1988 Wimbledon Championships 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 England. It was the 102nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 4 July 1988. 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. Stefan Edberg defeated Boris Becker, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2 Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd,
The Championships, Wimbledon interviews from Bud Collins, whose tennis acumen and (in)famous patterned trousers were well known to tennis fans in the US. Collins was sacked by NBC in 2007, but was promptly hired by ESPN, the cable home for The Championships in the States. For many years NBC's primary Wimbledon host was veteran broadcaster Dick Enberg. From 1975 to 1999, premium channel HBO carried weekday coverage of Wimbledon. Hosts included Jim Lampley, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, John Lloyd and Barry MacKay among others. Previously, weekday coverage in the United States was exclusively handled by ESPN2 during the tournament's first week. During