Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's singles Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's singles The Women's Singles competition was part of the tennis program at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Steffi Graf of West Germany defeated Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina in the gold medal match. By winning the gold medal, Steffi Graf finished off her "Calendar Golden Slam" having won all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Steffi had also beaten Sabatini earlier that summer in the final of the U.S. Open, thus capturing the final leg of the "Grand Slam". All seeds received a bye to the
Grand Slam (shinty) the Grand Slam era. Although both Ballachulish and Lovat have won the Glasgow Celtic Society and MacTavish Cups respectively, this was outside a Grand Slam season, (indeed Balla's win was before the advent of the MacAulay Cup) although Lovat won the first Grand Slam two years later in 1953. Kingussie won 3 Grand Slams in a row in the late 1990s. The trophies involved in winning the Grand Slam have developed with the advent of the national Premier Division replacing the South Division One and the North Division One. Grand Slam (shinty) The Grand Slam in shinty consists of a