1988 Grand Prix (tennis)
Wilander won 3 Majors in 1988 (Australian, French and US Open) | |
Details | |
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Duration | December 28, 1987 – December 18, 1988 |
Edition | 19th |
Tournaments | 77 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Boris Becker (7) |
Most tournament finals | Boris Becker (8) |
Prize money leader | Mats Wilander ($1,719,381) |
Points leader | Mats Wilander |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Mats Wilander |
Doubles Team of the year |
Rick Leach Jim Pugh |
Most improved player of the year | Andre Agassi |
← 1987 1989 → |
The 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only men's tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix schedule (a precursor to the ATP Tour).
- Key
Grand Slam events |
Team events |
World Championship Tennis Event |
Year-end championships |
January
February
March
Week of | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 March | DuPoint Classic Orlando, Florida, USA $297,500 | Andrei Chesnokov 7–6 6–1 | Miloslav Mečíř | Jay Berger David Pate | Aaron Krickstein Amos Mansdorf Martín Jaite Andre Agassi |
Guy Forget Yannick Noah 6–4 6–4 | Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick | ||||
14 March 21 March | Lipton International Players Championships Miami, Florida, USA $734,000 | Mats Wilander 6–4 4–6 6–4 6–4 | Jimmy Connors | Yannick Noah Miloslav Mečíř | Aaron Krickstein Andrei Chesnokov Jay Berger Anders Järryd |
John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–4 6–4 | Ken Flach Robert Seguso | ||||
28 March | Buick WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, USA $500,000 | Boris Becker 6–4 1–6 7–5 6–2 | Stefan Edberg | Brad Gilbert Yannick Noah | Andrés Gómez Pat Cash Tim Mayotte Martín Jaite |
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Week of | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 December | Nabisco Masters Doubles London, Great Britain Masters $200,000 - Carpet (i) - 8D Doubles Draw | Rick Leach Jim Pugh 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0 | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | Jorge Lozano / Todd Witsken John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd | |
12 December | Davis Cup: Final Gothenburg, Sweden – Clay (i) | West Germany 4–1 | Sweden |
Grand Prix rankings
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix titles won, alphabetically by last name:
- Andre Agassi - Memphis, Charleston, Forest Hills, Stuttgart, Stratton Mountain, Livingston (6)
- Boris Becker - Indian Wells, Dallas, London, Indianapolis, Tokyo Indoors, Stockholm, Season-Ending Championships (7)
- Jay Berger - São Paulo (1)
- Darren Cahill - Gstaad (1)
- Kent Carlsson - Madrid, Hamburg, Kitzbühel, St. Vincent, Barcelona (5)
- Michael Chang - San Francisco (1)
- Andrei Chesnokov - Orlando (1)
- Jimmy Connors - Washington, D.C., Toulouse (2)
- Yahiya Doumbia - Lyon (1)
- Stefan Edberg - Rotterdam, Wimbledon, Basel (3)
- Marcelo Filippini - Båstad (1)
- John Fitzgerald - Sydney (1)
- Brad Gilbert - Tel Aviv (1)
- Dan Goldie - Seoul (1)
- Jakob Hlasek - Wembley, Johannesburg (2)
- Ramesh Krishnan - Wellington (1)
- Henri Leconte - Nice, Brussels (2)
- Ivan Lendl - Monte Carlo, Rome, Canada (3)
- Alberto Mancini - Bologna (1)
- Amos Mansdorf - Auckland, Paris (2)
- Wally Masur - Newport (1)
- Luiz Mattar - Guarujá (1)
- Tim Mayotte - Philadelphia, Schenectady, Brisbane, Frankfurt (4)
- John McEnroe - Tokyo, Detroit (2)
- Miloslav Mečíř - Seoul Olympics (1)
- Thomas Muster - Boston, Bordeaux, Prague, Bari (4)
- Massimiliano Narducci - Florence (1)
- Yannick Noah - Milan (1)
- Guillermo Pérez-Roldán - Munich (1)
- Mikael Pernfors - Los Angeles, Scottsdale (2)
- Christian Saceanu - Bristol (1)
- Emilio Sánchez - Hilversum (1)
- Javier Sánchez - Buenos Aires (1)
- Horst Skoff - Athens, Vienna (2)
- Milan Šrejber - Rye Brook (1)
- Jonas Svensson - Metz (1)
- Marián Vajda - Geneva (1)
- Mats Wilander - Australian Open, Miami, Roland Garros, Cincinnati, US Open, Palermo (6)
- Mark Woodforde - Adelaide (1)
- Jaime Yzaga - Itaparica (1)
- Slobodan Živojinović - Sydney Indoors (1)
The following players won their first title in 1988:
- Darren Cahill
- Michael Chang
- Yahiya Doumbia
- Marcelo Filippini
- Jakob Hlasek
- Alberto Mancini
- Massimiliano Narducci
- Mikael Pernfors
- Christian Saceanu
- Javier Sánchez
- Horst Skoff
- Milan Šrejber
See also
References
- ATP Archive 1988: Nabisco Grand Prix Tournaments Accessed 22/10/2010.
- History Mens Professional Tours:Accessed 22/10/2010.
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 9780942257700.
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