The 1988 Athens Trophy was a women's
tennis tournament played on
outdoor clay courts at the Athens Lawn Tennis Club in
Athens, Greece and was part of
Tier V of the
1988 WTA Tour
The 1988 WTA Tour was the elite tour for professional women's tennis of the Women's International Tennis Association (WITA) for the 1988 season. The 1988 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WITA Tour Championships and the WT ...
. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 1 August until 7 August 1988. First-seeded
Isabel Cueto
Isabel Cueto (born 3 December 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career-high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved in 1989.
Early life
Isabel Cueto was born in Kehl to her father, Toni, an electrical engineer who ha ...
won the singles title and earned $12,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Isabel Cueto
Isabel Cueto (born 3 December 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career-high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved in 1989.
Early life
Isabel Cueto was born in Kehl to her father, Toni, an electrical engineer who ha ...
defeated
Laura Golarsa
Laura Golarsa (born 27 November 1967) is a former Italian professional tennis player.
Golarsa was born in Milan and played on the WTA Tour from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 198 ...
6–0, 6–1
* It was Cueto's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of her career.
Doubles
Sabrina Goleš
Sabrina Goleš (born 3 June 1965) is a former Croatian tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
Biography
Sabrina Goleš was ranked no. 3 among juniors in the world in 1983 (in the juniors, she won the Italian Open and Rolex Port Washing ...
/
Judith Wiesner defeated
Silke Frankl
Silke Frankl (born 29 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Biography
Born in Mannheim, Frankl began competing on the WTA Tour in 1988.
Her only WTA Tour final came in doubles, at the 1988 Athens Trophy.
Frankl broke ...
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Sabine Hack
Sabine Hack (; born 12 July 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She began her career on the WTA Tour in 1983. She won four singles and one doubles titles in her career. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quar ...
7–5, 6–0
* It was Goleš' only title of the year and the 3rd of her career. It was Wiesner's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of her career.
See also
*
1988 Athens Open
The 1988 Athens Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens in Greece that was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 13 June 13 until 20 June 1988. Eighth- ...
– men's tournament
External links
ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws
{{1988 WTA Tour
Athens Trophy
The Athens Trophy is a defunct Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held annually in Athens in Greece from 1986 to 1990, played on outdoor clay courts at Athens Lawn Tennis Club. In 1990 the tournament was classed as ...
Athens Trophy
Athens Trophy
The Athens Trophy is a defunct Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament held annually in Athens in Greece from 1986 to 1990, played on outdoor clay courts at Athens Lawn Tennis Club. In 1990 the tournament was classed as ...