# 1988 Federation Cup (tennis)

The 1988 Federation Cup was the 26th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 4–11 December. Czechoslovakia defeated the Soviet Union in the final (in what was the first time the Soviet Union reached the semifinals since 1979), giving Czechoslovakia their 5th title, and 4th in six years.

## Qualifying round

All ties were played at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia, on hard courts.
| Winning Team | Score | Losing Team |
| China | 2–1 | Malta |
| Luxembourg | 2–1 | Chinese Taipei |
| South Korea | 3–0 | Ireland |
| Bulgaria | 3–0 | Philippines |
Winning nations advance to Main Draw, losing nations play in consolation rounds.

### China vs. Malta

| China 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Malta 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Yang Li-Hua Helen Asciak 2 6 1 6     2 Tang Min Carol Cassar-Torreggiani 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2     3 Hua Wei / Tang Min Carol Cassar-Torreggiani / Alexia Gera 6 4 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 2 ||||

### Luxembourg vs. Chinese Taipei

| Luxembourg 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Chinese Taipei 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ginette Huberty Lai Su-lin 2 6 6 1 2 6   2 Karin Kschwendt Wang Shi-ting 4 6 6 4 6 1   3 Ginette Huberty / Karin Kschwendt Lai Su-lin / Wang Shi-ting 6 1 6 0 ||||

### South Korea vs. Ireland

| South Korea 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Ireland 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kim Il-soon Jo Griffiths 6 1 6 0     2 Park Mal-sim Siobhán Nicholson 6 3 6 1     3 Lee Jeong-soon / Sohn Mi-ae Siobhán Nicholson / Lesley O'Halloran 6 2 5 7 6 2 ||||

### Bulgaria vs. Philippines

| Bulgaria 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Philippines 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Galia Angelova Dyan Castillejo 7 5 3 6 6 1   2 Elena Pampoulova Sarah Rafael 6 3 6 2     3 Galia Angelova / Svetlana Krivencheva Dyan Castillejo / Jennifer Saberon 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 4 ||||

## Main draw

Participating Teams :
| Argentina | Australia | Austria | Belgium | Brazil | Bulgaria | Canada | China |
| Czechoslovakia | Denmark | Finland | France | Great Britain | Greece | Hungary | Indonesia |
| Israel | Italy | Japan | Luxembourg | Mexico | Netherlands | New Zealand | Poland |
| South Korea | Soviet Union | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | United States | West Germany | Yugoslavia |
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | West Germany | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mexico | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mexico | 0 | West Germany | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Japan | 0 | France | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 3 | | | West Germany | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Australia | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Italy | 2 | | | | | Australia | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Poland | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Poland | 1 | Italy | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Australia | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Israel | 0 | Australia | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Australia | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Australia | 3 | | | | | | West Germany | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 2 | | | |
| | Soviet Union | 3 | | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 2 | | | |
| | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yugoslavia | 0 | Soviet Union | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Austria | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Belgium | 1 | Austria | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Austria | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Austria | 2 | | | Soviet Union | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Spain | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands | 0 | | | | | Spain | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Spain | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Spain | 3 | Spain | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Indonesia | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Indonesia | 2 | Indonesia | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Great Britain | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Great Britain | 1 | | | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| | Brazil | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 0 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | China | 0 | New Zealand | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | New Zealand | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | New Zealand | 3 | | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | |
| | Denmark | 3 | | | | | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | |
| Q | Luxembourg | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Luxembourg | 0 | Denmark | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Greece | 0 | Argentina | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 3 | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Canada | 0 | | | |
| | Canada | 2 | | | | | | | | Canada | 0 | | | |
| Q | South Korea | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | South Korea | 1 | Canada | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Finland | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Finland | 2 | Finland | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Hungary | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hungary | 1 | | | Canada | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | |
| Q | Bulgaria | 0 | | | | | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | |
| | Sweden | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sweden | 3 | Sweden | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | United States | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Switzerland | 0 | United States | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | United States | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
1st Round losing teams play in consolation rounds

### First round
#### West Germany vs. Mexico

| West Germany 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Mexico 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Xóchitl Escobedo 6 3 6 2     2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Hernández 6 2 6 0     3 Isabel Cueto / Eva Pfaff Lucila Becerra / Claudia Hernández 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 2 ||||

#### Japan vs. France

| Japan 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | France 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Akiko Kijimuta Karine Quentrec 4 6 4 6     2 Etsuko Inoue Catherine Tanvier 3 6 3 6     3 Etsuko Inoue / Akiko Kijimuta Catherine Suire / Catherine Tanvier 4 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$ ||||

#### Italy vs. Poland

| Italy 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Poland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Laura Lapi Magdalena Feistel 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^2$     2 Laura Garrone Katarzyna Nowak 6 0 4 6 3 6   3 Cathy Caverzasio / Laura Garrone Katarzyna Nowak / Ewa Zerdecka 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 2 ||||

#### Israel vs. Australia

| Israel 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Australia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Yael Segal Nicole Provis 6 4 3 6 4 6   2 Ilana Berger Anne Minter 2 6 2 6     3 Ilana Berger / Hagit Ohayon Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull 2 6 1 6 ||||

#### Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia

| Soviet Union 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Yugoslavia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Tanja Černe 6 2 6 1     2 Natasha Zvereva Karmen Škulj 6 1 6 4     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Mima Jaušovec / Karmen Škulj 6 1 6 3 ||||

#### Belgium vs. Austria

| Belgium 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Austria 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sabine Appelmans Petra Schwarz 6 4 4 2    retired 2 Ann Devries Judith Wiesner 1 6 1 6     3 Sabine Appelmans / Ann Devries Heidi Sprung / Judith Wiesner 4 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$ ||||

#### Netherlands vs. Spain

| Netherlands 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Spain 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Manon Bollegraf Conchita Martínez 2 6 4 6     2 Brenda Schultz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Manon Bollegraf / Caroline Vis Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7 5 4 6 4 6 ||||

#### Indonesia vs. Great Britain

| Indonesia 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Great Britain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Waya Walalangi Clare Wood 2 6 3 6     2 Yayuk Basuki Sara Gomer 6 2 7$^8$ 6$^6$     3 Suzanna Anggarkusuma / Yayuk Basuki Julie Salmon / Clare Wood 7 5 6 3 ||||

#### Czechoslovakia vs. Brazil

| Czechoslovakia 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Brazil 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Patricia Medrado 6 0 6 3     2 Helena Suková Niege Dias 6 1 6 3     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Niege Dias / Luciana Tella 6 3 6 2 ||||

#### China vs. New Zealand

| China 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | New Zealand 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Yang Li-Hua Julie Richardson 0 6 2 6     2 Tang Min Belinda Cordwell 4 6 1 6     3 Hua Wei / Tang Min Belinda Cordwell / Julie Richardson 1 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$ ||||

#### Denmark vs. Luxembourg

| Denmark 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Luxembourg 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Karin Ptaszek Ginette Huberty 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$     2 Tine Scheuer-Larsen Karin Kschwendt 6 3 6 4     3 Henriette Kjær Nielsen / Tine Scheuer-Larsen Ginette Huberty / Karin Kschwendt 2 6 6 4 6 3 ||||

#### Greece vs. Argentina

| Greece 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Argentina 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Olga Tsarbopoulou Mercedes Paz 1 6 1 6     2 Angeliki Kanellopoulou Bettina Fulco 6 1 5 7 3 6   3 Christína Papadáki / Olga Tsarbopoulou Mercedes Paz / Cristina Tessi 1 6 2 6 ||||

#### Canada vs. South Korea

| Canada 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | South Korea 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jill Hetherington Kim Il-soon 3 6 6 2 6 3   2 Helen Kelesi Park Mal-sim 6 1 6 2     3 Helen Kelesi / Rene Simpson Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-myung 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$ ||||

#### Finland vs. Hungary

| Finland 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Hungary 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anne Aallonen Petra Schmitt 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 1   2 Petra Thorén Réka Szikszay 6 3 6 3     3 Anne Aallonen / Nanne Dahlman Virág Csurgó / Réka Szikszay 6 4 4 6 4 6 ||||

#### Bulgaria vs. Sweden

| Bulgaria 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Sweden 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Galia Angelova Maria Strandlund 4 6 7 5 3 6   2 Elena Pampoulova Catarina Lindqvist 5 7 3 6     3 Galia Angelova / Elena Pampoulova Jonna Jonerup / Maria Lindström 6 2 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 1 6 ||||

#### Switzerland vs. United States

| Switzerland 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | United States 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sandrine Jaquet Lori McNeil 0 6 1 6     2 Eva Krapl Barbara Potter 2 6 4 6     3 Sandrine Jaquet / Emanuela Zardo Patty Fendick / Gigi Fernández 0 6 0 6 ||||

### Second round
#### West Germany vs. France

| West Germany 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | France 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Karine Quentrec 6 4 6 4     2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Catherine Tanvier 7 5 6 4     3 Isabel Cueto / Eva Pfaff Maïder Laval / Catherine Suire 6 4 4 6 6 1 ||||

#### Italy vs. Australia

| Italy 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Australia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Laura Lapi Nicole Provis 3 6 6 1 3 6   2 Laura Garrone Anne Minter 6$^0$ 7$^7$ 3 6     3 Cathy Caverzasio / Laura Garrone Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull 4 6 2 6 ||||

#### Soviet Union vs. Austria

| Soviet Union 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Austria 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Heidi Sprung 6 2 4 6 4 6   2 Natasha Zvereva Judith Wiesner 6 3 6 3     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Heidi Sprung / Judith Wiesner 6 1 6 1 ||||

#### Spain vs. Indonesia

| Spain 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Indonesia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Conchita Martínez Waya Walalangi 6 0 6 1     2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Yayuk Basuki 6 1 6 1     3 Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Suzanna Anggarkusuma / Yayuk Basuki 6 0 5 7 6 2 ||||

#### Czechoslovakia vs. New Zealand

| Czechoslovakia 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | New Zealand 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Julie Richardson 6 1 6 1     2 Helena Suková Belinda Cordwell 6 4 6 3     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Belinda Cordwell / Julie Richardson 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

#### Denmark vs. Argentina

| Denmark 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Argentina 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Karin Ptaszek Mercedes Paz 1 6 2 6     2 Tine Scheuer-Larsen Bettina Fulco 6 3 6 2     3 Henriette Kjær Nielsen / Tine Scheuer-Larsen Bettina Fulco / Mercedes Paz 4 6 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4 ||||

#### Canada vs. Finland

| Canada 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Finland 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jill Hetherington Anne Aallonen 6 1 7$^8$ 6$^6$     2 Helen Kelesi Petra Thorén 6 4 6 1     3 Jill Hetherington / Helen Kelesi Anne Aallonen / Nanne Dahlman 6 1 6 1 ||||

#### Sweden vs. United States

| Sweden 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | United States 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Maria Strandlund Patty Fendick 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^3$     2 Catarina Lindqvist Lori McNeil 6 4 7 5     3 Catarina Lindqvist / Maria Lindström Gigi Fernández / Lori McNeil 5 7 1 6 ||||

### Quarterfinals
#### West Germany vs. Australia

| West Germany 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Australia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Nicole Provis 6 1 6 2     2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Anne Minter 1 6 6 4 6 3   3 Sylvia Hanika / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull 6 2 0 6 2 6 ||||

#### Soviet Union vs. Spain

| Soviet Union 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Spain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Conchita Martínez 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2     2 Natasha Zvereva Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 1 6     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 6 6 4 6 4 ||||

#### Czechoslovakia vs. Denmark

| Czechoslovakia 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Denmark 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Karin Ptaszek 6 1 6 2     2 Helena Suková Tine Scheuer-Larsen 6 4 6 4     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Henriette Kjær Nielsen / Tine Scheuer-Larsen 6 3 6 2 ||||

#### Canada vs. Sweden

| Canada 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Sweden 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jill Hetherington Maria Strandlund 6 3 7$^9$ 6$^7$     2 Helen Kelesi Catarina Lindqvist 6 4 6 4     3 Jill Hetherington / Helen Kelesi Catarina Lindqvist / Maria Lindström 6 3 6 0 ||||

### Semifinals
#### West Germany vs. Soviet Union

| West Germany 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Soviet Union 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Larisa Savchenko 7 5 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 3 6   2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natasha Zvereva 7 5 6 1     3 Sylvia Hanika / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva 6 1 1 6 5 7 ||||

#### Czechoslovakia vs. Canada

| Czechoslovakia 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Canada 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Jill Hetherington 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 3 6 6 3   2 Helena Suková Helen Kelesi 6 0 6 1     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Helen Kelesi / Rene Simpson 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3 ||||

### Final
#### Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia

| Soviet Union 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia 11 December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia 11 December 1988 Hard | Czechoslovakia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Radka Zrubáková 1 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$     2 Natasha Zvereva Helena Suková 3 6 4 6     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Jana Pospíšilová / Jana Novotná 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5 ||||
* 1988 Federation Cup Champions
* Czechoslovakia Fifth title

## Consolation rounds
### Draw

| Consolation first round | Consolation first round | Consolation second round | Consolation second round | Consolation quarterfinals | Consolation quarterfinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation final | Consolation final | Consolation final |
| | | Brazil | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | Hungary | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Brazil | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | Israel | 0 | | | | | |
| | | Poland | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | Israel | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Brazil | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Netherlands | 3 | | | |
| | | Yugoslavia | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | Ireland | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | 1 | Ireland | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ireland | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ireland | 2 | | | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | Netherlands | 3 | | | | | |
| | | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | Bulgaria | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 2 | Bulgaria | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Malta | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Malta | 1 | | | | | | | | Netherlands | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | Great Britain | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Great Britain | 1 |
| South Korea | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| South Korea | 2 | South Korea | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | Japan | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | South Korea | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | Belgium | 2 | | | | | |
| | | Greece | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | Belgium | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Belgium | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Great Britain | 2 | | | |
| China | 0 | | | | | | | Great Britain | 2 | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | Great Britain | 3 | | | | | |
| | | Switzerland | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | Great Britain | 2 | | | | | | | |

### First round
#### Philippines vs. Ireland

| Philippines 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Ireland 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dyan Castillejo Jo Griffiths 2 6 6 3 7 5   2 Sarah Rafael Siobhán Nicholson 2 6 2 6     3 Dyan Castillejo / Jennifer Saberon Siobhán Nicholson / Lesley O'Halloran 2 6 4 6 ||||

#### Bulgaria vs. Malta

| Bulgaria 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Malta 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Galia Angelova Alexia Gera 6 2 6 0     2 Elena Pampoulova Carol Cassar-Torreggiani 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3     3 Galia Angelova / Svetlana Krivencheva Helen Asciak / Carol Cassar-Torreggiani 4 6 7 5 1 6 ||||

#### Luxembourg vs. South Korea

| Luxembourg 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | South Korea 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ginette Huberty Lee Jeong-soon 0 6 3 6     2 Karin Kschwendt Kim Il-soon 7 5 6 3     3 Ginette Huberty / Karin Kschwendt Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-soon 1 6 2 6 ||||

#### China vs. Chinese Taipei

| China 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Chinese Taipei 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Zhu Yu-Yu Lai Su-lin 6 2 5 7 2 6   2 Tang Min Wang Shi-ting 6 3 3 6 3 6   3 Hua Wei / Yang Li-Hua Lai Su-lin / Lin Ya-hui 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||

### Second round
#### Brazil vs. Hungary

| Brazil 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Hungary 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Patricia Medrado Virág Csurgó 6 3 6 4     2 Niege Dias Réka Szikszay 6 2 6 0     3 Niege Dias / Luciana Tella Virág Csurgó / Réka Szikszay 6 2 7$^9$ 6$^7$ ||||

#### Poland vs. Israel

| Poland 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Israel 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Magdalena Feistel Yael Segal 2 6 2 6     2 Ewa Zerdecka Ilana Berger 5 7 3 6     3 Magdalena Feistel / Ewa Zerdecka Ilana Berger / Hagit Ohayon 2 6 4 6 ||||

#### Yugoslavia vs. Ireland

| Yugoslavia 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Ireland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tanja Černe Jo Griffiths 6 4 5 7 1 6   2 Karmen Škulj Lesley O'Halloran 6 3 6 2     3 Mima Jaušovec / Karmen Škulj Jo Griffiths / Lesley O'Halloran 6 4 6 1 ||||

#### Netherlands vs. Bulgaria

| Netherlands 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Bulgaria 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Manon Bollegraf Galia Angelova 6 3 6 3     2 Brenda Schultz Elena Pampoulova 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5   3 Carin Bakkum / Brenda Schultz Galia Angelova / Svetlana Krivencheva       not played ||||

#### South Korea vs. Japan

| South Korea 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Japan 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lee Jeong-soon Naoko Sawamatsu 5 7 4 6     2 Park Mal-sim Etsuko Inoue 6 4 2 6 6 4   3 Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-soon Akiko Kijimuta / Kumiko Okamoto 4 6 6 1 8 6 ||||

#### Greece vs. Belgium

| Greece 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Belgium 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Olga Tsarbopoulou Sabine Appelmans 2 6 2 6     2 Angeliki Kanellopoulou Ann Devries 6 3 3 6 2 6   3 Christína Papadáki / Olga Tsarbopoulou Ann Devries / Caroline van Renterghem 2 6 2 6 ||||

#### Chinese Taipei vs. Mexico

| Chinese Taipei 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Mexico 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lai Su-lin Xóchitl Escobedo 3 6 4 6     2 Wang Shi-ting Claudia Hernández 5 7 6 3 6 1   3 Lai Su-lin / Wang Shi-ting Lucila Becerra / Xóchitl Escobedo 6 2 6 4 ||||

#### Switzerland vs. Great Britain

| Switzerland 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Great Britain 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Emanuela Zardo Clare Wood 2 6 6 4 6 1   2 Eva Krapl Sara Gomer 6 4 5 7 2 6   3 Sandrine Jaquet / Eva Krapl Sara Gomer / Julie Salmon 3 6 0 6 ||||

### Quarterfinals
#### Brazil vs. Israel

| Brazil 3 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Israel 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Patricia Medrado Yael Segal 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 1 0    retired 2 Niege Dias Ilana Berger 6 2 7 5     3 Niege Dias / Luciana Tella Ilana Berger / Hagit Ohayon 6 4 7 5 ||||

#### Yugoslavia vs. Netherlands

| Yugoslavia 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Netherlands 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tanja Černe Manon Bollegraf 4 6 4 6     2 Karmen Škulj Brenda Schultz 2 6 2 6     3 Tanja Černe / Karmen Škulj Carin Bakkum / Brenda Schultz 0 6 7 5 2 6 ||||

#### South Korea vs. Belgium

| South Korea 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Belgium 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kim Il-soon Sabine Appelmans 2 6 1 6     2 Park Mal-sim Ann Devries 6 3 6$^{10}$ 7$^{12}$ 1 6   3 Lee Jeong-soon / Sohn Mi-ae Sabine Appelmans / Caroline van Renterghem 7 5 3 6 6 4 ||||

#### Chinese Taipei vs. Great Britain

| Chinese Taipei 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Great Britain 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lai Su-lin Clare Wood 6 4 4 6 1 6   2 Wang Shi-ting Sara Gomer 4 6 2 6     3 Lai Su-lin / Wang Shi-ting Sara Gomer / Julie Salmon 1 6 1 6 ||||

### Semifinals
#### Brazil vs. Netherlands

| Brazil 0 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Netherlands 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Patricia Medrado Manon Bollegraf 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 2 6     2 Niege Dias Brenda Schultz 2 6 1 6     3 Niege Dias / Luciana Tella Manon Bollegraf / Caroline Vis 3 6 4 6 ||||

#### Belgium vs. Great Britain

| Belgium 1 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Great Britain 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sabine Appelmans Clare Wood 7 5 3 6 6 2   2 Ann Devries Sara Gomer 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 2 6 4 6   3 Ann Devries / Caroline van Renterghem Sara Gomer / Julie Salmon 1 6 2 6 ||||

### Final
#### Netherlands vs. Great Britain

| Netherlands 2 | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard | Great Britain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Manon Bollegraf Clare Wood 2 6 1 6     2 Brenda Schultz Sara Gomer 3 6 5 4    retired 3 Manon Bollegraf / Caroline Vis Julie Salmon / Clare Wood 6 4 6 1 ||||