1988 Swan Premium Open
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The 1988 Swan Premium Open was a tennis
tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre
in Sydney
in Australia
and was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
. The tournament ran from 10 through 17 October 1988.
Slobodan Živojinović
defeated
Richard Matuszewski
7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Darren Cahill
/ John Fitzgerald defeated Martin Davis
/ Brad Drewett
6–3, 6–2
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sydney Entertainment Centre
The Sydney Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose venue, located in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia. It opened in May 1983, to replace Sydney Stadium, which had been demolished to make way for a new railway. The centre is currently owned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, which administers...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...
. The tournament ran from 10 through 17 October 1988.
Men's Singles
Slobodan ŽivojinovićSlobodan Živojinovic
Slobodan Živojinović is a retired Serbian tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. Together with Nenad Zimonjić he is the only tennis player from Serbia that held the highest doubles ranking. Živojinović is president of Serbia Tennis Federaton....
defeated
Richard MatuszewskiRichard Matuszewski
Richard Matuszewski , born September 7, 1964 in Newark, New Jersey, is a former tennis player from the United States.Matuszewski won the Van Nostrand Memorial Award in 1986 and is a four-time All-American. He was named All-American in singles and doubles in 1985 and 1986...
7–6, 6–3, 6–4
- It was Živojinović's 2nd title of the year and the 9th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Darren CahillDarren Cahill
Darren Cahill is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia.Nicknamed "Killer", Cahill turned professional in 1984...
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John Fitzgerald defeated Martin DavisMartin Davis (tennis)
Martin Davis , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During his career Davis won 4 singles titles and 4 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 47 in 1985 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
/
Brad DrewettBrad Drewett
Brad Drewett is a retired tennis player from Australia.Drewett won the Australian Open Junior Boys title in 1975 and 1977. During his professional career, he won two singles and seven doubles titles and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open singles in 1976. He also achieved a high...
6–3, 6–2
- It was Cahill's 4th title of the year and the 7th of his career. It was Fitzgerald's 4th title of the year and the 21st of his career.