WTA US Open 1988 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Steffi Graf won the 1988 US Open, defeating Gabriela Sabatini 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 29 to September 11, 1988.

Champion
Steffi Graf
def. Gabriela Sabatini , 6-3 3-6 6-1
Dates
Aug 29 — Sep 11
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Sep 11, 1988* F Steffi Graf #1 6-3 3-6 6-1 Gabriela Sabatini #4 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Sep 10, 1988* SF Steffi Graf #1 (w/o) Chris Evert #3 H2H Match data
Sep 10, 1988* SF Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-4 7-5 Zina Garrison #12 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Sep 8, 1988* QF Zina Garrison #12 6-4 6-7(3) 7-5 Martina Navratilova #2 H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1988* QF Gabriela Sabatini #4 4-6 6-4 6-1 Larisa Savchenko #19 H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1988* QF Chris Evert #3 3-6 6-4 6-2 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #8 H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1988* QF Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-0 Katerina Maleeva #15 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #8 6-3 6-2 Barbara Potter #13 H2H Match data
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Gabriela Sabatini #4 7-5 6-4 Stephanie Rehe #16 H2H Match data
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Katerina Maleeva #15 6-1 6-3 Helena Sukova #6 H2H Match data
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Chris Evert #3 6-2 6-4 Judith Wiesner #31 H2H Match data
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Larisa Savchenko #19 6-3 6-1 Terry Phelps #55 H2H Match data
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Martina Navratilova #2 6-4 6-1 Elna Reinach #32 H2H Match data
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Zina Garrison #12 4-6 7-5 6-2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #21 H2H Match data
Sep 6, 1988* R16 Steffi Graf #1 6-4 6-2 Patty Fendick #22 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Martina Navratilova #2 6-1 6-3 Anne Minter #29 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-1 6-1 Julie Richardson #124 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Patty Fendick #22 6-7(4) 6-3 7-5 Sylvia Hanika #17 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Chris Evert #3 6-3 6-3 Michelle Torres #82 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #21 6-3 6-3 Susan Sloane Lundy H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #8 6-1 1-6 6-3 Isabel Cueto #24 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Steffi Graf #1 6-0 6-1 Nathalie Herreman #119 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Stephanie Rehe #16 6-3 2-6 6-3 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Katerina Maleeva #15 5-7 6-2 6-1 Sandra Wasserman #76 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Zina Garrison #12 6-1 6-1 Jill Hetherington #103 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Terry Phelps #55 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) Leila Meskhi #41 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Helena Sukova #6 7-5 7-5 Amy Frazier #74 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Judith Wiesner #31 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 Lori Mcneil #9 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Barbara Potter #13 7-5 6-3 Betsy Nagelsen #136 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Elna Reinach #32 7-5 6-3 Mary Joe Fernandez #14 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1988* R32 Larisa Savchenko #19 6-4 6-3 Carling Bassett Seguso H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Elna Reinach #32 2-6 6-2 6-1 Mercedes Paz #53 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Carling Bassett Seguso 6-4 6-1 Gretchen Magers #43 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Amy Frazier #74 3-6 6-1 6-3 Ann Devries #91 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Anne Minter #29 1-6 6-0 6-3 Sabrina Goles #46 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Larisa Savchenko #19 5-7 7-5 6-4 Elise Burgin #179 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #8 7-6(4) 6-2 Jennifer Santrock #137 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Stephanie Rehe #16 6-2 6-2 Iwona Kuczynska H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Sylvia Hanika #17 6-2 6-2 Ann Grossman #83 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Julie Richardson #124 1-6 7-5 7-5 Dianne Van Rensburg H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Martina Navratilova #2 6-2 6-1 Elly Hakami #69 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Nathalie Herreman #119 6-2 6-4 Ronni Reis #97 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Helena Sukova #6 6-2 6-3 Dianne Fromholtz #50 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Betsy Nagelsen #136 7-6(6) 7-5 Claudia Porwik #72 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Sandra Wasserman #76 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1 Andrea Holikova #118 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Jill Hetherington #103 6-2 6-1 Linda Ferrando #75 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Judith Wiesner #31 3-6 6-4 6-0 Beth Herr #102 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Steffi Graf #1 6-1 6-0 Manon Bollegraf #92 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-2 6-0 Beverly Bowes #105 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-2 2-6 6-4 Raffaella Reggi Concato H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #21 6-2 6-2 Kim Steinmetz #183 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Barbara Potter #13 6-3 7-5 Robin White #37 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Susan Sloane Lundy 6-2 6-3 Catherine Suire #140 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Leila Meskhi #41 4-6 6-1 6-4 Pam Shriver #5 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Zina Garrison #12 3-6 7-5 6-0 Helen Kelesi #20 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Terry Phelps #55 7-5 6-2 Ann Henricksson #80 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Chris Evert #3 6-1 6-0 Halle Cioffi #35 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #14 6-4 6-4 Nathalie Tauziat #26 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Katerina Maleeva #15 6-1 6-1 Laxmi Poruri #230 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Isabel Cueto #24 6-1 6-1 Laura Garrone #73 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Patty Fendick #22 7-5 4-6 6-1 Nicole Jagerman #89 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Michelle Torres #82 7-5 7-6(4) Regina Rajchrtova #164 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1988* R64 Lori Mcneil #9 7-5 6-3 Natalia Egorova #111 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Helen Kelesi #20 6-2 6-3 Carol Christian H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #8 6-1 6-4 Neige Dias H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Carling Bassett Seguso 6-3 6-0 Adriana Villagran Reami H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Manon Bollegraf #92 6-2 4-6 7-5 Isabelle Demongeot #39 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-4 6-2 Angelika Kanellopoulou H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Regina Rajchrtova #164 6-1 1-6 7-6(5) Petra Huber #143 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Catherine Suire #140 6-3 4-6 6-2 Karen Schimper #86 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Ann Devries #91 6-2 1-6 7-6(3) Julie Halard-Decugis #48 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Anne Minter #29 6-3 6-1 Wendy Turnbull #60 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Susan Sloane Lundy 6-3 6-1 Jo Durie #58 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Gabriela Sabatini #4 6-3 6-0 Bettina Fulco #25 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Elise Burgin #179 6-3 (ret.) Eva Pfaff #104 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Beth Herr #102 6-3 1-6 6-2 Mary Lou Piatek H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Lori Mcneil #9 6-4 6-0 Iva Budarova #98 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Dianne Van Rensburg 6-3 6-4 Wendy White #87 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Ann Grossman #83 6-3 7-5 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #47 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Judith Wiesner #31 6-2 6-3 Jana Novotna #44 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Sylvia Hanika #17 6-1 6-3 Sara Gomer #49 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Natalia Egorova #111 6-3 4-6 6-4 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Sandra Wasserman #76 7-6(1) 6-3 Sandra Cecchini #18 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Jill Hetherington #103 6-2 2-6 6-4 Hu Na H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Isabel Cueto #24 6-4 6-0 Lisa Green H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Amy Frazier #74 6-1 7-6(4) Olga Tsarbopoulou #117 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Iwona Kuczynska 7-6(3) 6-2 Heather Ludloff #106 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Leila Meskhi #41 7-5 4-6 6-3 Tine Scheuer Larsen H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Michelle Torres #82 1-6 6-4 6-4 Masako Yanagi #110 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Beverly Bowes #105 6-2 6-3 Akiko Kijimuta #85 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Elly Hakami #69 3-6 6-3 6-2 Maria Lindstrom H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Nathalie Tauziat #26 1-6 7-6(3) 6-1 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Martina Navratilova #2 6-1 6-3 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Barbara Potter #13 6-2 6-3 Wiltrud Probst #64 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Robin White #37 7-6(6) 2-6 7-6(3) Silke Frankl #116 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Stephanie Rehe #16 6-1 6-1 Kaoru Okamoto #195 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Chris Evert #3 6-4 6-1 Conchita Martínez #52 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Terry Phelps #55 3-6 6-1 6-2 Carrie Cunningham #151 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Zina Garrison #12 6-0 6-3 Nicole Bradtke #34 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Elna Reinach #32 6-1 6-4 Radomira Zrubakova #42 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Helena Sukova #6 6-1 6-4 Lisa Bonder Kreiss H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #14 6-1 6-2 Jenny Byrne #144 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Larisa Savchenko #19 7-6(4) 6-2 Laura Golarsa #70 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Ann Henricksson #80 6-4 4-6 6-1 Debbie Graham #138 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Pam Shriver #5 6-4 6-3 Anne Smith H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Laxmi Poruri #230 7-6(3) 6-4 Monique Javer #81 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Nicole Jagerman #89 6-2 7-6(3) Katrina Adams #93 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Raffaella Reggi Concato 7-6(4) 7-5 Jo Anne Faull H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Betsy Nagelsen #136 6-2 6-2 Camille Benjamin #84 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Ronni Reis #97 6-4 6-0 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Julie Richardson #124 6-2 7-5 Patricia Medrado #115 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Andrea Holikova #118 6-3 0-6 6-4 Belinda Cordwell H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Laura Garrone #73 7-6(6) 6-3 Catherine Tanvier #100 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Mercedes Paz #53 7-5 6-2 Clare Wood #161 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Patty Fendick #22 6-2 6-3 Rosalyn Fairbank #38 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Dianne Fromholtz #50 6-4 6-0 Gigi Fernandez #57 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Claudia Porwik #72 6-1 6-1 Melissa Gurney #96 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Sabrina Goles #46 6-0 6-3 Stacey Martin H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Steffi Graf #1 6-1 6-1 Elizabeth Minter #95 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Jennifer Santrock #137 2-6 6-2 6-1 Federica Bonsignori #94 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Kim Steinmetz #183 4-6 6-3 6-4 Natasha Zvereva #7 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #21 6-3 6-0 Kathrin Keil H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Linda Ferrando #75 7-5 6-1 Christina Singer #90 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Gretchen Magers #43 6-3 5-7 6-4 Silke Meier #67 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Nathalie Herreman #119 6-4 6-2 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Katerina Maleeva #15 6-2 6-1 Etsuko Inoue #45 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1988* R128 Halle Cioffi #35 6-4 6-4 Laura Lapi #112 H2H Match data

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