1988 Australian Open

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:TennisEventInfo The 1988 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 76th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 11 through 24 January 1988 and was the first edition of the tournament hosted at Flinders Park. It would mark the first time a Grand Slam final would be played indoors under a roof; after the first 3 games of the Women's Final, there was a 1-hour & 23 min delay to close the roof.

This was the first Australian Open to have 128-players in each singles category, in line with the other three majors.

Seniors

Men's singles

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  • It was Wilander's 5th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd and last Australian Open title.

Women's singles

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  • It was Graf's 2nd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. She became the first German player – male or female – to win an Australian Open singles title.

Men's doubles

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  • It was Leach's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. It was Pugh's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.

Women's doubles

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  • It was Navratilova's 49th career Grand Slam title and her 10th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 20th career Grand Slam title and her 7th Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles

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  • It was Novotná's 1st career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. It was Pugh's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Template:Flagicon Johan Anderson defeated Template:Flagicon Andrew Florent 7–5, 7–6

Girls' singles

Template:Flagicon Jo-Anne Faull defeated Template:Flagicon Emmanuelle Derly 6–4, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Template:Flagicon Jason Stoltenberg / Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge defeated Template:Flagicon Johan Anderson / Template:Flagicon Richard Fromberg 6–3, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Template:Flagicon Jo-Anne Faull / Template:Flagicon Rachel McQuillan defeated Template:Flagicon Kate McDonald / Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs 6–1, 7–5

External links

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