Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's singles second round. 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
Grand Slam (tennis) the ATP and WTA do award ranking points based on a player's performance at a major. The term "Grand Slam", without qualification, and also originally, refers to the achievement of winning all four major championships within a single calendar year within one of the five events: men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles. In doubles, one team may accomplish a Grand Slam playing together or one player may achieve it with different partners. Winning the four majors in consecutive tournaments but not in the same year is known as a Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam, while winning all four