Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Date 20 September-1 October 1988
Edition 10
Surface Hard (Neodex)
Location Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center , Seoul
Champions
Men's singles
  Miloslav Me?i?   ( TCH )
Women's singles
  Steffi Graf   ( FRG )
Men's doubles
  Ken Flach / Robert Seguso   ( USA )
Women's doubles
  Pam Shriver / Zina Garrison   ( USA )
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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 [ edit ]

Events [ edit ]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details
Miloslav Me?i?
  Czechoslovakia
Tim Mayotte
  United States
Stefan Edberg
  Sweden
Brad Gilbert
  United States
Men's doubles
details
  United States   (USA)
Ken Flach
Robert Seguso
  Spain   (ESP)
Emilio Sanchez
Sergio Casal
  Czechoslovakia   (TCH)
Miloslav Me?i?
Milan ?rejber
  Sweden   (SWE)
Stefan Edberg
Anders Jarryd
Women's singles
details
Steffi Graf
  West Germany
Gabriela Sabatini
  Argentina
Zina Garrison
  United States
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere
  Bulgaria
Women's doubles
details
  United States   (USA)
Pam Shriver
Zina Garrison
  Czechoslovakia   (TCH)
Jana Novotna
Helena Sukova
  Australia   (AUS)
Elizabeth Smylie
Wendy Turnbull
  West Germany   (FRG)
Steffi Graf
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

Medal table [ edit ]

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
Totals (8 entries) 4 4 8 16

References [ edit ]