1988 Grand Prix (tennis)
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.
![]() Wilander won 3 Majors in 1988 (Australian, French and US Open)  | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | December 28, 1987 – December 18, 1988 | 
| Edition | 19th | 
| Tournaments | 77 | 
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | |
| Most tournament finals | |
| Prize money leader | |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | |
| Doubles Team of the year | |
| Most improved  player of the year  | |
← 1987  1989 →   | |
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, USA $297,500 – Hard – 32S/16D  | 7–6(8–6), 6–1  | |||
6–4, 6–4  | |||||
| 14 Mar 21 Mar  | Lipton International Players Championships Key Biscayne, Florida, USA $734,000 – Hard – 128S/64D Singles – Doubles  | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4  | |||
6–4, 6–4  | |||||
| 28 Mar | Buick WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, USA $500,000 – Carpet (i) – 8S Singles  | 6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–2  | 
April
    
May
    
June
    
July
    
August
    
September
    
October
    
November
    
December
    
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec | Nabisco Masters Doubles London, Great Britain Masters $200,000 - Carpet (i) - 8D Doubles Draw  | 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0  | |||
| 12 Dec | Davis Cup: Final  Gothenburg, Sweden – Clay (i)  | 4–1  | |||
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)
 Boris Becker - Indian Wells, Dallas, London, Indianapolis, Tokyo Indoors, Stockholm, Season-Ending Championships (7)
 Jay Berger - São Paulo (1)
 Darren Cahill - Gstaad (1)
 Kent Carlsson - Madrid, Hamburg, Kitzbühel, St. Vincent, Barcelona (5)
 Michael Chang - San Francisco (1)
 Andrei Chesnokov - Orlando (1)
 Jimmy Connors - Washington, D.C., Toulouse (2)
 Yahiya Doumbia - Lyon (1)
 Stefan Edberg - Rotterdam, Wimbledon, Basel (3)
 Marcelo Filippini - Båstad (1)
 John Fitzgerald - Sydney (1)
 Brad Gilbert - Tel Aviv (1)
 Dan Goldie - Seoul (1)
 Jakob Hlasek - Wembley, Johannesburg (2)
 Ramesh Krishnan - Wellington (1)
 Henri Leconte - Nice, Brussels (2)
 Ivan Lendl - Monte Carlo, Rome, Canada (3)
 Alberto Mancini - Bologna (1)
 Amos Mansdorf - Auckland, Paris (2)
 Wally Masur - Newport (1)
 Luiz Mattar - Guarujá (1)
 Tim Mayotte - Philadelphia, Schenectady, Brisbane, Frankfurt (4)
 John McEnroe - Tokyo, Detroit (2)
 Miloslav Mečíř - Seoul Olympics (1)
 Thomas Muster - Boston, Bordeaux, Prague, Bari (4)
 Massimiliano Narducci - Florence (1)
 Yannick Noah - Milan (1)
 Guillermo Pérez Roldán - Munich (1)
 Mikael Pernfors - Los Angeles, Scottsdale (2)
 Christian Saceanu - Bristol (1)
 Emilio Sánchez - Hilversum (1)
 Javier Sánchez - Buenos Aires (1)
 Horst Skoff - Athens, Vienna (2)
 Milan Šrejber - Rye Brook (1)
 Jonas Svensson - Metz (1)
 Marián Vajda - Geneva (1)
 Mats Wilander - Australian Open, Miami, Roland Garros, Cincinnati, US Open, Palermo (6)
 Mark Woodforde - Adelaide (1)
 Jaime Yzaga - Itaparica (1)
 Slobodan Živojinović - Sydney Indoors (1)
The following players won their first title in 1988:
See also
    
    
References
    
- 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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