Date | 23 September – 1 October 1988 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Te-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul | |
Participants | 62 from 31 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were the top-ranked doubles team in the world. Together they won 29 doubles championships and four Grand Slam titles – 1985 US Open, 1987 French Open, and 1987-88 Wimbledon. The final in Seoul matched them against Spain’s Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal. The Americans won the first two sets, but the Spaniards fought back to take the match to five sets, before losing, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7, (1-7), 9-7.
Date | 23 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. |
Date | 25 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 25 Sep | Flach / Seguso | USA | 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 | Markovits / Köves | HUN | |
Match #2 | 25 Sep | Christensen / Tauson | DEN | 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 | Mansdorf / Bloom | ISR | |
Match #3 | 25 Sep | Forget / Leconte | FRA | 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 | Mattar / Acioly | BRA | |
Match #4 | 25 Sep | Mečíř / Šrejber | TCH | 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 | Amritraj / Amritraj | IND | |
Match #5 | 25 Sep | Edberg / Järryd | SWE | 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 | Tuckniss / Gurr | ZIM | |
Match #6 | 25 Sep | Cahill / Fitzgerald | AUS | 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 | Evernden / Derlin | NZL | |
Match #7 | 25 Sep | Živojinović / Ivanišević | YUG | 6-3, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 | Günthardt / Hlasek | SUI | |
Match #8 | 25 Sep | Sánchez Vicario / Casal | ESP | 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 | Skoff / Antonitsch | AUT |
Date | 27 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Sep 11:18 | Court #2 | Flach / Seguso | USA | 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 | Christensen / Tauson | DEN | |
Match #2 | 27 Sep 13:17 | Court #2 | Mečíř / Šrejber | TCH | 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 9-7 | Forget / Leconte | FRA | |
Match #3 | 27 Sep 11:15 | Court #1 | Edberg / Järryd | SWE | 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 | Cahill / Fitzgerald | AUS | |
Match #4 | 27 Sep 13:17 | Court #1 | Sánchez Vicario / Casal | ESP | 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 | Živojinović / Ivanišević | YUG |
Date | 29 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 29 Sep 12:09 | Court #1 | Flach / Seguso | USA | 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 | Mečíř / Šrejber | TCH | |
Match #2 | 29 Sep 11:14 | Centre Court | Sánchez Vicario / Casal | ESP | 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 | Edberg / Järryd | SWE |
Date | 1 October 1988 — 13:19 |
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Match | Date/Time | Location | Pair (Seed) | NOC | Result | Pair (Seed) | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 01 Oct 13:19 | Centre Court | Flach / Seguso | USA | 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (6-7), 9-7 | Sánchez Vicario / Casal | ESP |