1988 Australian Open – Women's singles
First-seeded Steffi Graf defeated Chris Evert in the final, 6–1, 7–6 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1988 Australian Open. Hana Mandlíková was the defending champion, but lost to Graf in the quarterfinals. Martina Navratilova's streak of eleven Grand Slam final appearances came to an end after starting from the 1985 French Open. She lost to Evert in the semifinals. This would be Evert's 34th (and last) appearance in a Grand Slam final, a record unequaled by any man or woman in history, and her 6th Australian  final in six attempts as Evert made the final in every Australian Open she played. This was the first Grand Slam Final played under a roof. There was a 1 hour and 23-minute delay to close the roof at 1-1 in the first set. This was Graf's first step towards completing the first and so far only Golden Slam in the history of able-bodied tennis. Seeds. Bunge's position in the draw was taken over by lucky loser, Katie Rickett; Turnbull was replaced by lucky loser Jill Smoller