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Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Date20 September-1 October
Edition10
SurfaceHard (Neodex)
LocationSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center, Seoul
Champions
Men's Singles
Miloslav Mečíř (TCH)
Women's Singles
Steffi Graf (FRG)
Men's Doubles
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso (USA)
Women's Doubles
Pam Shriver / Zina Garrison (USA)

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

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
United States (USA)
Ken Flach
Robert Seguso
Spain (ESP)
Emilio Sánchez
Sergio Casal
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Miloslav Mečíř
Milan Šrejber
Sweden (SWE)
Stefan Edberg
Anders Järryd
Women's singles
Steffi Graf
West Germany
Gabriela Sabatini
Argentina
Zina Garrison
United States
Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
Bulgaria
Women's doubles
United States (USA)
Pam Shriver
Zina Garrison
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Australia (AUS)
Elizabeth Smylie
Wendy Turnbull
West Germany (FRG)
Steffi Graf
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

Medal table

A scoreboard that still remained in 2006, that documents the Women's Singles draw.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2125
2 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1113
3 West Germany (FRG)1012
4 Argentina (ARG)0101
Spain (ESP)0101
6 Sweden (SWE)0022
7 Australia (AUS)0011
Bulgaria (BUL)0011
Totals (8 nations)44816

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