1988 French Open - Women's Singles
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Steffi Graf
was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0, in the final. The match lasted only 32 minutes, the shortest ever Grand Slam
final, and the only ever double bagel.
Graf recorded a total of 6 6–0 sets during her seven matches, and was her second step to complete the first and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam. Also of note is that this was the first grand slam final not to be contested by either Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert since the 1981 French Open.
This tournament was the first Grand Slam to feature future Wimbledon Champion
and French Open finalist
Conchita Martínez
.
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0, in the final. The match lasted only 32 minutes, the shortest ever Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
final, and the only ever double bagel.
Graf recorded a total of 6 6–0 sets during her seven matches, and was her second step to complete the first and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam. Also of note is that this was the first grand slam final not to be contested by either Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert since the 1981 French Open.
This tournament was the first Grand Slam to feature future Wimbledon Champion
1994 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Lori McNeil, marking the first and so far the only time that a defending champion lost in the first round of a Grand Slam...
and French Open finalist
2000 French Open - Women's Singles
Mary Pierce defeated Conchita Martínez 6-2 7-5 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 2000 French Open.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Mary Pierce is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated....
Conchita Martínez
Conchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
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Seeds
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Steffi GrafSteffi GrafSteffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
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Martina Navratilova (Fourth Round) - Chris EvertChris EvertChristine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
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Gabriela SabatiniGabriela SabatiniGabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
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Manuela MaleevaManuela MaleevaManuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...
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Helena SukováHelena SukováHelena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
(Quarterfinals) - Claudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...
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Hana MandlíkováHana MandlíkováHana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...
(Second Round)
- Lori McNeilLori McNeilLori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
(Third Round)
- Zina GarrisonZina GarrisonZina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...
(Fourth Round)
- Katerina MaleevaKaterina MaleevaKaterina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:...
(First Round)
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Raffaella ReggiRaffaella ReggiRaffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations....
(Second Round)
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Natasha ZverevaNatasha ZverevaNatalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
(Final)
- Anna-Maria Cecchini (Third Round)
- Sylvia HanikaSylvia HanikaSylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world and played left-handed.-Career:Hanika turned professional in 1977...
(Fourth Round)
Finals
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External links
- 1988 French Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw