1988 Dow Classic – Singles

Singles
1988 Dow Classic
1987 Champion Pam Shriver
Champion Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Runner-up Pam Shriver
Score6–2, 6–1
Draw56
Seeds16

Pam Shriver was the four-time defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top nine seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Pam Shriver (final)
  2. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (champion)
  3. Lori McNeil (semifinals)
  4. Zina Garrison (semifinals)
  5. Larisa Savchenko (third round)
  6. n/a
  7. Anne Minter (quarterfinals)
  8. Nathalie Tauziat (third round)
  9. Leila Meskhi (second round)
  10. Etsuko Inoue (second round)
  11. Elly Hakami (first round)
  12. Isabelle Demongeot (first round)
  13. Gigi Fernández (first round)
  14. Rosalyn Fairbank (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Pam Shriver 6 4 6
3 Lori McNeil 1 6 3
1 Pam Shriver 2 1  
2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6 6  
4 Zina Garrison 2 4  
2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6 6  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 P Shriver 7 6  
  E Smylie 7 2 6   E Smylie 5 3  
  J Salmon 6 6 3 1 P Shriver 6 7  
  V Lake 3 6 1   D Van Rensburg 3 5  
  D Van Rensburg 6 4 6   D Van Rensburg 6 1 6
  C Porwik 3 7 3   W White 3 6 3
  W White 6 6 6 1 P Shriver 6 6  
14 R Fairbank 6 6   14 R Fairbank 2 1  
Q S Godman 3 3   14 R Fairbank 6 6  
  S Walsh-Pete 5 6 4   E Krapl 2 3  
  E Krapl 7 2 6 14 R Fairbank 6 6  
Q R Reis 6 6   Q R Reis 3 4  
Q K Steinmetz 1 0   Q R Reis 2 7 6
9 L Meskhi 6 6 1

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 L McNeil 7 6  
  A Henricksson 6 6     A Henricksson 6 4  
  M Lindström 4 1   3 L McNeil 4 6 8
  E Burgin 5 6     J Durie 6 2 6
  J Durie 7 7     J Durie 6 6  
  T Phelps 6 6     T Phelps 3 2  
12 I Demongeot 4 4   3 L McNeil 6 4 6
  A Kijimuta 3 6 2 7 A Minter 3 6 1
  B Nagelsen 6 4 6   B Nagelsen 6 6  
  H Witvoet 4 7 4   L Golarsa 1 4  
  L Golarsa 6 6 6   B Nagelsen 5 2  
Q M Yanagi 0 6 1 7 A Minter 7 6  
  S Parkhomenko 6 4 6   S Parkhomenko 4 5  
7 A Minter 6 7  

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 L Savchenko 7 3 6
  K Schimper 2 2     E Pfaff 6 6 1
  E Pfaff 6 6   5 L Savchneko 1 1  
LL K Adams 7 6     E Reinach 6 6  
Q C Jolissaint 6 4   LL K Adams 3 1  
  E Reinach 6 4 8   E Reinach 6 6  
13 G Fernández 3 6 6   E Reinach 2 5  
10 E Inoue 7 6   4 Z Garrison 6 7  
  J Hetherington 6 2   10 E Inoue 6 4 2
  S Gomer 6 6     S Gomer 2 6 6
Q N Medvedeva 4 0     S Gomer 3 2  
  H Ludloff 6 6 6 4 Z Garrison 6 6  
Q L Field 2 7 3   H Ludloff 1 2  
4 Z Garrison 6 6  

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 N Tauziat 2 6 6
  B Gerken 2 2     M Jaggard 6 3 1
  M Jaggard 6 6   8 N Tauziat 6 3  
  H Na 4 6 5   B Cordwell 7 6  
  C Singer 6 2 7   C Singer 2 6  
Q K Okamoto 5 1     B Cordwell 6 7  
  B Cordwell 7 6     B Cordwell 2 6  
11 E Hakami 2 7 2 2 C Kohde-Kilsch 6 7  
  C Benjamin 6 6 6   C Benjamin 3 6 6
  M Bollegraf 6 6     M Bollegraf 6 2 4
  C Wood 3 2     C Benjamin 2 0  
  N Bykova 5 4   2 C Kohde-Kilsch 6 6  
  E Minter 7 6     E Minter 0 2  
2 C Kohde-Kilsch 6 6