1988 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1988 Italian Open
Champions Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken
Runners-up Anders Järryd
Tomáš Šmíd
Score6–3, 6–3
Draw32
Seeds8

Guy Forget and Yannick Noah were the defending champions, but Noah did not compete this year. Forget teamed up with Pat Cash and lost in the quarterfinals to Jorge Lozano and Todd Witsken.

Lozano and Witsken won the title by defeating Anders Järryd and Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–3 in the final.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. Anders Järryd / Tomáš Šmíd (final)
  2. Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez (first round)
  3. Laurie Warder / Blaine Willenborg (quarterfinals)
  4. Jorge Lozano / Todd Witsken (champions)
  5. Rick Leach / Jim Pugh (first round)
  6. Pat Cash / Guy Forget (quarterfinals)
  7. Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander (semifinals)
  8. Hans Gildemeister / Andrés Gómez (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Anders Järryd
Tomáš Šmíd
7 6
  Wally Masur
Mark Woodforde
5 2
1 Anders Järryd
Tomáš Šmíd
3 3
4 Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken
6 6
4 Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken
6 6
7 Joakim Nyström
Mats Wilander
4 2

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 A Järryd
T Smid
6 6
  A Paris
G Pozzi
3 4 1 A Järryd
T Smid
6 6
  J Gunnarsson
M Mortensen
6 7   J Gunnarsson
M Mortensen
2 1
  M Filippini
M Fioroni
4 5 1 A Järryd
T Smid
6 6
  C Panatta
M Schapers
7 6   C Panatta
M Schapers
2 1
  J Brown
L Duncan
5 2   C Panatta
M Schapers
7 7
  J Grabb
R Saad
6 6   J Grabb
R Saad
6 5
8 H Gildemeister
A Gómez
3 3 1 A Järryd
T Smid
7 6
3 L Warder
B Willenborg
7 6   W Masur
M Woodforde
5 2
  R Seguso
T Siegel
6 4 3 L Warder
B Willenborg
6 6
  J Arias
L Jensen
4 7 3   M Oosting
C-U Steeb
1 2
  M Oosting
C-U Steeb
6 6 6 3 L Warder
B Willenborg
2 2
  J Bates
B Dyke
6 7   W Masur
M Woodforde
6 6
  R Baxter
P Chamberlin
2 5   J Bates
B Dyke
6 4 6
  W Masur
M Woodforde
6 6   W Masur
M Woodforde
3 6 7
5 R Leach
J Pugh
1 4

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 P Cash
G Forget
6 6
  T Muster
G Ocleppo
1 3 6 P Cash
G Forget
6 6
  P Canè
C Mezzadri
3 2   T Meinecke
R Osterthun
2 1
  T Meinecke
R Osterthun
6 6 6 P Cash
G Forget
4 3
  J Stoltenberg
T Woodbridge
3 7 6 4 J Lozano
T Witsken
6 6
  C Cox
M Šrejber
6 6 4   J Stoltenberg
T Woodbridge
6 3 5
WC C Aprili
E Rossi
5 1 4 J Lozano
T Witsken
4 6 7
4 J Lozano
T Witsken
7 6 4 J Lozano
T Witsken
6 6
7 J Nyström
M Wilander
6 6 7 J Nyström
M Wilander
4 2
WC P Pennisi
S Restelli
4 2 7 J Nyström
M Wilander
7 6
WC C Brandi
C Caratti
7 4 4   T Carbonell
J Sánchez
6 1
  T Carbonell
J Sánchez
6 6 6 7 J Nyström
M Wilander
6 3 7
  M Cierro
A de Minicis
6 6   M Cierro
A de Minicis
1 6 5
  D Dowlen
M Freeman
3 3   M Cierro
A de Minicis
6 6
  O Camporese
D Nargiso
6 4 6   O Camporese
D Nargiso
2 4
2 S Casal
E Sánchez
4 6 1

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1989). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. pp. 128–129. ISBN 9780002183116.
  2. ^ "1988 Rome – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).