1988 Virginia Slims of Arizona – Singles
Manuela Maleeva won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 against Dianne van Rensburg.


1988 Virginia Slims of Arizona – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of California
The 1988 Virginia Slims of California was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from February 15 through February 21, 1988. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title.


1988 Virginia Slims of California, Finals, Doubles
Rosemary Casals /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Hana Mandlíková /  Jana Novotná 6–4, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of California – Doubles
In the Doubles competition of the 1988 Virginia Slims of California tennis tournament, Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but they competed with different partners: Mandlíková with Jana Novotná and Turnbull with Zina Garrison.


1988 Virginia Slims of California – Doubles
Garrison and Turnbull lost in the quarterfinals to Mary Joe Fernández and Terry Phelps.


1988 Virginia Slims of California – Doubles
Mandlíková and Novotná lost in the final 6–4, 6–4 to Rosemary Casals and Martina Navratilova.


1988 Virginia Slims of California – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of California – Singles
Zina Garrison was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Martina Navratilova.


1988 Virginia Slims of California – Singles
Navratilova won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Larisa Savchenko.


1988 Virginia Slims of California – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from November 7 through November 13, 1988. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her third consecutive and ninth in total at the event, and earned $50,000 first-prize money.


1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Lori McNeil /  Betsy Nagelsen defeated  Larisa Savchenko /  Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 3–6, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.


1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Doubles
Lori McNeil and Betsy Nagelsen won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 against Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva.


1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Singles
First-seeded Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Chris Evert. This was the 80th and the last time these two legends faced each other in a professional match with Navratilova ending the rivalry 43–37 in her favour.


1988 Virginia Slims of Chicago – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and ran from February 8 through February 14, 1988. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas, Finals, Doubles
Lori McNeil /  Eva Pfaff defeated  Gigi Fernández /  Zina Garrison 2–6, 6–4, 7–5


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Doubles
Mary Lou Piatek and Anne White were the defending champions but only Piatek – now married with the surname of Daniels – competed that year with Barbara Gerken.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Doubles
Daniels and Gerken lost in the first round to Hu Na and Stephanie Rehe.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Doubles
Lori McNeil and Eva Pfaff won in the final 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 against Gigi Fernández and Zina Garrison.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Singles
Chris Evert was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Singles
Martina Navratilova won in the final 6–0, 6–3 against Pam Shriver.


1988 Virginia Slims of Dallas – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Florida
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Florida was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida in the United States and was part of Tier II of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from March 7 through March 13, 1988. Fourth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini won the singles title and earned $60,000 first-prize money, ending a 30-match winning streak by Steffi Graf. It was Sabatini's first win over Graf after 11 previous defeats.


1988 Virginia Slims of Florida, Finals, Doubles
Katrina Adams /  Zina Garrison defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková 4–6, 7–5, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Florida – Doubles
Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1988 Virginia Slims of Florida – Doubles
Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.


1988 Virginia Slims of Florida – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1988 Virginia Slims of Florida – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but lost in the final 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 against Gabriela Sabatini.


1988 Virginia Slims of Florida – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1988 Virginia Slims of Houston
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from April 18 through April 24, 1988. Second-seeded Chris Evert won the singles title.


1988 Virginia Slims of Houston, Finals, Doubles
Katrina Adams /  Zina Garrison defeated  Lori McNeil /  Martina Navratilova 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Houston – Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only Navratilova competed that year with Lori McNeil.


1988 Virginia Slims of Houston – Doubles
McNeil and Navratilova lost in the final 6–7, 6–2, 6–4 against Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison.


1988 Virginia Slims of Houston – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles
Chris Evert was the defending champion and won in the final 6–0, 6–4 against Martina Navratilova.


1988 Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and ran from October 24 through October 30, 1988. Second-seeded Katerina Maleeva won the singles title and earned $17,000 first-prize money.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis, Finals, Doubles
Larisa Savchenko /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Katrina Adams /  Zina Garrison 6–2, 6–1


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Doubles
Jenny Byrne and Michelle Jaggard were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Byrne with Janine Tremelling and Jaggard with Katerina Maleeva.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Doubles
Byrne and Tremelling lost in the quarterfinals to Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison, as did Jaggard and Maleeva to Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Doubles
Savchenko and Zvereva won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Adams and Garrison.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Singles
Halle Cioffi was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Gretchen Magers.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Singles
Katerina Maleeva won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 against Zina Garrison.


1988 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas in the United States and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from February 29 through March 6, 1988. First-seeded Manuela Maleeva won the singles title.


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas, Finals, Doubles
Natalia Bykova /  Svetlana Parkhomenko defeated  Jana Novotná /  Catherine Suire 6–3, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas – Doubles
Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Parkhomenko competed that year with Natalia Bykova.


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas – Doubles
Bykova and Parkhomenko won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire.


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas – Singles
Barbara Potter was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Pascale Paradis.


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas – Singles
Manuela Maleeva won in the final 7–6, 7–5 against Sylvia Hanika.


1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States and was part of the Category 5 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from August 8 through August 14, 1988. First-seeded Chris Evert won the singles title and earned $60,000 first-prize money.


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Patty Fendick /  Jill Hetherington defeated  Gigi Fernández /  Robin White 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 against Gigi Fernández and Robin White.


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Singles
Chris Evert won in the final 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 against Gabriela Sabatini.


1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Maryland Farms Racquet Club in Brentwood, Tennessee in the United States and was part of Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and ran from October 17 through October 23, 1988. Unseeded Susan Sloane won the singles title and earned $17,000 first-prize money.


1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville, Finals, Doubles
Jenny Byrne /  Janine Tremelling defeated  Elise Burgin /  Rosalyn Fairbank 7–5, 6–7, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Doubles
Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 against Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank.


1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Singles
Susan Sloane won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Beverly Bowes.


1988 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England
The 1988 Virginia Slims of New England was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States and was part of the Category 5 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from October 31 through November 6, 1988. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $60,000 first-prize money.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Gabriela Sabatini /  Helena Suková 6–3, 3–6, 7–5


1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Doubles
Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank were the defending champions but only Fairbank competed that year with Wendy Turnbull.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Doubles
Fairbank and Turnbull lost in the quarterfinals to Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 against Gabriela Sabatini and Helena Suková.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Singles
The 1988 Virginia Slims of New England Women's single tennis tournament was won by Martina Navratilova. Pam Shriver was the defending champion but lost in the second round.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Singles
Navratilova won in the final 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 against Zvereva.


1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans
The 1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States and was part of Tier III of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the fifth, and last, edition of the tournament and ran from October 3 through October 9, 1988. First-seeded Chris Evert won the singles title, her third at the event after 1985 and 1987, and earned $50,000 first-prize money.


1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans, Finals, Doubles
Beth Herr /  Candy Reynolds defeated  Lori McNeil /  Betsy Nagelsen 6–4, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans – Doubles
Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year with Betsy Nagelsen.


1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans – Doubles
McNeil and Nagelsen lost in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Beth Herr and Candy Reynolds.


1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans – Singles
The 1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans was the final edition of the Virginia Slims of New Orleans tennis tournament. Chris Evert was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Anne Smith.


1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1988 Virginia Slims of Newport – Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Rosalyn Fairbank and Barbara Potter.


1988 Virginia Slims of Newport – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Newport – Singles
Pam Shriver was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Barbara Potter.


1988 Virginia Slims of Newport – Singles
Lori McNeil won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 against Potter.


1988 Virginia Slims of Newport – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and ran from February 22 through February 28, 1988. First-seeded Lori McNeil won the singles title.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma, Finals, Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Catherine Suire defeated  Catarina Lindqvist /  Tine Scheuer-Larsen 6–4, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Doubles
Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Parkhomenko competed that year with Natalia Medvedeva.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Doubles
Medvedeva and Parkhomenko lost in the first round to Catarina Lindqvist and Tine Scheuer-Larsen.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Doubles
Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Lindqvist and Scheuer-Larsen.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Singles
The following is the result of the 1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Singles.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Singles
Elizabeth Smylie was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Singles
Lori McNeil won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Brenda Schultz.


1988 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego
The 1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the San Diego Tennis & Racquet Club in San Diego, California in the United States and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from August 1 through August 7, 1988. Second-seeded Stephanie Rehe won the singles title and earned $17,000 first-prize money.


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego, Finals, Doubles
Patty Fendick /  Jill Hetherington defeated  Betsy Nagelsen /  Dianne van Rensburg 7–6(12–10), 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego – Doubles
Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego – Doubles
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Betsy Nagelsen and Dianne van Rensburg.


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego – Singles
Raffaella Reggi was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego – Singles
Stephanie Rehe won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Ann Grossman.


1988 Virginia Slims of San Diego – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington
The 1988 Virginia Slims of Washington was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia in the United States and was part of the Category 5 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from February 22 through February 28, 1988. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Gabriela Sabatini /  Helena Suková 6–4, 6–4


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington – Doubles
Elise Burgin and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Burgin with Robin White and Shriver with Martina Navratilova.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington – Doubles
Burgin and White lost in the quarterfinals to Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington – Doubles
Navratilova and Shriver won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Gabriela Sabatini and Helena Suková.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington – Singles
Hana Mandlíková was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Martina Navratilova.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington – Singles
Navratilova won in the final 6–0, 6–2 against Pam Shriver.


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 1988 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.


1988 Virginia ballot measures
The 1988 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 8, 1988, the same day as the U.S. Senate and U.S. House elections in the state. The only statewide election on the ballot was one referendum. Because Virginia state elections are held on off-years, no statewide officers or state legislative elections were held. The referendum was referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly.


1988 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1
This referendum asked voters to approve legislation that would legalize and regulate parimutuel betting on horse racing. Voters had previously rejected the measure in 1978. Greyhound racing was already legal but was outlawed in 1995, although it remains legal in West Virginia.


1988 Vitosha New Otani Open
The 1988 Vitosha New Otani Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Sofia, Bulgaria and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 8 August until 14 August 1988. Sixth-seeded Conchita Martínez won the singles title and earned $17,000 first-prize money.


1988 Vitosha New Otani Open, Finals, Doubles
Conchita Martínez /  Barbara Paulus defeated  Sabrina Goleš /  Katerina Maleeva 1–6, 6–1, 6–4


1988 Vitosha New Otani Open – Doubles
Conchita Martínez and Barbara Paulus won in the final 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 against Sabrina Goleš and Katerina Maleeva.


1988 Vitosha New Otani Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Vitosha New Otani Open – Singles
Conchita Martínez won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Barbara Paulus.


1988 Vitosha New Otani Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Volta a Catalunya
The 1988 Volta a Catalunya was the 68th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 2 September to 7 September 1988. The race started in Salou and finished in Lleida. The race was won by Miguel Induráin of the Reynolds team.


1988 Volvo International
The 1988 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton Mountain, Vermont, United States, and was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament ran from July 25 through August 1, 1988. Andre Agassi won the singles title.


1988 Volvo International, Finals, Doubles
Jorge Lozano /  Todd Witsken defeated  Pieter Aldrich /  Danie Visser 6–3, 7–6


1988 Volvo International – Doubles
Jorge Lozano and Todd Witsken won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser.


1988 Volvo International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 Volvo International – Singles
Andre Agassi won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Paul Annacone.


1988 Volvo International – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles
The 1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 62nd edition of the tournament and was held from September 19 through September 25, 1988. Fourth-seeded Mikael Pernfors won the singles title and earned $59,500 first-prize money.


1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
John McEnroe /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Peter Doohan /  Jim Grabb 6–4, 6–4


1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Doubles
Kevin Curren and David Pate were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to tournament winners John McEnroe and Mark Woodforde.


1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Doubles
McEnroe and Woodforde won the title by defeating Peter Doohan and Jim Grabb 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Doubles
This tournament saw an unusual event, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in the first round.


1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Singles
David Pate was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to John McEnroe.


1988 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Singles
Mikael Pernfors won the title by defeating Andre Agassi 6–2, 7–5 in the final.


1988 Volvo U.S. National Indoor
The 1988 Volvo U.S. National Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States that was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 18th edition of the tournament was held from February 15 through February 21, 1988. First-seeded Andre Agassi won the singles title.


1988 Volvo U.S. National Indoor, Finals, Doubles
Kevin Curren /  David Pate defeated  Peter Lundgren /  Mikael Pernfors 6–2, 6–2


1988 Volvo U.S. National Indoor – Doubles
Anders Järryd and Jonas Svensson were the defending champions, but none competed this year.


1988 Volvo U.S. National Indoor – Doubles
Kevin Curren and David Pate won the title by defeating Peter Lundgren and Mikael Pernfors 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


1988 Volvo U.S. National Indoor – Singles
Stefan Edberg was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Jim Grabb.


1988 Volvo U.S. National Indoor – Singles
Andre Agassi won the title by defeating Mikael Pernfors 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


1988 Vuelta a Andalucía
The 1988 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 34th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía cycle race and was held on 2 February to 7 February 1988. The race started in Cádiz and finished in Granada. The race was won by Edwig Van Hooydonck.


1988 Vuelta a España
The 1988 Vuelta a España was the 43rd Edition Vuelta a España, taking place from 25 April to 15 May 1988. It was a bicycle race which consisted of 20 stages over 3,425 km (2,128 mi), ridden at an average speed of 38.506 km/h (23.927 mph). Sean Kelly started the race as the principal favourite after performance in the 1987 Vuelta a España in which he was leading the General classification with several days remaining in the race when he was forced to withdraw due to injury.


1988 Vuelta a España
Luis "Lucho" Herrera returned to defend his title while 1985 Vuelta winner Pedro Delgado had decided to ride the 1988 Giro d'Italia in preparation for the 1988 Tour de France. The BH team directed by Javier Mínguez, presented solid opposition with the strong climbers Álvaro Pino (winner of the 1986 Vuelta a España) and Anselmo Fuerte. In the end, Kelly won the race and became the first Irish winner of the Vuelta a España.


1988 Vuelta a España, Route
The first stage introduced an innovative format of five heats, each with two riders per team, with the team leaders appearing in the final heat.


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 1988 Vuelta a España was the 43rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with an individual time trial on 25 April, and Stage 11 occurred on 5 May with a stage to Valdezcaray. The race finished in Madrid on 15 May.


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
25 April 1988 — Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 17.4 km (10.8 mi) (ITT)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
26 April 1988 — San Cristóbal de La Laguna to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 210 km (130 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
27 April 1988 — Las Palmas to Las Palmas, 34 km (21 mi) (TTT)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
28 April 1988 — Alcalá del Río to Badajoz, 210 km (130 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
29 April 1988 — Badajoz to Béjar, 234 km (145 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
30 April 1988 — Béjar to Valladolid, 202 km (126 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
1 May 1988 — Valladolid to León, 160 km (99 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
2 May 1988 — León to Brañillín, 176.7 km (109.8 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
3 May 1988 — Oviedo to Monte Naranco, 6.8 km (4.2 mi) (ITT)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
4 May 1988 — Oviedo to Santander, 197.3 km (122.6 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
5 May 1988 — Santander to Valdezcaray, 217.2 km (135.0 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 1988 Vuelta a España was the 43rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with an individual time trial on 25 April, and Stage 12 occurred on 6 May with a stage from Logroño. The race finished in Madrid on 15 May.


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
6 May 1988 — Logroño to Jaca, 197.5 km (122.7 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
7 May 1988 — Jaca to Cerler, 178.2 km (110.7 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
8 May 1988 — Benasque to Andorra, 190.3 km (118.2 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
9 May 1988 — La Seu d'Urgell to Sant Quirze del Vallès, 166 km (103 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
10 May 1988 — Valencia to Albacete, 192.1 km (119.4 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
11 May 1988 — Albacete to Toledo, 244.4 km (151.9 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
12 May 1988 — Toledo to Ávila, 212.5 km (132.0 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
13 May 1988 — Ávila to Segovia, 150 km (93 mi)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
14 May 1988 — Las Rozas to Villalba, 30 km (19 mi) (ITT)


1988 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
15 May 1988 — Villalba to Madrid, 202 km (126 mi)


1988 Vuelta a Murcia
The 1988 Vuelta a Murcia was the fourth edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 1 March to 6 March 1988. The race started in Mazarrón and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Carlos Hernández Bailo.


1988 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1988 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12 at the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.


1988 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Wyoming defeated UTEP in the championship game, 79–75, to clinch their second overall, as well as second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship


1988 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cowboys, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by BYU and UTEP, both of whom received at-large bids.


1988 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, and teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records. All teams were entered into the quarterfinal round with the exception of the two lowest-seeded teams, who played in the preliminary first round to determine who would then play against the tournament's top seed. Once again, the whole tournament was hosted by the regular season champion.


1988 WAFL season
The 1988 WAFL season was the 104th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations.


1988 WAFL season
In many ways the “end of an era”, the 1988 season saw the membership base of most WAFL clubs severely affected by the transfer of the State's best players to the West Coast, a problem only marginally ameliorated by reciprocal memberships given to many Eagle members.


1988 WAFL season
The WAFL was laced with several off-field controversies, with chief executive Peter Cumminsky refusing to allow an exhibition match in Vancouver which Subiaco and Swan Districts planned to play on the last Saturday in September, and opposing the WAFC over an Eagles reserves team and maximum transfer fees to VFL clubs being set $13,000 lower than what the clubs said was needed to actually develop the highest standard footballers – in effect funding “destitute” VFL clubs.


1988 WAFL season
The season also saw the end of the exceptionally high scoring of the past decade: for the first time since 1977 the WA(N)FL did not see a single score of over 200 points or a match where both teams scored twenty goals, while the highest score of 27.20 (182) was the lowest since 1974. The average score of 103.97 points per team per game was the lowest since 1975.


1988 WAFL season
Claremont and Subiaco continued to dominate the WAFL this year under coaches Gerard Neesham and Haydn Bunton Jr. (who in 1987 was rumoured to be going to Fitzroy as a replacement for David Parkin) but this time the Lions took the honours with their second convincing Grand Final win in three seasons. There was controversy because the Lions played Laurie Keene after the WAFL ruled on 7 September that a VFL match against Melbourne on the Queen's Birthday, for which Keene travelled to Melbourne an emergency, counted as a WAFL game to determine eligibility for finals.


1988 WAFL season
Early-1980s power club Swan Districts, who lost champion coach John Todd to the Eagles and suffered the first of numerous financial crises in the subsequent fifteen years, became the first club since the colts competition began in 1957 to suffer the ignominy of finishing last in all three grades, although expectations the black and whites would suffer another lengthy period in the cellar were not fulfilled in subsequent seasons.


1988 WAFL season
South Fremantle, who had lost their last eighteen matches of 1987, convincingly won the WAFL's pre-season competition and despite a second consecutive injury crisis with twenty-four senior list players unavailable as of Round 12, rebounded for their first finals appearance in five seasons due to the return of Maurice Rioli and the discovery of numerous young stars like Peter Sumich, Scott Watters and Stevan Jackson.


1988 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 8
South Fremantle stay in touch with the top four by overwhelming Perth after a slow start, with coach Wiley saying Perth did too little to attack the ball.


1988 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 9
A blunder by Ray Ewen – handballing after a free kick – that leads to a goal to Georgiades, plus several other serious mistakes derail East Perth’s determined effort to cause a big upset with a final-quarter charge. The Royals pressure Subiaco well but their lack of skill proved decisive.


1988 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 16
Despite one brilliant mark by Mick Rea, Perth are overwhelmed apart from a 6.3 (39) to 4.7 (31) second quarter by a strengthened T1ger team that produces its best team football of 1988.


1988 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 19
East Fremantle – clear second in mid-July – become in danger of losing fourth position by losing to last-placed East Perth, who make many mistakes by skilful exploit the Sharks’ poor discipline in a rough match. Top rover David Bushell – the worst offender – obtained three weeks suspension plus a nominal fine of one dollar at Monday night’s tribunal session.


1988 WAFL season, Finals, First semi-final
South Fremantle, playing in the finals for the first time since 1983 and with only three players having previous experience therein, do not cope with the pressure. Boom forward Sumich scores 1.7 (13).


1988 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
Lion rooking Gary Kemp goals with thirty seconds remaining to win a fluctuating match where Subiaco score only 4.5 (29) to 13.11 (89) in the second and third quarters. Key Shark defender Shane Ellis was injured and could not counter John Georgiades, who kicks three goals in each of the first and final quarters.


1988 WAFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Subiaco, aided controversially by Eagle Laurie Keene and providing a more traditional style against Neesham’s innovative “chip and draw” which had demolished all opponents during the previous season, run away with the game after half-time in hot 31 °C (88 °F) weather.


1988 WAFL season, Notes
The only other clubs to finish last in all three grades since 1957 have been Peel Thunder in their inaugural 1997 season and West Perth in 1992. No club has won premierships in all three grades in this time span until Subiaco in 2018 won all three premierships. Billy was the younger brother of former Tiger stars – then with North Melbourne – Jimmy and Phil Krakouer. As in the VFL, handballing after a free kick was banned in the 1988 and 1989 WAFL seasons, with a ball-up occurring for breaches.


1988 WAFU Club Championship
The 1988 WAFU Club Championship was the twelfth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by ASFAG Conakry after defeating New Nigerian Bank FC under the away goals rule. A total of 37 goals were scored, fewer than last season. Originally a 28 match season, no Nigerien (also as Nigerite or Niameyan) and Gambian clubs took part. New Nigerian Bank started their first match at the quarterfinals, Okwahu United directly headed to the semis. Asses FC withdrew from the competition.


1988 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1988 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 29th conference playoff in league history and 36th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between February 25 and March 7, 1988. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held, for the first time, at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. This was the first year in the tournament's history that the championship game was held at a neutral site which it would continue to do henceforward (as of 2014). By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1988 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Additionally, this was the first season that the WCHA named a tournament MVP as well as an All-Tournament Team.


1988 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.


1988 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1988 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1988 WCT Finals
The 1988 WCT Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 18th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was played at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas in the United States from March 28 through April 4, 1988.


1988 WCT Tournament of Champions
The 1988 WCT Tournament of Champions, also known by its sponsored name Eagle Tournament of Champions,  was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor Har-Tru clay courts in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City in the United States. The event was part of the 1988 Grand Prix circuit and was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from May 2 through May 8, 1988. Fifth-seeded Andre Agassi, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title and earned $127,600 first-prize money. Due to rain some matches were played indoor at the Port Washington Tennis Academy.


1988 WCT Tournament of Champions, Finals, Doubles
Jorge Lozano /  Todd Witsken defeated  Pieter Aldrich /  Danie Visser 6–3, 7–6


1988 WCT Tournament of Champions – Doubles
Guy Forget and Yannick Noah were the defending champions, but none competed this year.


1988 WCT Tournament of Champions – Doubles
Jorge Lozano and Todd Witsken won the title, by defeating Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser 6–3, 7–6 in the final.


1988 WCT Tournament of Champions – Singles
Andrés Gómez was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Aaron Krickstein.


1988 WCT Tournament of Champions – Singles
Andre Agassi won the title by defeating Slobodan Živojinović 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 7–5 in the final.


1988 WNBL season
The 1988 WNBL season was the eighth season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 12 teams contested the league.


1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open
The 1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Aix-en-Provence, France and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the only edition of the tournament ran from 18 July until 24 July 1988. Judith Wiesner won the singles title.


1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open, Finals, Doubles
Nathalie Herreman /  Catherine Tanvier defeated  Sandra Cecchini /  Arantxa Sánchez 6–4, 7–5


1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open – Doubles
The 1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open – Doubles was a division of the 1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open. Nathalie Herreman and Catherine Tanvier were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 7–5 against Sandra Cecchini and Arantxa Sánchez.


1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open – Singles
Judith Wiesner won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Sylvia Hanika.


1988 WTA Aix-en-Provence Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1988 WTA German Open
The 1988 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin and was part of Tier I of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and ran from 9 May through 15 May 1988. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title.


1988 WTA German Open, Finals, Doubles
Isabelle Demongeot /  Nathalie Tauziat defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková 6–2, 4–6, 6–4


1988 WTA German Open – Doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 against Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.


1988 WTA German Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1988 WTA German Open – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Helena Suková.


1988 WTA German Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1988 WTA Nice Open
The 1988 WTA Nice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club, in Nice, France and was part of Tier V of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 11 July until 17 July 1988. First-seeded Sandra Cecchini won the singles title.


1988 WTA Nice Open, Finals, Doubles
Catherine Suire /  Catherine Tanvier defeated  Isabelle Demongeot /  Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 4–6, 6–2


1988 WTA Nice Open – Doubles
Catherine Suire and Catherine Tanvier won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 against Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.


1988 WTA Nice Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1988 WTA Nice Open – Singles
Sandra Cecchini won in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Nathalie Tauziat.


1988 WTA Nice Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1988 WTA Singapore Open
The 1988 Singapore Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Singapore and was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1988 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament ran from 18 April through 24 April 1988. Unseeded Monique Javer won the singles title.


1988 WTA Singapore Open, Finals, Doubles
Natalia Bykova /  Natalia Medvedeva defeated  Leila Meskhi /  Svetlana Parkhomenko 7–6(7–4), 6–3


1988 WTA Tier I Series
The table below shows the 1988 WTA Tier I Series schedule.


1988 WTA Tour
The 1988 WTA Tour was the elite tour for professional women's tennis of the Women's International Tennis Association (WITA) for the 1988 season. The 1988 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WITA Tour Championships and the WTA Category 1-5 events. ITF tournaments were not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.


1988 WTA Tour
The tour was governed by the Women's International Professional Tennis Council (WIPTC), a cooperation between WITA, ITF and recognized tournaments. Philip Morris sponsored the tour under its Virginia Slims brand.


1988 WTA Tour
Having become the only player in history to win the Golden Grand Slam by taking the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open singles titles, along with the Olympic Gold Medal; Steffi Graf's defeat in the semi finals by Pam Shriver at the final tournament of the year, the Virginia Slims Championships, deprived her of the Super Slam and the Super Golden Slam.


1988 WTA Tour, Statistical Information, Titles won by player
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1988 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular WTA tour events. The players/nations are sorted by:


1988 WTA Tour, Statistical Information, Titles won by player
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


1988 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 1988 WTA year-end rankings (December 19, 1988) in both singles and doubles competition:


1988 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1988 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach Bill Dooley, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1988 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand
The 1988 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of rugby union games undertaken by the Wales national rugby union team to New Zealand. The tour consisted of six matches against regional teams and two Tests against New Zealand.


1988 Wales rugby union tour of New Zealand
The tour was not a success for Wales, losing both Tests by heavy scores, and only winning two of the six matches against regional teams. The itinerary was a hard one and New Zealand coach Alex Wyllie stated that he would not have accepted a similar fixture list for his team. The team suffered badly from injuries and had to add six extra players during the course of the tour. Original tour captain Bleddyn Bowen broke his wrist in the second game and was replaced as skipper by Bob Norster, until he suffered a badly gashed knee, whereupon Jonathan Davies took over the captaincy.


1988 Wallsend state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wallsend on 17 December 1988 because of the death of Ken Booth (Labor).


1988 Wallsend state by-election
It was won by Labor candidate John Mills in the absence of a Liberal candidate. Mills had been Booth's preferred successor, and although several Labor ministers had lost their seats at the previous election, it was reported that due to "considerable disaffection with the ALP in the region at the last election" and multiple seats lost to independents the party was keen to see Booth elected with "as little fuss as possible". Mills won the seat against three independents with over 55% of the vote, although there was only a "modest" voter turnout of about 80%. The timing of the by-election had been unusual, just over a week before Christmas, and had been attacked by Opposition Leader Bob Carr as "unheard of" and likely to decrease turnout.


1988 Wan Chai District Board election
The 1988 Wan Chai District Board election was held on 10 March 1988 to elect all 10 elected members to the 16-member Wan Chai District Board.


1988 Washington Huskies football team
The 1988 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourteenth season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 in the Pacific-10 Conference, tied for sixth), and outscored its opponents 254 to 223. The five losses were by a combined margin of fifteen points. Washington did not play in a bowl game for the first time in ten seasons.


1988 Washington Huskies football team
Aaron Jenkins was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jenkins, Ricky Andrews, Darryl Hall, and Mike Zandofsky were the team captains.


1988 Washington Redskins season
The 1988 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 57th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 53rd in Washington, D.C. They failed to improve on their 11–4 record from 1987, when they won Super Bowl XXII, and finished 7-9. The Redskins failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1985. They were the seventh team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champion and miss the playoffs.


1988 Washington Redskins season
The Week 8 meeting against Green Bay at Lambeau Field would be the two teams' final meeting for 13 years.


1988 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1988 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second and final season under head coach Dennis Erickson, the Cougars compiled a 9–3 record (5–3 in Pac-10, tied for third), and outscored their opponents 415 to 303.


1988 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included Timm Rosenbach with 3,097 passing yards, Steve Broussard with 1,280 rushing yards, and Tim Stallworth with 1,151 receiving yards.


1988 Washington State Cougars football team
On October 29, Washington State beat No. 1 UCLA at the Rose Bowl, their first and only win ever over a No. 1 ranked team.


1988 Washington State Cougars football team
Several months after this season, Erickson departed for Miami in early March 1989, and Mike Price was hired a week later; a former Cougar player and assistant, he was previously the head coach for eight years in the Big Sky Conference at Weber State in Ogden, Utah.


1988 Washington State Cougars football team
Quarterback Rosenbach opted not to stay as a fifth-year senior in 1989 and announced his intent to turn professional in April. He entered the NFL's supplemental draft, and was selected in July with the second pick by the recently relocated Phoenix Cardinals.


1988 Washington State Cougars football team, Season summary, Washington
Shawn Landrum blocked an Eric Canton punt which led to Timm Rosenbach's eventual game-winning fourth down touchdown run. Washington State secured an Aloha Bowl berth with the win.


1988 Washington State Cougars football team, NFL Draft
Three Cougars were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft, held April 23–24.


1988 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1988 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democrat Governor Booth Gardner won his second term over Republican State Representative Bob Williams in a landslide.


1988 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1988 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 88th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1988 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 25 September 1988, Mount Sion won the championship after a 2-15 to 3-08 defeat of Ballygunner in the final. This was their 28th championship title overall and their first title since 1986.


1988 Welsh Professional Championship
The 1988 Senator Windows Welsh Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1988.


1988 Welsh Professional Championship
Terry Griffiths won the tournament defeating Wayne Jones 9–3 in the final.


1988 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1988 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at the Toso Pavilion (now Leavey Center) on the campus of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. This was the second edition of the tournament; it included all eight teams and all seven games were held at the same site.


1988 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Regular season champion Loyola Marymount defeated tournament host and #3 seed Santa Clara 104–96 in the final to win their first WCAC (now WCC) tournament championship.


1988 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Lions earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament and were seeded tenth in the West regional. Sent to Salt Lake City, they outscored Wyoming 119–115, but were stopped 123–97 by second-seeded North Carolina.


1988 West Coast Eagles season
The 1988 VFL season was the West Coast Eagles' second season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). John Todd was appointed coach after Ron Alexander was sacked and Ross Glendinning remained captain. The Eagles played 22 games, winning 11 and losing 11 to finish 8th on the ladder.


1988 West Coast Eagles season, List, Recruitment
West Coast recruited 12 players, with 11 from WAFL clubs, for the 1988 season:


1988 West Coast Eagles season, Pre-season, Panasonic Cup
West Coast defeated Sydney by 87 points in front of a crowd of 12,587 at the WACA Ground in the first round of the competition, the first night-series/pre-season match to be played in Western Australia since 1981, before losing to Essendon by 36 points in the second round.


1988 West German Athletics Championships
The 1988 West German Athletics Championships (German: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften 1988) was the 88th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for West Germany. It was held on 22–24 July at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. It served as the selection meeting for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.


1988 West German Athletics Championships, Championships
As in previous years, national championship titles were awarded in various places besides the main track and field championship.


1988 West Lothian District Council election
Elections to the West Lothian District Council took place in May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The number of seats and the total vote share won by each party is listed below.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 96th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall), and a loss against No. 1 Notre Dame in the 1989 Fiesta Bowl for the national championship.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season
The 1987 season was the beginning of Major Harris as the starting quarterback for West Virginia. Only a redshirt-freshman, Harris led the Mountaineers to a Sun Bowl berth, after a 1–3 start.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season
The '88 season opened with coach Don Nehlen's alma mater, Bowling Green. The win marked the beginning of the run, winning 62–14. West Virginia beat their next opponent, Cal-Fullerton, 45–10. West Virginia's first challenge was against the Maryland Terrapins. West Virginia got behind the Terps 14–0, but pulled away at halftime, winning 55–24.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season
West Virginia's next game was at the Pittsburgh Panthers. The game was a defensive struggle, until running back A.B. Brown, a Pitt transfer, ran a draw for 64-yards and the score. Scoring 14-points in the fourth quarter, the Mountaineers broke away. In the 1988 Backyard Brawl, West Virginia was installed as a one-point underdog by the odds makers. The Mountaineers rolled to a 31–10 victory over Pitt on the way to their first undefeated, untied regular season in school history. West Virginia then traveled to rival Virginia Tech, and won 22–10, even though they produced four fumbles in the game. The next two games, a win at East Carolina, and a 59-point win at Boston College, gave West Virginia a 7–0 record.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season
Next, the late October matchup vs Penn State at Mountaineer Field is widely regarded as one of the greatest games in Mountaineer football history. Before a nationwide CBS audience, the Mountaineers were up 34–8 before the half. On a draw play, runningback Undra Johnson ran 55 yards for the touchdown to end the half. The game also included a touchdown run by Major Harris, which is remembered in West Virginia lore as "The Run".


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season
The next game was at the Cincinnati Bearcats, where the Mountaineers started slow in the first half. Receiver Reggie Rembert scored three times, and the Mountaineers won by scoring 24 points in the third quarter. The Mountaineers traveled to Giants Stadium to play Rutgers, who had beat Penn St., Boston College, and Michigan State. The Mountaineers played poor, but came out with the win.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season
The final regular season game of the season was at home, against the Syracuse Orangemen. The Orangemen were 8–2, while the Mountaineers were 10–0. The highlight of the game was a 49-yard interception by Willie Edwards that was taken for a touchdown. The Mountaineers won 31–9, and took a famous lap around the stadium to entertain the 65,000 fans in Morgantown.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season, National championship
West Virginia traveled to the Fiesta Bowl to play the only other undefeated team in the NCAA, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Free-safety Darrell Whitmore was out for the Mountaineers, but Nehlen moved star Bo Orlando from strong safety to free to fill the hole. Nehlen recalled the move as "our first mistake...". "Another mistake I made is that I let the media overrun us."


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season, National championship
West Virginia's offense was doomed from the third play of the game. Major Harris separated his shoulder on the third play when he was slammed to the ground by Irish Linebacker Michael Stonebreaker. He couldn't throw well for the rest of the game. The WVU coaches also abandoned their plans to run a lot of option football out of fear of further injuring Harris. Linemen John Stroia and Bob Kovach were injured for the Mountaineers in that game as well. NG Jim Gray would also suffer an early injury in the game. Notre Dame completely dominated the game.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1988 season, National championship
West Virginia only made one serious threat. Willie Edwards (Now coaching at Morgantown High School * class of 1984) picked off a Tony Rice pass in the 3rd quarter. ND led by 13 points at the time. A Harris incompletion and two ND sacks took WVU out of field goal range, and the threat was over. ND opened up a 21-point lead before a late WVU touchdown made the score respectable. WVU lost 34–21, it was their first loss of the season for the national championship.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Roster
West Virginia's '88 team was highlighted with an explosive offense, led by Major Harris. Harris, only a sophomore, threw an exceptional deep ball in addition to his remarkable scrambling ability. Running backs A.B. Brown, Undra Johnson, Eugene Napoleon, and Craig Taylor at fullback highlighted the run game. The runners were led by Rick Phillips and Brian Smider on the offensive line, along with Stroia and Kovach, while Kevin Koken led the line at center. Early in the season, Keith Winn was moved from receiver to tight end, providing help to the run game, but was more famous as a deep-pass threat. The receivers catching the balls from Harris were led by Reggie Rembert, who was accompanied by Calvin Phillips and Grantis Bell.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Roster
Coach Don Nehlen credited West Virginia's '88 team's defense as being the main factor to their success. The linebacking core included Renaldo Turnbull, Chris Haering, Steve Grant, Dale Jackson, Theron Ellis, and Robert Pickett. Mike Fox and Chris Parker headed the defensive line, along with Chris Haering. The secondary was one of the best in West Virginia history, led by Bo Orlando and Darrell Whitmore. Orlando had a good pro career with the Houston Oilers and Pittsburgh Steelers, while Darrell went pro in baseball. Willie Edwards played corner along with Alvoid Mays, who went pro as well, and Lawrence Drumgoole and David Lockwood played solid backup corner.


1988 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Roster
Don Nehlen was the head coach while being assisted by assistant head coach, wide receivers coach, and recruiting coordinator Doc Holliday.


1988 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1988 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1988 to elect the Governor of West Virginia. Incumbent Republican Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Gaston Caperton.


1988 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 1988 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Dave Roberts. The team earned their second consecutive NCAA Division I-AA Playoff berth, making it to the quarterfinals. The Hilltoppers finished the season ranked 13th in the final national poll. Western Kentucky's roster included future NFL players Tony Brown, Eddie Godfrey, Anthony Green, Jerome Martin, Xavier Jordan, Dean Tiebout, Jonathan Watts, and Riley Ware. Joe Arnold, Tiebout, and Dewayne Penn were named to the AP All American team.


1988 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1988 Western Michigan Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Western Michigan University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Al Molde, the Broncos compiled a 9–3 record, won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship, and lost to Fresno State in the 1988 California Bowl.


1988 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders were Tony Kimbrough with 2,831 passing yards, Robert Davis with 1,125 rushing yards, and Robert Oliver with 42 catches for 831 receiving yards. Kimbrough was selected as the MAC's most valuable player and the offensive player of the year. Offensive lineman Kevin Haverdink was selected by the Associated Press as a third-team All-American. Al Molde was named the MAC coach of the year.


1988 Western Samoan general election
General elections were held in Western Samoa on 26 February 1988. Voting was restricted to Matai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the Matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. Although the Human Rights Protection Party received more than double the number of votes of the Coalition of the Christian Democratic Party and the Va'ai Kolone Group, it won one fewer seat. However, on the day of the election of the Prime Minister by Parliament, one Coalition MP defected to the HRPP, allowing its leader Tofilau Eti Alesana to be elected Prime Minister.


1988 Western Soccer Alliance
Final league standings for the 1988 Western Soccer Alliance season.


1988 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971-2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1988.


1988 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1988, with one third of the seats up for election as well as an extra vacancy in Beech Hill. Following the previous election, two by-elections had taken place, with the Labour Party successfully defending their seats in Ince and Newtown. This year's election seen an improvement in participation, with all wards fought and five parties contesting in some form, by way of the Greens fielding their first ever slate of four candidates and the return of long-time Communist contender H. Kedward in Leigh Central. Despite this, the number of candidates contesting actually fell by five from the previous year's 64, as the turbulent new merger of the old SDP-Liberal Alliance, Social and Liberal Democrats, fielded just half the number of candidates they'd managed in 1987 and, at 11, the lowest since 1980.


1988 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
This was reflected by the results on the night as the SLD suffered a large drop in their vote, returning them to third place behind the Conservatives and reducing their vote total to four figure for the first time since the aforementioned 1980 election. The overwhelming beneficiary of SLD losses were the Labour, helping their vote share hit a record high of 68.6% and the highest vote figure gained - beyond the anomaly of 1979 - since the council's creation.


1988 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Seat wise, Labour made two gains of the night, one in the SLD-Labour marginal of Aspull-Standish and the other in the more significant SLD bastion of Langtree, which until this point had only elected SLD candidates, where Labour managed to equal SLD votes and draw the larger straw. Labour achieved a record capture of seats, with opposition wins curtailed to an exceptional SLD performance - and gain - of one of the seats fought in Beech Hill and a Conservative hold in their bastion of Swinley. Overall turnout fell from 37.1% to 32.4%.


1988 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1988 Wightman Cup
The 1988 Wightman Cup (also known as the 1988 British Car Auctions Wightman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 60th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London in England in the United Kingdom and was the final time the competition was staged in Britain.


1988 Wigtown District Council election
Elections to the Wigtown District Council took place in May 1988, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The number of seats and the total vote share won by each party is listed below.


1988 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1988 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as an independent during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his ninth year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with a record of 6–4–1.


1988 Wimbledon Championships
The 1988 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 102nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 4 July 1988. Due to rain interruptions on Sunday July 3, the men's final finished on July 4.


1988 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1988 championships was £2,612,126. The winner of the men's title earned £165,000 while the women's singles champion earned £148,500.


1988 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Ken Flach /  Robert Seguso defeated  John Fitzgerald /  Anders Järryd, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)


1988 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Steffi Graf /  Gabriela Sabatini defeated  Larisa Savchenko /  Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 1–6, 12–10


1988 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Sherwood Stewart /  Zina Garrison defeated  Kelly Jones /  Gretchen Magers, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)


1988 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Jason Stoltenberg /  Todd Woodbridge defeated  David Rikl /  Tomáš Zdražila, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5


1988 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Jo-Anne Faull /  Rachel McQuillan defeated  Alexia Dechaume /  Emmanuelle Derly, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge successfully defended their title, defeating David Rikl and Tomáš Zdražila in the final, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Nicolás Pereira defeated Guillaume Raoux in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
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1988 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Natalia Medvedeva and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but Zvereva did not compete. Medvedeva played with Natalia Biletskaia but lost in the quarterfinals to Amy Frazier and Luanne Spadea.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Jo-Anne Faull and Rachel McQuillan defeated Alexia Dechaume and Emmanuelle Derly in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles, Seeds
The top 4 seeds received a bye into the second round.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Brenda Schultz defeated Emmanuelle Derly in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso successfully defended their title, defeating John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Stefan Edberg defeated Boris Becker in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Pat Cash was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Becker.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Reigning Australian Open and French Open champion Mats Wilander attempted to become the first man to achieve the Surface Slam (winning majors on hard court, clay and grass in the same calendar year), and also attempted to become the first man to win the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles since Rod Laver in 1969. He lost to Miloslav Mečíř in the quarterfinals.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Three-time champion John McEnroe competed for the first time since 1985, losing in the second round to Wally Masur. This tournament also featured the first appearance of future champion Goran Ivanišević.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Eddie Edwards and Elna Reinach.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Sherwood Stewart and Zina Garrison defeated Kelly Jones and Gretchen Magers in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–3) to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 1–6, 12–10 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Steffi Graf defeated the record eighth time defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. This was Graf's third step towards completing the first, and so far only, Calendar Year Golden Slam.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
After Graf took a 5-3 lead in the first set, Navratilova won six straight games allowing her to win the first set and take the lead in the second set. Graf then came back winning 12 of the next 13 games and the match.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The semi-final match between Chris Evert and Navratilova was the last time they faced each other in a Grand Slam, with Navratilova extending her lead in their head-to-head rivalry in Grand Slam tournaments to 14-8.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch withdrew due to a knee injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Shaun Stafford.


1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1988 Windsor municipal election
The 1988 Windsor municipal election was held in the City of Windsor, Ontario to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees.


1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a 9–9 record. They won the Grey Cup 22–21 over the favoured BC Lions, becoming the first team ever to win the Grey Cup with only a .500 record.


1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (French: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988, was a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to be held for 16 days, like the counterpart Summer Olympic Games. The majority of the contested events took place in Calgary itself. However, the skiing events were held west of the city at the Nakiska ski resort in Kananaskis Country and at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park in the town of Canmore.


1988 Winter Olympics
In 1988, a record of 57 National Olympic Committees (NOC) that sent the total of 1,423 athletes to these Games. These Winter Olympics would be the last attended one for both the Soviet Union and East Germany NOCs. Just like the 1976 Summer Olympics, Canada failed again to win a gold medal in an official medal event on home soil. The Finnish ski jumper, Matti Nykänen, and the Dutch speed skater, Yvonne van Gennip, won three individual gold medals each.


1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics were also remembered for the "heroic failure" of both the British ski jumper, Michael Edwards, and the debut of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team. The both of them became subjects of major feature films about their participation in these Games: Cool Runnings by Disney in 1993 and Eddie the Eagle by 20th Century Studios in 2016.


1988 Winter Olympics
At approximately C$829 million, the Calgary Games were one of the most expensive Olympics ever held at the time. The facilities that were built for these Winter Olympics helped the Calgary region turn into the heart of Canada's elite winter sports program, under the tutelage of WinSport. The five purpose-built venues for those Games continued to be used mostly for training and hosting various winter sporting events every year. These experiences helped Canada develop into one of the top nations in Winter Olympics competition. The climax of this effort was the overall first place finish at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.


1988 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
The bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics was Canada's seventh and Calgary's fourth attempt in wanting to host the Games. The previous Canadian bids came from the following: Montreal (for 1956), Vancouver (for 1976 and 1980), and by the Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA) for 1964, 1968, and 1972. However, for 1972, the town of Banff was the official candidate for those Games. CODA was laid dormant in 1966, after losing three consecutive bids in a row. However, it was later revived in 1979, when Frank King of Calgary's Booster Club took over its leadership.


1988 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
First, Calgary was chosen over Vancouver, by the Canadian Olympic Association (COA), to be Canada's official bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics. The defeated organizing group lamented that they lost to Calgary's "Big-ticket Games" idea. This idea was that the Calgary bid had proposed then, to the COA, to spend nearly three times what the Vancouver group was expected to pay to host the Winter Olympics.


1988 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
Next, CODA spent two years building local support for the megaproject, selling memberships to approximately 80,000 of Calgary's 600,000 residents. It had secured C$270 million in funding from the federal and Alberta's governments while some civic leaders, including then mayor Ralph Klein, crisscrossed the world to favor IOC delegates. Driven by the arrival of the National Hockey League's (NHL) newly renamed Calgary Flames from Atlanta in 1980, the city had already begun constructing a new NHL arena that would be later named the Olympic Saddledome. That course of action demonstrated to the IOC about Calgary's determination in wanting to host the Winter Olympics.


1988 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
The Olympic bid itself emphasized the cultural and the natural beauty of Calgary and surrounding areas, as an asset for hosting the Winter Olympics. The city was marketed as a capitalist, oil-driven, and modern economy that also had mountain playgrounds, extensive wilderness, and a western rodeo culture. The two seemingly contradictory images were brought together, as part of an extensive and diverse lobbying program.


1988 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
Calgary was one of three cities and towns that bid officially for the 1988 Winter Olympics. The other two were Falun, Sweden, and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The Italian town (comune) had before hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. The vote was held on September 30, 1981, in Baden-Baden, West Germany, during the 84th IOC Session and 11th Olympic Congress. After Cortina d'Ampezzo was eliminated in the first round of balloting, Calgary won in the second and final round of balloting over Falun, by a margin of 17 votes.


1988 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
The announcement of CODA's victory sent the delegates in Baden-Baden and Calgary residents into singing and dancing. It also made then Alberta premier, Peter Lougheed, burst openly into tears in front of the cameras. Later, Ralph Klein sang a rendition of Mac Davis' It's Hard to Be Humble. It was the first Winter Olympics awarded to Canada and the second Olympic Games overall, following the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Cortina d'Ampezzo, along with Milan, would get to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. The town would be only the third one to host the Winter Olympics twice, along with St. Moritz (1928 and 1948) and Lake Placid (1932 and 1980).


1988 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
Olympic historians, John E. Finding and Kimberly D. Pelle, noted that once the Games were awarded to Calgary, the cultural and community aspects of the bid were pushed aside by the newly formed Calgary Olympic organizing committee called the Olympiques Calgary Olympics '88 (OCO'88). It then proceeded to take on a "vigorous, resilient, and impersonal corporate business strategy" towards the planning and operation of the Games.


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
Bill Pratt was a former general contractor who took over as OCO'88 president in 1983. He was the main manager that oversaw the construction of the Olympic megaproject. Donald Jacques, a former general manager of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, once said, "Because of him, everything was built on time and on budget." However, Bill Pratt was controversial by rubbing many of his fellow colleagues the wrong way. One former co-worker once predicted back in 1983: "He will get everything built. There may not be many (of us) left around to enjoy it, but he'll get it done."


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
His relations with the news media were also strained at times. He had barely settled into his new position, when the Calgary press media began criticizing OCO'88 for excessive secrecy and for awarding Olympic contracts to Calgary's PR firm of Francis Williams and Johnson Ltd. Pratt was a director of that firm, before accepting the organizing committee job. OCO'88 had insisted that there was no conflict of interest involved in the whole process. Therefore, Pratt declared: "I have been nailed for a lot, but that does not bother me. The record stands". After the 1988 Winter Olympics bid was won in 1981, OCO'88 revised all the original venue sites from its bid book, except for the location of the Olympic Oval at the University of Calgary.


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
McMahon Stadium, the primary outdoor facility used mainly by the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Calgary Stampeders, was the site of both the opening and closing ceremonies. The last time that the two Olympic ceremonies were held at the same venue was at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
The 1988 Winter Olympics' five main all-purpose venues were created at a significant cost at that time. Three of them are located within Calgary and the other two are located west from the city. First, the Olympic Saddledome was the venue for the men's ice hockey final and some figure skating competitions. It is located at Stampede Park and this facility was expected to cost C$83 million, but a cost overrun pushed it to nearly C$100 million. Second, the Olympic Oval was built on the campus of the University of Calgary for C$40 million.


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
It was the first fully enclosed 400-metre long track speed skating venue in the world for Olympic competition, in order to protect the athletes from bitter cold weather to warm Chinook winds. Third, Canada Olympic Park (formerly called the Paskapoo Ski Hill) was renovated for C$200 million and is located at the western outskirts of Calgary. This most expensive venue of these Winter Olympics hosted the men's bobsleigh, luge, and men's ski jumping and its portion of the Nordic combined events. Also, it hosted some events of the demonstration sport of freestyle skiing.


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
From the west of Calgary, the other two main all-purpose venues were built at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. First, the Canmore Nordic Centre was 90% funded by the province of Alberta, at a cost of C$17.3 million. It is located beside the town of Canmore and it hosted the cross-country skiing, plus its men's portion of the Nordic combined, and the men's biathlon events. After the Games were over, there was the intention that it would become a year-round destination for Albertans, by facilitating Canmore's transition away from coal mining.


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
However, the Nakiska (Cree meaning for "to meet") ski resort was the most controversial venue built for these Winter Olympics. It is located on Mount Allan (inside Kananaskis Country) and it hosted the alpine skiing events for C$25 million by the Alberta government. The venue site drew criticism because of the various environmental concerns, the building of adequate ski slopes, and the need to use artificial snowmaking for a ski resort there. Also, the International Ski Federation (FIS) officials noted about the venue's lack of technical difficulty needed for Olympic competition. Therefore, these FIS officials proposed modifications to the pistes that was met ultimately with praise from Olympic alpine skiing competitors. Like at Canada Olympic Park, this venue also hosted some freestyle skiing events as a demonstration sport, too.


1988 Winter Olympics, Venues
There were three other existing facilities that served as secondary competition venues for these Winter Olympics. First, the Max Bell Centre hosted the demonstration sports of curling and short track speed skating. Second, the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena hosted some men's ice hockey matches and the figure skating's individual compulsory figures events. Third, the now-demolished Stampede Corral also hosted some ice hockey matches and some figure skating events, too. Though the Stampede Corral did not support the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) standard-sized Olympic ice surface, OCO'88 was able to convince the IIHF to sanction the ice rink for Olympic competition, in exchange for a C$1.2 million payment.


1988 Winter Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
A record 57 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) entered athletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics, with eight more NOCs than any other previous Olympic Winter Games. 1,122 men and 301 women, for a total of 1,423 athletes, participated in these Games. Fiji, Guam, Guatemala, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles and the Virgin Islands had their Winter Olympics debut in 1988.


1988 Winter Olympics, Sports
There were 46 events contested in 6 sports (10 disciplines). In addition, there were 4 demonstration disciplines that have no official status in the overall medal tally.


1988 Winter Olympics, Calendar, Weather conditions
The weather conditions were a problem facing OCO'88 during the Games, with temperatures ranging from -28° to +22° Celsius. After the frosty opening ceremony, the men's downhill skiing event at Nakiska was postponed for one day, due to Chinook winds blowing up to 160 km/h. The women's downhill event also experienced the same scenario. With the ski jumping venue facing north at Canada Olympic Park (COP), the same winds also disrupted those events, with the large hill event being postponed four times.


1988 Winter Olympics, Calendar, Weather conditions
It had also disrupted the Nordic combined events, in which the ski jumping part had to be postponed as well. For the first time in Olympic history, both the ski jumping and Nordic combined cross-country skiing events was contested in a single day. Despite using artificial cooling, the bobsleigh and luge events at COP was not spared, with several races being postponed due to the high temperatures during that time. At the same time, some sand and dust particles ended up being deposited onto the artificial track by the same Chinook winds.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Olympic organizing committee (OCO'88)
The Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA) Board of Directors had originally 25 members. It was chaired by Frank King, followed by former Mayors Ralph Klein and Ross Alger, and other prominent Calgarians. The executive committee president was Robert Niven. The Olympic Organizing Committee (OOC) was formed by utilizing many of the original board of directors members. It was initially started with 11 members and was grown to 25 members by October 1983. It grew further to 29 members by 1985, when former Alberta premier, Peter Lougheed, was added to the list.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Olympic organizing committee (OCO'88)
An Olympic biographer, Kevin Wamsley, noted that the CEO Frank King, the President Bill Pratt, Ralph Klein, and a former COA President Roger Jackson had collectively the most influence on all aspects of these Winter Olympics. This organizing committee took a hierarchical form for planning these Olympics, which caused consternation from some staff, volunteers, and people in executive roles. The original staff, who were at odds with the current management structure, were either fired or have willingly resigned. Also, there were claims that some of the volunteers were verbally abused.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Olympic organizing committee (OCO'88)
As a result, David Leighton resigned as OOC President in 1982, after only five months on the job. Therefore, Bill Pratt, a former general manager of the Calgary Stampede, became the new OOC President shortly afterwards. The City of Calgary and the Canadian Olympic Association (COA) delegated officially all Olympic responsibilities, including staging the Winter Olympics under the Olympic Charter, to the renamed OCO'88 in February and September 1983 respectively.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Olympic organizing committee (OCO'88)
However, conflicts within OCO'88 grew in the public eye and a review of the entire management structure was conducted, after Ralph Klein threatened it with a public inquiry in 1986. Thus, Frank King remained as CEO, but with the addition of more full time staff. Also, a number of volunteer committees were created to organize some 9,000 volunteers for the Winter Olympics. Despite these changes, there was still some animosity within OCO'88. Kevin Walmsley noted that Bill Pratt and Frank King continued to have a tense relationship with each other.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Olympic organizing committee (OCO'88)
Some members of the news media commented that the changes made further alienated the general public, with a CTV producer, Ralph Mellanby, describing it as "an oilman’s and cattleman’s Calgary thing." Long-time IOC member Dick Pound, in behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), went on record to say that the IOC grew increasingly frustrated, in which that it saw the actions of OCO'88 as a refusal to collaborate with them.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Television
The 1988 Winter Olympic Games coincided with a shift in television policy by the International Olympic Committee and growing enthusiasm by broadcasters in the United States. Amendments to the Olympic Charter in 1977 established a policy mandating joint television rights involving the IOC and the local organizing committee, and was enshrined in the 1981 bid agreement for the Calgary games.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Television
The joint negotiating committee convened in late-January at the Lausanne Palace prior to the Sarajevo games in 1984 to negotiate the Calgary television contracts with American broadcasters. The co-negotiating committee was represented by Dick Pound for the IOC, Bill Wardle for OCO and consultant Barry Frank. The co-negotiating committee designed a new tender process for the television rights bid with an emphasis on creating a level playing field for all broadcasters. For the first time, the negotiations were based on a series of sealed bids and representatives from ABC, CBS and NBC vied for the opportunity to broadcast the Games.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Television
After six rounds of sealed bids, the ABC delegation led by producer Roone Arledge was successful with a record agreement paying US$309 million in exchange for exclusive rights for the games. CBS exited the bidding process after the second round with a final offer of $257 million, while ABC and NBC both reached the fifth round with an offer of $300 million. In the sixth and final stage, the IOC and OCO decided a coin flip would determine which of ABC or NBC had the right to submit the first bid, or defer, and decision neither network supported.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Television
NBC's president of sports Arthur A. Watson elected to call the coin-flip, although he remained silent on the first flip, so a second coinflip was required, and NBC won with a choice of "heads", and after 30 minutes of deliberation submitted a $304 million bid. ABC's representative Arledge made a quick phone call to executive Fred Pierce, and ABC submitted a $309 million bid exceeded the NBC bid by $5 million.


1988 Winter Olympics, Preparations, Television
ABC's record setting bid was immediately controversial, first Arledge had exceeded the maximum allowable bid set by ABC's executives by $34 million, and in the coming weeks ABC's coverage of the 1984 Winter Olympics which cost $91.5 million returned poor Nielsen ratings. Early estimates speculated the network would lose $50-$60 million televising the games. The Wall Street Journal described the NBC agreement as the "biggest prize of the [1984] Winter Olympics". The deal, at the time the highest amount ever paid for a sporting event, allowed organizers to announce the Games would be debt-free.


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The negotiations with American television broadcasters was in sharp contrast to negotiations for Western European rights with the European Broadcasting Union quickly closing an exclusive deal with the IOC for US$5.7 million led by Juan Antonio Samaranch and Marc Hodler on behalf of the IOC. The Calgary Herald headline after the announcement negatively reflected on the "bargain" the European network received, and OCO'88 chairman Frank King publicly expressed his disappointment with the IOC.


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Samaranch's argument for providing for a privileged negotiation with EBU was ensuring European viewers had equal access and coverage of the games, something he did not believe would occur if private networks from each nation were provided the opportunity to bid. Dick Pound was critical of the decision and argued more revenue could be brought in from British and Italian networks alone and the privileged status suppressed the willingness of the EBU to make a market value bid on the games.