The 1988

Swedish Open Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, also known as the Volvo (Ladies) Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s held in

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and was part of the Grand Prix circuit of the 1988 Tour, as well as the Category 1 tier 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 41st edition of the tournament and was held from 11 July through 17 July 1988.

Marcelo Filippini Marcelo Filippini (born 4 August 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay. In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 20 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game o ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Men's singles

defeated

Francesco Cancellotti Francesco Cancellotti (born 27 February 1963) is a former tennis player from Italy. Cancellotti won two singles titles during his professional career. He reached his career-high ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Associat ...

2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's 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 Sandra Cecchini 7–5, 6–1 * It was Cueto's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Men's doubles

Patrick Baur Patrick Baur (born 3 May 1965) is a German former professional tennis player. During his career Baur won 2 singles titles and 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in 1991 and a career-high doubles rankin ...

/ Udo Riglewski defeated

Stefan Edberg Stefan Bengt Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 1985 ...

/ Niclas Kroon 6–7, 6–3, 7–6 * It was Baur's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Riglewski's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Women's doubles

Sandra Cecchini /

Mercedes Paz Mercedes María Paz (; born 27 June 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 28 in April 1991. Her best Grand Slam result was the fou ...

defeated Linda Ferrando /

Silvia La Fratta Silvia La Fratta (born 5 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography La Fratta, who was right-handed, had a best singles ranking of 114 and was a quarterfinalist at the 1988 Belgian Open. In doubles, she was rank ...

6–0, 6–2 * It was Cecchini's 2nd title of the year and the 9th of her career. It was Paz's 1st title of the year and the 9th of her career.

References

External links

ITF tournament edition details

Official website

ATP tournament profile

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