1988 Pilkington Glass Championships

The 1988 Pilkington Glass Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom and was part of Category 4[lower-alpha 1] tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 13 June until 19 June 1988. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her seventh at the event.[2]

1988 Pilkington Glass Championships
Date13–19 June
Edition14th
CategoryCategory 4
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceGrass / outdoor
LocationEastbourne, United Kingdom
VenueDevonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Doubles
West Germany Eva Pfaff / Australia Elizabeth Smylie

Finals

Singles
Main article: 1988 Pilkington Glass Championships – Singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2

  • It was Navratilova's 6th singles title of the year and the 135th of her career.

Doubles
Main article: 1988 Pilkington Glass Championships – Doubles

West Germany Eva Pfaff / Australia Elizabeth Smylie defeated New Zealand Belinda Cordwell / South Africa Dianne van Rensburg 6–3, 7–6(8–6)

  • It was Pfaff's 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career. It was Smylie's only title of the year and the 21st of her career.

Notes
  1. Tournaments, other than Grand Slams, with prize money of at least $250,000.[1]

References
  1. Remmert, Richard A., ed. (1988). 1988 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. pp. 34, 50, 55.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1989). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. p. 196. ISBN 9780002183116.
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