Tennis_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_doubles

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Olympic tennis competition

The United States' Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver defeated Czechoslovakia's Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 10–8 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Australia's Elizabeth Smylie and Wendy Turnbull and West Germany's Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch won the bronze medals.

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Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The tournament was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea. Tennis was officially re-introduced as an official sport in the 1988 Summer Olympics, after being held as a demonstration sport in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. It was discontinued from being an official sport after the 1924 Summer Olympics before its re-introduction. There were 28 competitors (14 teams) from 14 countries.

Medalists

GoldZina Garrison / Pam Shriver
 United States
SilverJana Novotná / Helena Suková
 Czechoslovakia
BronzeElizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull
 Australia
Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
 West Germany

Seeds

The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.

  1.  Zina Garrison / Pam Shriver (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
  2.  Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
  3.  Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (TCH) (final, silver medalists)
  4.  Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (URS) (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1  Z Garrison (USA)
 P Shriver (USA) 		7 6  
   I Demongeot (FRA)
 N Tauziat (FRA) 		6 4 6    I Demongeot (FRA)
 N Tauziat (FRA) 		5 2  
   S Gomer (GBR)
 C Wood (GBR) 		2 6 1 1  Z Garrison (USA)
 P Shriver (USA) 		77 6  
4  L Savchenko (URS)
 N Zvereva (URS) 		6 6      E Smylie (AUS)
 W Turnbull (AUS) 		65 4  
   X Escobedo (MEX)
 C Hernández-Salas (MEX) 		2 1   4  L Savchenko (URS)
 N Zvereva (URS) 		3 2  
   K Maleeva (BUL)
 M Maleeva-Fragnière (BUL) 		2 6 0    E Smylie (AUS)
 W Turnbull (AUS) 		6 6  
   E Smylie (AUS)
 W Turnbull (AUS) 		6 3 6 1  Z Garrison (USA)
 P Shriver (USA) 		4 6 10
   E Inoue (JPN)
 K Okamoto (JPN) 		6 64 8 3  J Novotná (TCH)
 H Suková (TCH) 		6 2 8
   S Cecchini (ITA)
 R Reggi (ITA) 		3 77 6    E Inoue (JPN)
 K Okamoto (JPN) 		3 2  
   I-S Kim (KOR)
 J-M Lee (KOR) 		2 64   3  J Novotná (TCH)
 H Suková (TCH) 		6 6  
3  J Novotná (TCH)
 H Suková (TCH) 		6 77   3  J Novotná (TCH)
 H Suková (TCH) 		7 6  
   C Bassett-Seguso (CAN)
 J Hetherington (CAN) 		710 5 20 2  S Graf (FRG)
 C Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) 		5 3  
   M Paz (ARG)
 G Sabatini (ARG) 		68 7 18    C Bassett-Seguso (CAN)
 J Hetherington (CAN) 		3 6 2
2  S Graf (FRG)
 C Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) 		6 3 6

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