| _(4997198295).jpg.webp) Mats Wilander finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in his career. He won six tournaments during the season, including three majors at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | December 28, 1987 – December 18, 1988 | 
| Edition | 19th | 
| Tournaments | 77 | 
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Boris Becker (7) | 
| Most tournament finals |  Boris Becker (8) | 
| Prize money leader |  Mats Wilander ($1,719,381) | 
| Points leader |  Mats Wilander | 
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |  Mats Wilander | 
| Doubles team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year |  Andre Agassi | 
| ← 1987  1989 →  | |
The 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only men's tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four Grand Slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix schedule (a precursor to the ATP Tour).
- Key
| Grand Slam events | 
| Team events | 
| World Championship Tennis Event | 
| Year-end championships | 
January
February
March
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Mar | DuPont Classic Orlando, Florida, US Hard – $297,500 – 32S/16D |  Andrei Chesnokov 7–6(8–6), 6–1 |  Miloslav Mečíř |  Jay Berger  David Pate |  Aaron Krickstein  Amos Mansdorf  Martín Jaite  Andre Agassi | 
|  Guy Forget  Yannick Noah 6–4, 6–4 |  Sherwood Stewart .svg.png.webp) Kim Warwick | ||||
| 14 Mar 21 Mar | Lipton International Players Championships Key Biscayne, Florida, US Hard – $734,000 – 128S/64D Singles – Doubles |  Mats Wilander 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |  Jimmy Connors |  Yannick Noah  Miloslav Mečíř |  Aaron Krickstein  Andrei Chesnokov  Jay Berger  Anders Järryd | 
| .svg.png.webp) John Fitzgerald  Anders Järryd 6–4, 6–4 |  Ken Flach  Robert Seguso | ||||
| 28 Mar | Buick WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, US Carpet (i) – $500,000 – 8S Singles |  Boris Becker 6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–2 |  Stefan Edberg |  Brad Gilbert  Yannick Noah |  Andrés Gómez .svg.png.webp) Pat Cash  Tim Mayotte  Martín Jaite | 
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec | Nabisco Masters Doubles London, Great Britain $200,000 – Carpet (i) – 8D Doubles |  Rick Leach  Jim Pugh 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0 |  Sergio Casal  Emilio Sánchez |  Jorge Lozano /  Todd Witsken  John Fitzgerald /  Anders Järryd | |
| 12 Dec | Davis Cup: Final Gothenburg, Sweden – clay (i) |  West Germany 4–1 |  Sweden | ||
Grand Prix rankings
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix titles won, alphabetically by last name:
 Andre Agassi – Memphis, Charleston, Forest Hills, Stuttgart, Stratton Mountain, Livingston (6) Andre Agassi – Memphis, Charleston, Forest Hills, Stuttgart, Stratton Mountain, Livingston (6)
 Boris Becker – Indian Wells, Dallas, London, Indianapolis, Tokyo Indoors, Stockholm, Season-Ending Championships (7) Boris Becker – Indian Wells, Dallas, London, Indianapolis, Tokyo Indoors, Stockholm, Season-Ending Championships (7)
 Jay Berger – São Paulo (1) Jay Berger – São Paulo (1)
.svg.png.webp) Darren Cahill – Gstaad (1) Darren Cahill – Gstaad (1)
 Kent Carlsson – Madrid, Hamburg, Kitzbühel, St. Vincent, Barcelona (5) Kent Carlsson – Madrid, Hamburg, Kitzbühel, St. Vincent, Barcelona (5)
 Michael Chang – San Francisco (1) Michael Chang – San Francisco (1)
 Andrei Chesnokov – Orlando (1) Andrei Chesnokov – Orlando (1)
 Jimmy Connors – Washington, D.C., Toulouse (2) Jimmy Connors – Washington, D.C., Toulouse (2)
 Yahiya Doumbia – Lyon (1) Yahiya Doumbia – Lyon (1)
 Stefan Edberg – Rotterdam, Wimbledon, Basel (3) Stefan Edberg – Rotterdam, Wimbledon, Basel (3)
 Marcelo Filippini – Båstad (1) Marcelo Filippini – Båstad (1)
.svg.png.webp) John Fitzgerald – Sydney (1) John Fitzgerald – Sydney (1)
 Brad Gilbert – Tel Aviv (1) Brad Gilbert – Tel Aviv (1)
 Dan Goldie – Seoul (1) Dan Goldie – Seoul (1)
.svg.png.webp) Jakob Hlasek – Wembley, Johannesburg (2) Jakob Hlasek – Wembley, Johannesburg (2)
 Ramesh Krishnan – Wellington (1) Ramesh Krishnan – Wellington (1)
 Henri Leconte – Nice, Brussels (2) Henri Leconte – Nice, Brussels (2)
 Ivan Lendl – Monte Carlo, Rome, Canada (3) Ivan Lendl – Monte Carlo, Rome, Canada (3)
 Alberto Mancini – Bologna (1) Alberto Mancini – Bologna (1)
 Amos Mansdorf – Auckland, Paris (2) Amos Mansdorf – Auckland, Paris (2)
.svg.png.webp) Wally Masur – Newport (1) Wally Masur – Newport (1)
 Luiz Mattar – Guarujá (1) Luiz Mattar – Guarujá (1)
 Tim Mayotte – Philadelphia, Schenectady, Brisbane, Frankfurt (4) Tim Mayotte – Philadelphia, Schenectady, Brisbane, Frankfurt (4)
 John McEnroe – Tokyo, Detroit (2) John McEnroe – Tokyo, Detroit (2)
 Miloslav Mečíř – Seoul Olympics (1) Miloslav Mečíř – Seoul Olympics (1)
 Thomas Muster – Boston, Bordeaux, Prague, Bari (4) Thomas Muster – Boston, Bordeaux, Prague, Bari (4)
 Massimiliano Narducci – Florence (1) Massimiliano Narducci – Florence (1)
 Yannick Noah – Milan (1) Yannick Noah – Milan (1)
 Guillermo Pérez Roldán – Munich (1) Guillermo Pérez Roldán – Munich (1)
 Mikael Pernfors – Los Angeles, Scottsdale (2) Mikael Pernfors – Los Angeles, Scottsdale (2)
 Christian Saceanu – Bristol (1) Christian Saceanu – Bristol (1)
 Emilio Sánchez – Hilversum (1) Emilio Sánchez – Hilversum (1)
 Javier Sánchez – Buenos Aires (1) Javier Sánchez – Buenos Aires (1)
 Horst Skoff – Athens, Vienna (2) Horst Skoff – Athens, Vienna (2)
 Milan Šrejber – Rye Brook (1) Milan Šrejber – Rye Brook (1)
 Jonas Svensson – Metz (1) Jonas Svensson – Metz (1)
 Marián Vajda – Geneva (1) Marián Vajda – Geneva (1)
 Mats Wilander – Australian Open, Miami, Roland Garros, Cincinnati, US Open, Palermo (6) Mats Wilander – Australian Open, Miami, Roland Garros, Cincinnati, US Open, Palermo (6)
.svg.png.webp) Mark Woodforde – Adelaide (1) Mark Woodforde – Adelaide (1)
 Jaime Yzaga – Itaparica (1) Jaime Yzaga – Itaparica (1)
.svg.png.webp) Slobodan Živojinović – Sydney Indoors (1) Slobodan Živojinović – Sydney Indoors (1)
The following players won their first title in 1988:
See also
References
- ↑ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ATP Archive 1988: Nabisco Grand Prix Tournaments Accessed 22/10/2010.
- History Mens Professional Tours:Accessed 22/10/2010.
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 9780942257700.
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