1988 Pilkington Glass Championships

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
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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[a] 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]

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.