1988 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
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Martina Navratilova was the defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Zina Garrison
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Steffi Graf
captured the title, and became the third woman to complete a Calendar Year Grand Slam, after Maureen Connolly Brinker and Margaret Court. This was also her fourth step to completing the first and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam.
Zina Garrison
Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...
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Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
captured the title, and became the third woman to complete a Calendar Year Grand Slam, after Maureen Connolly Brinker and Margaret Court. This was also her fourth step to completing the first and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam.
Seeds
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Steffi GrafSteffi GrafSteffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
(Champion) -
Martina Navrátilová (Quarterfinals) - Chris EvertChris EvertChristine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
(Semifinals, withdrew) - Pam ShriverPam ShriverPamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
(Second Round) -
Gabriela SabatiniGabriela SabatiniGabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
(Final) -
Manuela MaleevaManuela MaleevaManuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...
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Helena SukováHelena SukováHelena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
(Fourth Round) -
Natalia Zvereva (First Round)
- Lori McNeilLori McNeilLori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
(Third Round) - Claudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...
(Third Round) - Zina GarrisonZina GarrisonZina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...
(Semifinals) - Barbara PotterBarbara PotterBarbara Potter is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, winning five singles titles and eighteen doubles titles.-Career:...
(Fourth Round) - Mary Joe FernándezMary Joe FernándezMary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
(Third Round) - Katerina MaleevaKaterina MaleevaKaterina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:...
(Quarterfinals) - Sylvia HanikaSylvia HanikaSylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world and played left-handed.-Career:Hanika turned professional in 1977...
(Third Round) - Larisa Savchenko (Quarterfinals)
- 1988 US Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw