski #89 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jason Stoltenberg #100 6-7 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 Matt Anger #129 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Aaron Krickstein #20 7-5 6-3 6-2 Michiel Schapers #41 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Diego Nargiso #96 7-5 7-6 7-6 Chris Pridham #97 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Yannick Noah #8 7-6 6-4 6-1 Kelly Jones #375 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Henri Leconte #11 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 Javier Frana #95 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Kevin Curren #22 6-4 6-4 6-4 Robbie Weiss #471 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Tobias Svantesson #119 0-6 4-6 6-1 7-6 6-4 Tomas Carbonell #126 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Wally Masur #50 6-2 6-3 6-4 Roger Smith #127 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jay Berger #35 6-4 6-0 6-2 Dan Cassidy #167 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Anders Jarryd #17 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-2 Joakim Nystrom #58 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jaime Yzaga #69 6-7 6-7 6-4 7-5 6-2 Pete Sampras #188 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Ramesh Krishnan 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-1 Nuno Marques #217 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jim Courier #80 7-5 6-4 6-3 Horst Skoff #63 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Menno Oosting #107 6-3 7-6 6-3 Michael Robertson #102 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Marty Davis #108 5-7 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 Cassio Motta #78 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Robert Seguso #54 6-3 6-4 6-3 Michael Kures #130 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jimmy Brown 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6 Dan Goldie #30 — Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Guillermo Perez-Roldan #14 6-7 7-6 3-6 6-1 7-6 Ken Flach #94 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Miloslav Mecir #9 7-5 6-4 6-0 Tomas Smid #57 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Mikael Pernfors #34 7-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 Thomas Muster #23 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Sammy Giammalva Jr 6-4 6-3 7-6 Miguel Nido #363 — Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
John Frawley 5-7 6-3 6-0 6-3 Joey Rive #74 — Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Paul Annacone #39 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-3 Massimiliano Narducci #116 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
David Pate #31 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 Eric Jelen #51 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Stefan Edberg #3 6-2 6-2 6-4 Libor Pimek #157 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Mats Wilander #2 6-2 6-1 6-4 Greg Holmes #159 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Claudio Mezzadri #44 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5 Andrew Castle #109 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Ronald Agenor #26 6-1 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-1 Kelly Evernden #84 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Mark Woodforde #36 6-3 6-0 6-7 1-6 6-3 Eduardo Masso #92 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Tim Mayotte #10 6-3 6-4 4-6 5-7 6-3 Jim Pugh #59 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jonas Svensson #15 6-3 6-3 6-4 Todd Witsken #61 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Scott Davis #192 6-4 6-3 6-1 Jeremy Bates #91 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jimmy Connors #65× CH 6-3 6-2 6-2 Agustin Moreno H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Jared Palmer #923 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-0 Jeff Tarango #161 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128
Richey Reneberg #103 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0 Marian Vajda #93 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1988* R128

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Most Titles

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  1. Jimmy Connors 98 wins

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  1. Jimmy Connors 22 appearances

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