1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas
DateFebruary 29 – March 6
Edition8th
CategoryCategory 2
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$100,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationWichita, Kansas, U.S.
VenueKansas Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva
Doubles
Soviet Union Natalia Bykova
Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko

The 1988 Virginia Slims of Kansas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas in the United States and was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from February 29 through March 6, 1988. First-seeded Manuela Maleeva won the singles title.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva defeated West Germany Sylvia Hanika 7–6(7–5), 7–5

  • It was Maleeva's 1st singles title of the year and the 9th of her career.

Doubles

Soviet Union Natalia Bykova / Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko defeated Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / France Catherine Suire 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Bykova's 1st title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Parkhomenko's only title of the year and the 8th of her career.

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1989). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1989. London: Willow Books. pp. 211–212. ISBN 9780002183116.
  2. Henlon, Maureen; Bloch Shallouf, Renee, eds. (1988). 1988 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 354.
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