Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

The tournament took place from September 20 - October 1 on outdoor hardcourts at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Miloslav Mečíř Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Tim Mayotte United States (USA)	Stefan Edberg Sweden (SWE)
			Brad Gilbert United States (USA)
Men's doubles	Ken Flach and Robert Seguso United States (USA)	Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal Spain (ESP)	Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber Czechoslovakia (TCH)
			Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd Sweden (SWE)
Women's singles	Steffi Graf West Germany (FRG)	Gabriela Sabatini Argentina (ARG)	Zina Garrison United States (USA)
			Manuela Maleeva Bulgaria (BUL)
Women's doubles	Pam Shriver and Zina Garrison United States (USA)	Jana Novotná and Helena Suková Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Elizabeth Smylie and Wendy Turnbull Australia (AUS)
			Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch West Germany (FRG)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
2	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	1	3
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	1	2
4	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1

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