# 1988 Paris Open – Singles

Tim Mayotte was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Brad Gilbert.
Amos Mansdorf won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 against Gilbert.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Mats Wilander (first round)
* Tim Mayotte (semifinals)
* Henri Leconte (first round)
* Miloslav Mečíř (second round)
* Thomas Muster (second round)
* Jonas Svensson (second round)
* Guillermo Pérez Roldán (first round)
* Andrei Chesnokov (quarterfinals)

## 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
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Amos Mansdorf | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |
| | Brad Gilbert | 3 | 2 | 3 | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Wilander | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Mansdorf | w/o | | | A Mansdorf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Rostagno | 6 | 6 | | D Rostagno | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| SE | J Pugh | 1 | 2 | | | | | | A Mansdorf | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Krickstein | 7 | 7 | | | | | | A Krickstein | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Cahill | 6 | 6 | | A Krickstein | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Fitzgerald | 6 | 6 | | J Fitzgerald | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Pérez Roldán | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | A Mansdorf | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | H Leconte | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | J Hlasek | 6 | 6 |
| | J McEnroe | 7 | 6 | | J McEnroe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Casal | 4 | 2 | | P Annacone | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Annacone | 6 | 6 | | | | | | J McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| WC | T Tulasne | 4 | 6 | | | | | | J Hlasek | 7 | 2 | 7 | | | |
| | J Hlasek | 6 | 7 | | J Hlasek | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | D Pate | 4 | 1 | 6 | J Svensson | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Svensson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | T Muster | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Järryd | 0 | 4 | | 5 | T Muster | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Limberger | 7 | 4 | 2 | WC | G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Forget | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | WC | G Forget | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | B Gilbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Gilbert | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Gómez | 2 | 3 | | | B Gilbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Reneberg | 3 | 4 | | 4 | M Mečíř | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Mečíř | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | B Gilbert | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Mayotte | 5 | 3 |
| SE | R Matuszewski | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Curren | 7 | 4 | 4 | | R Agénor | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Agénor | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 8 | A Chesnokov | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | M Jaite | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 2 | T Mayotte | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | E Winogradsky | 3 | 6 | 7 | Q | E Winogradsky | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Champion | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | T Mayotte | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Mayotte | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |