1988 WTA German Open – Singles

Singles
1988 WTA German Open
1987 Champion Steffi Graf
Champion Steffi Graf
Runner-up Helena Suková
Score6–3, 6–2
Draw56
Seeds16

Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Helena Suková.[1]

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Steffi Graf (champion)
  2. Helena Suková (final)
  3. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (semifinals)
  4. Hana Mandlíková (third round)
  5. Raffaella Reggi (second round)
  6. Sandra Cecchini (quarterfinals)
  7. Sylvia Hanika (semifinals)
  8. Mary Joe Fernández (quarterfinals)
  9. Arantxa Sánchez (second round)
  10. Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
  11. Isabel Cueto (third round)
  12. Patricia Tarabini (third round)
  13. Jana Novotná (first round)
  14. Kathleen Horvath (second round)
  15. n/a
  16. n/a

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Steffi Graf 6 6  
3 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 1 0  
1 Steffi Graf 6 6  
2 Helena Suková 3 2  
7 Sylvia Hanika 2 3  
2 Helena Suková 6 6  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 S Graf 6 6  
  J Halard 7 6     J Halard 0 1  
  J Durie 6 1   1 S Graf 6 6  
  S Meier 6 6     S Meier 2 1  
  J Byrne 2 3     S Meier 7 6  
Q C Dahlman 4 6 1 10 N Tauziat 5 2  
10 N Tauziat 6 1 6 1 S Graf 6 6  
  D Van Rensburg 7 6     N Provis 0 2  
  L Ferrando 5 2     D Van Rensburg 4 3  
LL L Field 6 2     N Provis 6 6  
  N Provis 7 6     N Provis 6 3 6
  M Bollegraf 5 1     I Demongeot 2 6 2
  I Demongeot 7 6     I Demongeot 6 6  
5 R Reggi 0 1  

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 C Kohde-Kilsch 6 7  
Q H Thoms 7 6   Q H Thoms 2 5  
  F Bonsignori 6 2   3 C Kohde-Kilsch 6 6  
Q A Vieira 3 4     M Paz 2 3  
  M Paz 6 6     M Paz 6 7  
Q L Lapi 7 6 6 Q L Lapi 0 6  
13 J Novotná 6 7 2 3 C Kohde-Kilsch 7 6  
12 P Tarabini 6 6   6 S Cecchini 5 1  
  G Miró 2 2   12 P Tarabini 6 5 7
  I Budařová 7 6 3 Q C Wood 3 7 6
Q C Wood 6 7 6 12 P Tarabini 1 1  
Q S Menning 1 0   6 S Cecchini 6 6  
Q T Scheuer-Larsen 6 6   Q T Scheuer-Larsen 6 5 1
6 S Cecchini 2 7 6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 S Hanika 6 6  
  K Düll 4 4     H Sprung 2 1  
  H Sprung 6 6   7 S Hanika 6 6  
  P Paradis 6 3 1 11 I Cueto 2 4  
LL C Cohen 4 6 6 LL C Cohen 6 2 0
  L Garrone 1 4   11 I Cueto 0 6 6
11 I Cueto 6 6   7 S Hanika 6 3 6
9 A Sánchez 6 6     R Zrubáková 4 6 1
  E Pfaff 1 4   9 A Sánchez 6 1  
  R Zrubáková 7 6     R Zrubáková 7 6  
  H Witvoet 5 3     R Zrubáková 7 7  
  V Martinek 6 6   4 H Mandlíková 6 5  
  S Auer 3 4     V Martinek 6 4 4
4 H Mandlíková 2 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 M J Fernández 6 6  
  P Huber 6 4 2   S Frankl 0 2  
  S Frankl 1 6 6 8 M J Fernández 6 6  
  B Bowes 7 6     B Bowes 3 4  
  C Porwik 6 4     B Bowes 6 6  
  A Villagrán 4 7 3 14 K Horvath 3 3  
14 K Horvath 6 6 6 8 M J Fernández 6 0  
  W Probst 2 2   2 H Suková 7 6  
  M Torres 6 6     M Torres 0 2  
  S Goleš 7 7     S Goleš 6 6  
  B Schultz 6 5     S Goleš 4 3  
  B Paulus 1 2   2 H Suková 6 6  
  B Fulco 6 6     B Fulco 6 1  
2 H Suková 7 6  

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1989). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. pp. 174, 194–195. ISBN 9780002183116.