Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Events

Men's doubles
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Men's doubles; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
	German stamp commemorating 1988 Olympic tennis
Venue	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Dates	23 September – 1 October 1988
Competitors	31 teams (62 players) from 31 nations
Medalists
	← 1924 1992 →

The United States' Ken Flach and Robert Seguso defeated Spain's Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(1–7), 9–7 to win the gold medal in Men's Singles tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the second consecutive American victory in the event (though tennis had been discontinued from the Olympics in the intervening 64 years) and its record-equaling third gold overall. Czechoslovaka's Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber and Sweden's Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd won the bronze medals. It was the first medal in the event for Spain, Sweden, and Czechoslovakia.

The tournament was held from 23 September to 1 October at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea. There were 62 players (31 pairs) from 31 nations, with the Colombian pair withdrawing.^[1] Each nation had only one pair. There was no bronze-medal match.

Background[edit]

This was the eighth appearance of men's doubles tennis. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. A demonstration event was held in 1968.

The top seed and favorite was the American pair, Ken Flach and Robert Seguso, who had just won their second consecutive Wimbledon title (adding to earlier U.S. and French Open wins.^[1]

Brazil, the People's Republic of China, West Germany, Indonesia, Israel, New Zealand, Nigeria, Paraguay, South Korea, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the event. Great Britain made its sixth appearance in the event, most of any nation.

Competition format[edit]

The competition was a single-elimination tournament. Unlike the pre-hiatus tournaments, there was no bronze-medal match. All matches were best-of-five sets. Tiebreaks were used for any set before the fifth that reached 6–6.

Schedule[edit]

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 23 September 1988		Round of 32
Monday, 25 September 1988		Round of 16
Tuesday, 27 September 1988		Quarterfinals
Thursday, 29 September 1988		Semifinals
Saturday, 1 October 1988	13:19	Final

Seeds[edit]

Ken Flach / Robert Seguso (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez (ESP) (final, silver medalists)
Darren Cahill / John Fitzgerald (AUS) (quarterfinals)
Guy Forget / Henri Leconte (FRA) (quarterfinals)
Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd (SWE) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata (CAN) (first round)
Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle (GBR) (first round)
Miloslav Mečíř / Milan Šrejber (TCH) (semifinals, bronze medalists)

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

Semifinals						Final (gold-medal match)

1	Ken Flach (USA) Robert Seguso (USA)	6	6	6

8	Miloslav Mečíř (TCH) Milan Šrejber (TCH)	2	4	1
						1	Ken Flach (USA) Robert Seguso (USA)	6	6	6⁵	6¹	9

						2	Sergio Casal (ESP) Emilio Sánchez (ESP)	3	4	7⁷	7⁷	7
5	Stefan Edberg (SWE) Anders Järryd (SWE)	4	6	3	2

2	Sergio Casal (ESP) Emilio Sánchez (ESP)	6	1	6	6

Top half[edit]

First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

1	K Flach (USA) R Seguso (USA)	6	6	7
Q	S Suharyadi (INA) D Wailan-Walalangi (INA)	3	1	5			1	K Flach (USA) R Seguso (USA)	6	6	6
	L Lavalle (MEX) A Moreno (MEX)	6	3	7¹²	4	4	Q	G Köves (HUN) L Markovits (HUN)	4	4	4
Q	G Köves (HUN) L Markovits (HUN)	3	6	6¹⁰	6	6								1	K Flach (USA) R Seguso (USA)	6	7	6
Q	O Casey (IRL) E Collins (IRL)	2	6³	6	5										M Christensen (DEN) M Tauson (DEN)	4	5	2
	G Bloom (ISR) A Mansdorf (ISR)	6	7⁷	4	7			G Bloom (ISR) A Mansdorf (ISR)	5	3	2
	M Christensen (DEN) M Tauson (DEN)	7	6	6⁵	7			M Christensen (DEN) M Tauson (DEN)	7	6	6
6/Q	G Connell (CAN) G Michibata (CAN)	5	2	7⁷	5																1	K Flach (USA) R Seguso (USA)	6	6	6
4	G Forget (FRA) H Leconte (FRA)	6	6	6⁵	7⁷																8	M Mečíř (TCH) M Šrejber (TCH)	2	4	1
WC	T Mmoh (NGR) N Odizor (NGR)	3	2	7⁷	6⁵		4	G Forget (FRA) H Leconte (FRA)	4	7	6	6
	R Acioly (BRA) L Mattar (BRA)	4	6	6	6			R Acioly (BRA) L Mattar (BRA)	6	5	4	1
Q	S Matsuoka (JPN) T Tsuchihashi (JPN)	6	4	2	2									4	G Forget (FRA) H Leconte (FRA)	6	6	5	3	7
	B-S Kim (KOR) J-S Yoo (KOR)	3	6⁵	2										8	M Mečíř (TCH) M Šrejber (TCH)	3	4	7	6	9
	A Amritraj (IND) V Amritraj (IND)	6	7⁷	6				A Amritraj (IND) V Amritraj (IND)	6	4	6	4	2
LL	S Liu (CHN) K Ma (CHN)	5	1	4			8	M Mečíř (TCH) M Šrejber (TCH)	4	6	4	6	6
8	M Mečíř (TCH) M Šrejber (TCH)	7	6	6

Bottom half[edit]

First round						Second round							Quarterfinals					Semifinals

5	S Edberg (SWE) A Järryd (SWE)	6	4	6	6
	E Jelen (FRG) C-U Steeb (FRG)	4	6	4	2	5	S Edberg (SWE) A Järryd (SWE)	6	6	6
	V Caballero (PAR) H Chapacu (PAR)	6	3	3	1	Q	M Gurr (ZIM) P Tuckniss (ZIM)	0	1	4
Q	M Gurr (ZIM) P Tuckniss (ZIM)	4	6	6	6								5	S Edberg (SWE) A Järryd (SWE)	6	6	6
	J Frana (ARG) M Jaite (ARG)	4	1	r									3	D Cahill (AUS) J Fitzgerald (AUS)	3	4	3
	B Derlin (NZL) K Evernden (NZL)	6	4				B Derlin (NZL) K Evernden (NZL)	7⁸	4	2	6	1
LL	A Bavelas (GRE) G Kalovelonis (GRE)	2	6	1	1	3	D Cahill (AUS) J Fitzgerald (AUS)	6⁶	6	6	3	6
3	D Cahill (AUS) J Fitzgerald (AUS)	6	4	6	6													5	S Edberg (SWE) A Järryd (SWE)	4	6	3	2
7	J Bates (GBR) A Castle (GBR)	5	6	3	6⁴													2	S Casal (ESP) E Sánchez (ESP)	6	1	6	6
	G Ivanišević (YUG) S Živojinović (YUG)	7	2	6	7⁷		G Ivanišević (YUG) S Živojinović (YUG)	6	7⁸	6
	O Camporese (ITA) D Nargiso (ITA)	6	6⁴	3	6³		H Günthardt (SUI) J Hlasek (SUI)	3	6⁶	3
	H Günthardt (SUI) J Hlasek (SUI)	3	7⁷	6	7⁷									G Ivanišević (YUG) S Živojinović (YUG)	1	6³	3
WC	A Antonitsch (AUT) H Skoff (AUT)	w/o											2	S Casal (ESP) E Sánchez (ESP)	6	7⁷	6
Q	L A González (COL) Á Jordan (COL)					WC	A Antonitsch (AUT) H Skoff (AUT)	4	2	1
WC	A Olhovskiy (URS) A Volkov (URS)	5	1	2		2	S Casal (ESP) E Sánchez (ESP)	6	6	6
2	S Casal (ESP) E Sánchez (ESP)	7	6	6

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Doubles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

ITF 1988 Summer Olympics Men's Doubles Draw

[Olympedia-1] "Doubles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

[1]

v t e Olympic tennis men's doubles champions
Demonstration	1968: Rafael Osuna & Vicente Zarazúa (MEX)
Indoor	1908: Herbert Barrett & Arthur Gore (GBR) 1912: Maurice Germot & André Gobert (FRA)
Outdoor	1896: John Pius Boland (GBR) & Friedrich Traun (GER) 1900: Laurence Doherty & Reginald Doherty (GBR) 1904: Edgar Leonard & Beals Wright (USA) 1908: Reginald Doherty & George Hillyard (GBR) 1912: Harold Kitson & Charles Winslow (RSA) 1920: Oswald Turnbull & Max Woosnam (GBR) 1924: Francis Hunter & Vincent Richards (USA) 1988: Ken Flach & Robert Seguso (USA) 1992: Boris Becker & Michael Stich (GER) 1996: Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (AUS) 2000: Sébastien Lareau & Daniel Nestor (CAN) 2004: Fernando González & Nicolás Massú (CHI) 2008: Roger Federer & Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2012: Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (USA) 2016: Marc López & Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2020: Nikola Mektić & Mate Pavić (CRO)