# 1988 French Open – Women's singles

Defending champion Steffi Graf defeated Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–0, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1988 French Open. It was her second French Open title and third major title overall. Graf did not lose a set during the tournament, dropping only 20 games. The final was the shortest major final of the Open Era; the official duration of the match was 34 minutes, but only 32 minutes of play took place due to a rain break. It remains the only "double bagel" major final of the Open Era.
The win marked Graf's second step towards completing the first, and so far only Golden Slam in the history of pedestrian tennis. Graf recorded a total of six "bagel" (6–0) sets across her seven matches. The final was the first major final since the 1981 French Open not to feature either Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert.

## Seeds

* Steffi Graf (champion)
* Martina Navratilova (fourth round)
* Chris Evert (third round)
* Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
* Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (third round)
* Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
* Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (third round)
* Hana Mandlíková (second round)
* Lori McNeil (third round)
* Zina Garrison (fourth round)
* Katerina Maleeva (first round)
* Raffaella Reggi (second round)
* Natasha Zvereva (final)
* Anna-Maria Cecchini (third round)
* Sylvia Hanika (fourth round)
* Mary Joe Fernández (withdrew before event)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bettina Fulco | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bettina Fulco | 0 | 1 | | 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Gabriela Sabatini | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| 4 | Gabriela Sabatini | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Gabriela Sabatini | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | Helen Kelesi | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Helen Kelesi | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Steffi Graf | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Natasha Zvereva | 0 | 0 |
| | Nicole Provis | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Natasha Zvereva | 0 | 0 |
| | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 6 | 4 | | Nicole Provis | 3 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7 | | | | |
| 6 | Helena Suková | 2 | 3 | | 13 | Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7 | | | | |
| 13 | Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Guerrée | 0 | 4 | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sodupe | 3 | 3 | | | R Reis | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Reis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Pfaff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Sloane | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 3 | 2 | | | E Pfaff | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Benjamin | 2 | 6 | 1 | | S Sloane | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sloane | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Graf | 6 | 6 |
| | P Paradis | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 1 | 3 |
| | J Byrne | 6 | 1 | 6 | | J Byrne | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Rinaldi | 6 | 5 | 5 | | D Van Rensburg | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Van Rensburg | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | J Byrne | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Bollegraf | 3 | 2 | | | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Cioffi | 0 | 4 | | LL | L Corsato | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | L Corsato | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 9 | L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hakami | 3 | 2 | | 9 | L McNeil | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Jolissaint | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | C Jolissaint | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Casale | 7$^7$ | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 9 | L McNeil | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | T Scheuer-Larsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | C Martínez | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Suire | 3 | 2 | | | T Scheuer-Larsen | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | Q | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | C Martínez | 2 | 4 |
| | R Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Fulco | 6 | 6 |
| | M Javer | 0 | 0 | | | R Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Tarabini | 1 | 6 | 6 | | P Tarabini | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Novotná | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | R Zrubáková | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | B Fulco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Fulco | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M-C Damas | 0 | 2 | | | B Fulco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Minter | 2 | 1 | | 8 | H Mandlíková | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H Mandlíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 4 | G Sabatini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Laval | 1 | 5 | | 4 | G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lindström | 7$^7$ | 3 | 1 | | K Schimper | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Schimper | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Louie-Harper | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Yanagi | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | L Bonder | 6 | 3 | 4 | | M Louie-Harper | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaggard | 3 | 3 | | | M Yanagi | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Yanagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Sabatini | 6 | 6 |
| | M Pérez Roldán | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | B Schultz | 4 | 1 |
| | S Mascarin | 6$^2$ | 6 | 4 | | M Pérez Roldán | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schultz | 7 | 6 | | | B Schultz | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Wasserman | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | B Schultz | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | R Fairbank | 6$^3$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | 14 | A-M Cecchini | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | J Pospíšilová | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | Q | J Pospíšilová | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Okamoto | 1 | 3 | | 14 | A-M Cecchini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | A-M Cecchini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 12 | R Reggi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Goleš | 4 | 2 | | 12 | R Reggi | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Singer | 6 | 2 | 2 | Q | M Strandlund | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Strandlund | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | M Strandlund | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Mesker | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | LL | N Jagerman | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | N Jagerman | 6 | 6 | | LL | N Jagerman | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Miró | 3 | 2 | | | J Halard | 6$^5$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | N Jagerman | 2 | 1 |
| WC | M-C Calleja | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | H Kelesi | 6 | 6 |
| | H Kelesi | 4 | 6 | 6 | | H Kelesi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Herreman | 2 | 2 | | | A Holíková | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Holíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Kelesi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Horvath | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | L Ferrando | 6 | 2 | 6 | | L Ferrando | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Huber | 3 | 1 | | 5 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Maleeva-Fragnière | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 7 | C Kohde-Kilsch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kanellopoulou | 2 | 4 | | 7 | C Kohde-Kilsch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Bonsignori | 5 | 6 | 6 | | F Bonsignori | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Na | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | C Kohde-Kilsch | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | S Niox-Château | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | N Provis | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | N Provis | 6 | 6 | | | N Provis | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Maršíková | 2 | 2 | | WC | E Derly | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Derly | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Provis | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| Q | S Hack | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | S Hanika | 6$^1$ | 6$^4$ |
| | W Probst | 6 | 6 | | | W Probst | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kijimuta | 6 | 3 | 2 | | I Demongeot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Demongeot | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | I Demongeot | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | K Quentrec | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 15 | S Hanika | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Villagrán | 6 | 3 | 3 | WC | K Quentrec | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Porwik | 1 | 3 | | 15 | S Hanika | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | S Hanika | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 6

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 11 | K Maleeva | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Tanvier | 6 | 7 | | C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Witvoet | 7$^8$ | 6 | | H Witvoet | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Tiezzi | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | C Tanvier | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | T Phelps | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | E Reinach | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| | J Durie | 7$^7$ | 6 | | J Durie | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bassett-Seguso | 3 | 0 | | E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | C Tanvier | 2 | 0 |
| | S Meier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 |
| | A Minter | 1 | 3 | | S Meier | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kuczyńska | 2 | 0 | | A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| Q | B Romanò | 6 | 6 | | | | | 3 | C Evert | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| Q | J Jonerup | 2 | 0 | Q | B Romanò | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Wiesner | 1 | 4 | 3 | C Evert | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C Evert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 7

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 6 | H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Cueto | 2 | 0 | | 6 | H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Appelmans | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | LL | S Appelmans | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Burgin | 4 | 7$^7$ | 0 | | | | | | 6 | H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Lindqvist | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | M Paz | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Paz | 5 | 6 | 6 | | M Paz | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Faber | 6 | 6 | | | D Faber | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Mothes-Jobkel | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | H Suková | 6 | 6 |
| | K Adams | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Z Garrison | 1 | 2 |
| | L Garrone | 7 | 1 | 6 | | L Garrone | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Torres | 6 | 6 | | | M Torres | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bykova | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | M Torres | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | N Dias | 7$^8$ | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 10 | Z Garrison | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Budařová | 6$^6$ | 6 | 7 | | I Budařová | 0 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Rehe | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | Z Garrison | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Z Garrison | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 8

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 13 | N Zvereva | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa | 6$^5$ | 0 | | 13 | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Christian | 1 | 6 | 1 | | L Field | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Auer | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | M Gurney | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Gurney | 7 | 7 | | | M Gurney | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N van Lottum | 7 | 6 | | WC | N van Lottum | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cohen | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | N Zvereva | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| LL | C Wood | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Navratilova | 3 | 6$^5$ |
| | B Paulus | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | B Paulus | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Krapl | 3 | 6 | 5 | | A Devries | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Devries | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | B Paulus | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | H ter Riet | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Herr | 0 | 5 | | | H ter Riet | 1 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | |
| | P Medrado | 0 | 3 | | 2 | M Navratilova | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |