1988 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
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The 1988 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
was an Association of Tennis Professionals
tennis
tournament held in Charleston, South Carolina
in the United States
. The tournament was held from April 25 to May 2.
Andre Agassi
defeated Jimmy Arias
6-2, 6-2
Pieter Aldrich
/ Danie Visser
defeated
Jorge Lozano
/ Todd Witsken
7-6, 6-3
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts....
was an Association of Tennis Professionals
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament held in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
in the United States
United States
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. The tournament was held from April 25 to May 2.
Men's Singles
Andre AgassiAndre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
defeated
Jimmy AriasJimmy Arias
James Arias is a former tennis touring professional player from the United States, a bronze medallist.From Grand Island, near Buffalo, New York, Arias's peak year was 1983, when as a 19 year-old he finished the year ranked World No. 6, having reached the U.S...
6-2, 6-2
- It was Agassi's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career.
Men's Doubles
Pieter AldrichPieter Aldrich
Pieter Aldrich is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 2 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Aldrich reached the World No...
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Danie VisserDanie Visser
Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol...
defeated
Jorge LozanoJorge Lozano
Jorge Lozano is a retired professional tennis player from Mexico. On August 22, 1988, he reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 4. His highest singles ranking was World Number 51. During his career, he won two mixed doubles titles at the French Open: in 1990 with Arantxa Sánchez, and...
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Todd WitskenTodd Witsken
Todd Witsken was an American tennis player. He specialized in playing doubles and began his professional career in 1985. He was a three-time all-American at the University of Southern California. His career high was #4 in doubles and #43 in singles...
7-6, 6-3
- It was Aldrich's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Visser's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career.