1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles First-seeded Steffi Graf defeated the record six-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. 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 a 2-0 lead in the second set. Graf then came back winning 12 of the next 13 games and the match. Steffi Graf (Champion)
Nancy Richey Nancy Richey Nancy Richey (born August 23, 1942) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two Grand Slam singles titles (1967 Australian Championships and 1968 French Open) and four Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1965 U.S. Championships and 1966 Australian, Wimbledon, and U.S. Championships). She was ranked World No. 2 in singles at year-end in 1969. Richey won 69 singles titles during her career and helped the U.S. win the Federation Cup in 1969. She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record six consecutive years, from 1963 through 1968. Richey