1988 Australian Open

1988 Australian Open
Date	11–24 January 1988
Edition	76th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Hardcourt (Rebound Ace)
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Flinders Park
Champions
Men's singles
Mats Wilander
Women's singles
Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
Rick Leach / Jim Pugh
Women's doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles
Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh
Boys' singles
Johan Anderson
Girls' singles
Jo-Anne Faull
Boys' doubles
Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge
Girls' doubles
Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan
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The 1988 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 76th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 11 through 24 January 1988 and was the first edition of the tournament hosted at Flinders Park. It would mark the first time a Grand Slam final would be played indoors under a roof; after the first 3 games of the Women's Final, there was a 1-hour & 23 min delay to close the roof.

This was the first Australian Open to have 128-players in each singles category, in line with the other three majors.

Mats Wilander defeated Pat Cash 6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 3–6, 6–1, 8–6

• It was Wilander's 5th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd and last Australian Open title.

Steffi Graf defeated Chris Evert 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

• It was Graf's 2nd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. She became the first German player – male or female – to win an Australian Open singles title.

Rick Leach / Jim Pugh defeated Jeremy Bates / Peter Lundgren 6–3, 6–2, 6–3

• It was Leach's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. It was Pugh's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull 6–0, 7–5

• It was Navratilova's 49th career Grand Slam title and her 10th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 20th career Grand Slam title and her 7th Australian Open title.

Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh defeated Martina Navratilova / Tim Gullikson 5–7, 6–2, 6–4

• It was Novotná's 1st career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. It was Pugh's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Johan Anderson defeated Andrew Florent 7–5, 7–6

Jo-Anne Faull defeated Emmanuelle Derly 6–4, 6–4

Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Johan Anderson / Richard Fromberg 6–3, 6–2

Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan defeated Kate McDonald / Rennae Stubbs 6–1, 7–5

• Australian Open official website