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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Tennis Center, Seoul
Date Started: September 23, 1988
Date Finished: October 1, 1988
Format: Single-elimination tournament.
| Gold: | Steffi Graf |
| Silver: | Gabriela Sabatini |
| Bronze: | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Zina Garrison |
Steffi Graf won the 1984 Olympic demonstration singles title when she was only 15 years old. She achieved the #1 world ranking in 1987, and in 1988, became the fifth woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis – Australia, French, Wimbledon, and US titles in one year. When she won the Olympic gold medal, easily defeating Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6-3, 6-3, it was called the Golden Slam, never before achieved. Graf's career eventually had some tennis experts considering her the greatest woman player ever, as she won 22 Grand Slam singles titles – 4 Australian, 6 French, 7 Wimbledon, and 5 US – and 107 career professional titles. She later married fellow Olympic gold medalist, Andre Agassi.
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steffi Graf | 19 | West Germany | FRG | Gold | |
| 2 | Gabriela Sabatini | 18 | Argentina | ARG | Silver | |
| 3T | Zina Garrison | 24 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 3T | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | Bronze | |
| 5T | Raffaella Reggi-Concato | 22 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5T | Pam Shriver | 26 | United States | USA | ||
| 5T | Natasha Zvereva | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 5T | Larisa Savčenko-Neilande | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 9T | Catherine Suire | 29 | France | FRA | ||
| 9T | Kim Il-Sun | 19 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 9T | Katerina Maleeva | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 9T | Barbara Paulus | 18 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 9T | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | 22 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 9T | Sylvia Hanika | 28 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 9T | Catarina Lindqvist | 25 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 9T | Chris Evert | 33 | United States | USA | ||
| 17T | Leila Meskhi | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 17T | Lee Jeong-Myeong | 21 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 17T | Sara Gomer | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 17T | Helena Suková | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 17T | Jill Hetherington | 23 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 17T | Gisele Miró | 19 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 17T | Jana Novotná | 19 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 17T | Claudia Hernández | 22 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 17T | Anne Minter | 25 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 17T | Wendy Turnbull | 35 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 17T | Julia Muir | 17 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | ||
| 17T | Sabrina Goleš | 23 | Yugoslavia | YUG | ||
| 17T | Mercedes Paz | 22 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 17T | Nathalie Tauziat | 20 | France | FRA | ||
| 17T | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 24 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 17T | Sandra Cecchini | 23 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 33T | Regina Rajchrtová | 20 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 33T | Yayuk Basuki | 17 | Indonesia | INA | ||
| 33T | Belinda Cordwell | 22 | New Zealand | NZL | ||
| 33T | Etsuko Inoue | 23 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 33T | Ilana Berger | 22 | Israel | ISR | ||
| 33T | Helen Kelesi | 18 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 33T | Isabelle Demongeot | 21 | France | FRA | ||
| 33T | Bettina Fulco | 19 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 33T | Xóchitl Escobedo | 20 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 33T | Clare Wood | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 33T | Oarda Bouchabou | 18 | Algeria | ALG | ||
| 33T | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 16 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 33T | Olga Tsarmbopoulou | 20 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 33T | Kumiko Okamoto | 23 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 33T | Carling Bassett-Seguso | 20 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 33T | Liz Smylie | 25 | Australia | AUS |