United States at The 1988 Summer Olympics - Tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • Chris Evert
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Sandra Cecchini (Italy) 6-2 6-2
  • Third Round — Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-2 4-6 1-6
  • Zina Garrison → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Claudia Hernandez-Salas (Mexico) 6-1 6-4
  • Third Round — Defeated Barbara Paulus (Austria) 7-5 6-2
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Pam Shriver (USA) 6-2 6-3
  • Semifinals — Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2-6 0-6
  • Pam Shriver
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Jill Hetherington (Canada) 6-2 6-3
  • Third Round — Defeated Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3 3-6 6-2
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 2-6 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

  • Ken Flach and Robert Seguso → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Suharyadi Suharyadi and Donald Wailan-Walalangi (Indonesia) 6-3 6-1 7-5
  • Second Round — Defeated Gábor Köves and László Markovits (Hungary) 6-4 6-4 6-4
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Morten Christensen and Michael Tauson (Denmark) 6-4 7-5 6-2
  • Semifinals — Defeated Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-2 6-4 6-1
  • Final — Defeated Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7

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