Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

The United States' Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver defeated Czechoslovakia's Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 10–8 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Australia's Elizabeth Smylie and Wendy Turnbull and West Germany's Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch won the bronze medals.

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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The tournament was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea. Tennis was officially re-introduced as an official sport in the 1988 Summer Olympics, after being held as a demonstration sport in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. It was discontinued from being an official sport after the 1924 Summer Olympics before its re-introduction. There were 28 competitors (14 teams) from 14 countries.

Medalists

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Gold Zina Garrison / Pam Shriver
  United States
Silver Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
  Czechoslovakia
Bronze Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull
  Australia
Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  West Germany

Seeds

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The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.

  1.   Zina Garrison / Pam Shriver (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
  2.   Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
  3.   Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (TCH) (final, silver medalists)
  4.   Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (URS) (quarterfinals)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Z Garrison (USA)
  P Shriver (USA)
7 6  
    I Demongeot (FRA)
  N Tauziat (FRA)
6 4 6     I Demongeot (FRA)
  N Tauziat (FRA)
5 2  
    S Gomer (GBR)
  C Wood (GBR)
2 6 1 1   Z Garrison (USA)
  P Shriver (USA)
77 6  
4   L Savchenko (URS)
  N Zvereva (URS)
6 6       E Smylie (AUS)
  W Turnbull (AUS)
65 4  
    X Escobedo (MEX)
  C Hernández-Salas (MEX)
2 1   4   L Savchenko (URS)
  N Zvereva (URS)
3 2  
    K Maleeva (BUL)
  M Maleeva-Fragnière (BUL)
2 6 0     E Smylie (AUS)
  W Turnbull (AUS)
6 6  
    E Smylie (AUS)
  W Turnbull (AUS)
6 3 6 1   Z Garrison (USA)
  P Shriver (USA)
4 6 10
    E Inoue (JPN)
  K Okamoto (JPN)
6 64 8 3   J Novotná (TCH)
  H Suková (TCH)
6 2 8
    S Cecchini (ITA)
  R Reggi (ITA)
3 77 6     E Inoue (JPN)
  K Okamoto (JPN)
3 2  
    I-S Kim (KOR)
  J-M Lee (KOR)
2 64   3   J Novotná (TCH)
  H Suková (TCH)
6 6  
3   J Novotná (TCH)
  H Suková (TCH)
6 77   3   J Novotná (TCH)
  H Suková (TCH)
7 6  
    C Bassett-Seguso (CAN)
  J Hetherington (CAN)
710 5 20 2   S Graf (FRG)
  C Kohde-Kilsch (FRG)
5 3  
    M Paz (ARG)
  G Sabatini (ARG)
68 7 18     C Bassett-Seguso (CAN)
  J Hetherington (CAN)
3 6 2
2   S Graf (FRG)
  C Kohde-Kilsch (FRG)
6 3 6

References

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