Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Date 20 September - 1 October 1988
Edition 10
Surface Neodex
Location Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul
Champions
Men's Singles
Miloslav Mečíř
 Czechoslovakia
Women's Singles
Steffi Graf
 West Germany
Men's Doubles
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
 United States
Women's Doubles
Pam Shriver
and Zina Garrison
 United States
Tennis at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1968 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

The tournament took place from September 20 - October 1 on outdoor hardcourts at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center.

Medal summary

Medal table

A scoreboard that still remained in 2006, that documents the Women's Singles draw.
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 2 1 2 5
2  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1 1 3
3  West Germany (FRG) 1 0 1 2
4  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
 Spain (ESP) 0 1 0 1
6  Sweden (SWE) 0 0 2 2
7  Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
 Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 8 16

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles Miloslav Mečíř
 Czechoslovakia
Tim Mayotte
 United States
Stefan Edberg
 Sweden
Brad Gilbert
 United States
Men's Doubles Ken Flach
and Robert Seguso
 United States
Emilio Sánchez
and Sergio Casal
 Spain
Miloslav Mečíř
and Milan Šrejber
 Czechoslovakia
Stefan Edberg
and Anders Järryd
 Sweden
Women's Singles Steffi Graf
 West Germany
Gabriela Sabatini
 Argentina
Zina Garrison
 United States
Manuela Maleeva
 Bulgaria
Women's Doubles Pam Shriver
and Zina Garrison
 United States
Jana Novotná
and Helena Suková
 Czechoslovakia
Elizabeth Smylie
and Wendy Turnbull
 Australia
Steffi Graf
and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
 West Germany

References

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