WTA Australian Open 1988 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Steffi Graf won the 1988 Australian Open, defeating Chris Evert 6-1 7-6(3) in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 11 to January 25, 1988.

Champion
Steffi Graf
def. Chris Evert , 6-1 7-6(3)
Dates
Jan 11 — Jan 25
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 25, 1988* F Steffi Graf #1 6-1 7-6(3) Chris Evert #3 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 24, 1988* SF Chris Evert #3 6-2 7-5 Martina Navratilova #2 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 1988* SF Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-3 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 22, 1988* QF Martina Navratilova #2 6-4 7-6(3) Helena Sukova #7 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1988* QF Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-2 Hana Mandlikova #5 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1988* QF Chris Evert #3 6-3 6-1 Claudia Porwik #91 H2H Match data
Jan 22, 1988* QF Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-2 6-4 Anne Minter #40 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 3-6 6-0 6-3 Radomira Zrubakova #127 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Chris Evert #3 6-1 6-1 Celine Cohen H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Hana Mandlikova #5 6-2 6-4 Lori Mcneil #11 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Martina Navratilova #2 6-4 6-0 Sylvia Hanika #14 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Steffi Graf #1 6-0 7-5 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Claudia Porwik #91 7-6(3) 7-5 Barbara Potter #12 H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Helena Sukova #7 7-6(4) 6-3 Belinda Cordwell H2H Match data
Jan 20, 1988* R16 Anne Minter #40 6-2 6-4 Pam Shriver #4 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Chris Evert #3 4-6 6-1 6-1 Patty Fendick #49 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-2 6-1 Melissa Brown H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Martina Navratilova #2 4-6 6-2 6-2 Akiko Kijimuta #79 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Radomira Zrubakova #121 6-0 6-0 Emiko Okagawa H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Celine Cohen 4-6 6-1 9-7 Lea Antonoplis #160 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Belinda Cordwell 6-3 5-7 6-2 Nicole Bradtke #70 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-1 6-4 Robin White #59 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Claudia Porwik #93 6-2 7-6(3) Eva Krapl #134 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Steffi Graf #1 6-1 6-2 Cammy Macgregor #127 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Helena Sukova #7 6-2 6-3 Maria Lindstrom H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Barbara Potter #12 6-3 6-2 Etsuko Inoue #30 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Hana Mandlikova #5 6-4 6-3 Catherine Tanvier #103 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Anne Minter #39 6-1 6-4 Carol Christian H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Pam Shriver #4 6-3 6-3 Nicole Jagerman #209 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Lori Mcneil #11 6-4 6-2 Jenny Byrne #144 H2H Match data
Jan 17, 1988* R32 Sylvia Hanika #14 6-4 6-1 Leigh Anne Eldredge H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Etsuko Inoue #30 6-1 6-2 Akemi Nishiya H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Martina Navratilova #2 6-1 6-0 Anna Maria Fernandez H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Celine Cohen 6-7(4) 7-5 11-9 Catherine Suire #129 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Carol Christian 6-2 6-4 Maria Christine Damas H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Barbara Potter #12 6-3 6-1 Amy Schwartz H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Eva Krapl #134 3-6 6-3 6-4 Zina Garrison #9 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-2 6-4 Jo Anne Faull H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Jenny Byrne #144 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 Paulette Moreno H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Anne Minter #39 6-2 6-4 Lisa Oneill H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Akiko Kijimuta #79 2-6 7-6(5) 6-2 Sandy Collins H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Steffi Graf #1 6-0 6-1 Janine Tremelling #97 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Sylvia Hanika #14 6-4 6-2 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Patty Fendick #49 7-6(3) 6-0 Sandra Wasserman #128 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Radomira Zrubakova #121 6-1 6-1 Elizabeth Galphin #224 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Emiko Okagawa 6-4 6-4 Candy Reynolds #179 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Chris Evert #3 6-0 6-1 Beverly Bowes #74 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Catherine Tanvier #103 4-6 6-3 6-3 Jo Durie #73 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Nicole Jagerman #209 6-1 7-5 Julie Halard-Decugis #62 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Pam Shriver #4 7-5 6-0 Rosalyn Fairbank #40 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Cammy Macgregor #127 6-4 6-4 Monique Javer #161 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Lea Antonoplis #160 7-6(5) 6-3 Heather Ludloff #87 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Maria Lindstrom 6-4 6-1 Ann Devries #96 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Belinda Cordwell 6-2 6-2 Sally Mccann H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Helena Sukova #7 6-4 6-3 Louise Field #123 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Melissa Brown 6-7(1) 6-4 6-1 Michelle Jaggard Lai H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Robin White #59 6-1 6-3 Lindsay Bartlett H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Lori Mcneil #11 6-4 6-0 Manon Bollegraf #104 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Nicole Bradtke #70 6-3 6-2 Wendy Wood H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Leigh Anne Eldredge 7-6(2) 6-4 Julie Richardson #156 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Hana Mandlikova #5 6-1 6-1 Hellas Ter Riet H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-2 6-2 Ann Henricksson #55 H2H Match data
Jan 15, 1988* R64 Claudia Porwik #93 4-6 6-2 13-11 Cynthia Macgregor H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Helena Sukova #7 6-2 6-2 Jamie Golder #208 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Julie Richardson #156 7-5 6-2 Kaoru Okamoto #107 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Lindsay Bartlett 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 Kim Steinmetz #215 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Janine Tremelling #97 6-0 4-6 6-4 Clare Thompson H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Celine Cohen 6-2 1-6 6-1 Jill Hetherington #143 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Emiko Okagawa 7-6(4) 6-0 Maider Laval #197 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Robin White #59 7-6(3) 6-3 Rachel Mcquillan #335 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Nicole Bradtke #70 6-3 6-2 Valda Lake H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Akemi Nishiya 6-4 7-5 Pascale Paradis Mangon H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Louise Field #123 7-6(3) 6-1 Emmanuelle Derly H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Monique Javer #161 6-3 4-6 6-3 Pamela Jung H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-4 6-1 Jennifer Fuchs H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Hellas Ter Riet 6-4 7-6(6) Sarah Loosemore #313 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Steffi Graf #1 6-3 6-1 Amy Jonsson H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Pam Shriver #4 6-1 6-3 Eva Pfaff #47 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Akiko Kijimuta #79 7-6(0) 6-1 Pilar Vasquez #151 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Anne Minter #39 6-3 6-1 Karen Deed H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Catherine Tanvier #103 6-2 6-0 Michelle Bowrey H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Zina Garrison #9 6-0 6-0 Stephanie Faulkner H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Catherine Suire #129 4-6 6-1 7-5 Ei Iida #323 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Sandy Collins 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 Marcella Mesker #149 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Patty Fendick #49 7-6(5) 7-5 Penny Barg H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Maria Lindstrom 6-1 6-3 Carin Bakkum H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Heather Ludloff #87 6-1 6-3 Liz Smylie #29 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Barbara Potter #12 6-3 7-6(6) Clare Wood #170 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Nicole Jagerman #209 6-2 7-5 Amanda Tobin #213 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Lisa Oneill 2-6 6-2 8-6 Olga Tsarbopoulou #145 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Etsuko Inoue #30 7-6(4) 6-4 Jana Novotna #36 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Wendy Wood 6-2 4-6 8-6 Dianne Fromholtz #21 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Amy Schwartz 6-1 6-2 Sherri Norris H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Jenny Byrne #144 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1 Sybille Niox Chateau H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Claudia Porwik #93 6-4 6-2 Vicki Nelson #137 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Carol Christian 6-3 6-0 Jennifer Goodling H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 6-4 6-1 Katrina Adams #166 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Beverly Bowes #74 6-4 1-6 6-4 Tina Mochizuki H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Julie Halard-Decugis #62 6-1 6-1 Masako Yanagi #172 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Jo Anne Faull 6-2 7-6(4) Susan Mascarin #117 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Cynthia Macgregor 7-6(1) 6-2 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Martina Navratilova #2 6-3 6-0 Elizabeth Minter #72 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Maria Christine Damas 6-3 6-0 Katie Rickett H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Anna Maria Fernandez 7-6(7) 6-3 Kristine Kunce #339 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Elizabeth Galphin #224 7-5 6-2 Paula Smith #205 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Melissa Brown 6-3 6-0 Pam Casale #112 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Candy Reynolds #179 6-0 7-6(5) Marie Christine Calleja H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Hana Mandlikova #5 6-4 6-1 Mima Jausovec #234 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 3-6 6-2 6-0 Wiltrud Probst #101 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Lea Antonoplis #160 6-4 7-6(4) Annabel Croft H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Ann Henricksson #55 4-6 6-1 10-8 Betsy Nagelsen #90 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Sandra Wasserman #128 6-3 6-1 Stephanie Savides H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Manon Bollegraf #104 6-0 6-2 Xanthe Adams H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Sally Mccann 6-3 6-2 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #153 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Chris Evert #3 6-4 6-0 Gretchen Magers #53 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Radomira Zrubakova #121 7-6(1) 6-0 Jill Smoller H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Sylvia Hanika #14 3-6 6-4 6-1 Sara Gomer #77 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Rosalyn Fairbank #40 6-2 6-0 Yukie Koizumi H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Ann Devries #96 2-6 6-0 6-1 Teresa Edgar H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Leigh Anne Eldredge 6-4 6-2 Camille Benjamin #66 H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Belinda Cordwell 6-1 6-7(5) 6-0 Christiane Jolissaint H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Paulette Moreno 6-3 6-2 Marianne Van Der Torre H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Lori Mcneil #11 6-2 6-1 Dee Ann Hansel H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Cammy Macgregor #127 6-0 6-0 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Michelle Jaggard Lai 3-6 6-1 6-4 Alison Scott H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Jo Durie #73 6-4 6-2 Julie Salmon H2H Match data
Jan 13, 1988* R128 Eva Krapl #134 3-6 6-2 6-2 Amy Frazier #147 H2H Match data

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