1988 Federation Cup

Details
Duration	4 – December
Edition	26th
Champion
Winning Nation	Czechoslovakia
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The 1988 Federation Cup was the 26th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 4–11 December. Czechoslovakia defeated the Soviet Union in the final (in what was the first time the Soviet Union reached the semifinals since 1979), giving Czechoslovakia their 5th title, and 4th in six years.

Qualifying round

All ties were played at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia, on hard courts.

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
China	2–1	Malta
Luxembourg	2–1	Chinese Taipei
South Korea	3–0	Ireland
Bulgaria	3–0	Philippines

Winning nations advance to Main Draw, losing nations play in consolation rounds.

China vs. Malta

China 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 Yang Li-Hua Helen Asciak 2 6 1 6     2 Tang Min Carol Cassar-Torreggiani 77 64 6 2     3 Hua Wei / Tang Min Carol Cassar-Torreggiani / Alexia Gera 6 4 65 77 6 2

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Luxembourg vs. Chinese Taipei

Luxembourg 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Chinese Taipei 1
1 2 3 1 Ginette Huberty Lai Su-lin 2 6 6 1 2 6   2 Karin Kschwendt Wang Shi-ting 4 6 6 4 6 1   3 Ginette Huberty / Karin Kschwendt Lai Su-lin / Wang Shi-ting 6 1 6 0

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South Korea vs. Ireland

South Korea 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Kim Il-soon Jo Griffiths 6 1 6 0     2 Park Mal-sim Siobhán Nicholson 6 3 6 1     3 Lee Jeong-soon / Sohn Mi-ae Siobhán Nicholson / Lesley O'Halloran 6 2 5 7 6 2

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Bulgaria vs. Philippines

Bulgaria 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Philippines 0
1 2 3 1 Galia Angelova Dyan Castillejo 7 5 3 6 6 1   2 Elena Pampoulova Sarah Rafael 6 3 6 2     3 Galia Angelova / Svetlana Krivencheva Dyan Castillejo / Jennifer Saberon 67 79 77 63 6 4

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Main draw

Participating Teams
Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belgium	Brazil	Bulgaria	Canada	China
Czechoslovakia	Denmark	Finland	France	Great Britain	Greece	Hungary	Indonesia
Israel	Italy	Japan	Luxembourg	Mexico	Netherlands	New Zealand	Poland
South Korea	Soviet Union	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	United States	West Germany	Yugoslavia

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		West Germany	3
		Mexico	0
							West Germany	3
							France	0
		Japan	0
		France	3
												West Germany	2
												Australia	1
		Italy	2
		Poland	1
							Italy	0
							Australia	3
		Israel	0
		Australia	3
																	West Germany	1
																	Soviet Union	2
		Soviet Union	3
		Yugoslavia	0
							Soviet Union	2
							Austria	1
		Belgium	1
		Austria	2
												Soviet Union	2
												Spain	1
		Netherlands	0
		Spain	3
							Spain	3
							Indonesia	0
		Indonesia	2
		Great Britain	1
																						Soviet Union	1
																						Czechoslovakia	2
		Czechoslovakia	3
		Brazil	0
							Czechoslovakia	3
							New Zealand	0
	Q	China	0
		New Zealand	3
												Czechoslovakia	3
												Denmark	0
		Denmark	3
	Q	Luxembourg	0
							Denmark	2
							Argentina	1
		Greece	0
		Argentina	3
																	Czechoslovakia	3
																	Canada	0
		Canada	2
	Q	South Korea	1
							Canada	3
							Finland	0
		Finland	2
		Hungary	1
												Canada	3
												Sweden	0
	Q	Bulgaria	0
		Sweden	3
							Sweden	2
							United States	1
		Switzerland	0
		United States	3

1st Round losing teams play in consolation rounds

First round

West Germany vs. Mexico

West Germany 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Mexico 0
1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Xóchitl Escobedo 6 3 6 2     2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Hernández 6 2 6 0     3 Isabel Cueto / Eva Pfaff Lucila Becerra / Claudia Hernández 77 65 6 2

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Japan vs. France

Japan 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		France 3
1 2 3 1 Akiko Kijimuta Karine Quentrec 4 6 4 6     2 Etsuko Inoue Catherine Tanvier 3 6 3 6     3 Etsuko Inoue / Akiko Kijimuta Catherine Suire / Catherine Tanvier 4 6 64 77

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Italy vs. Poland

Italy 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Poland 1
1 2 3 1 Laura Lapi Magdalena Feistel 6 1 77 62     2 Laura Garrone Katarzyna Nowak 6 0 4 6 3 6   3 Cathy Caverzasio / Laura Garrone Katarzyna Nowak / Ewa Zerdecka 2 6 77 63 6 2

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Israel vs. Australia

Israel 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Australia 3
1 2 3 1 Yael Segal Nicole Provis 6 4 3 6 4 6   2 Ilana Berger Anne Minter 2 6 2 6     3 Ilana Berger / Hagit Ohayon Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull 2 6 1 6

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Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia

Soviet Union 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Yugoslavia 0
1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Tanja Černe 6 2 6 1     2 Natasha Zvereva Karmen Škulj 6 1 6 4     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Mima Jaušovec / Karmen Škulj 6 1 6 3

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Belgium vs. Austria

Belgium 1	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Austria 2
1 2 3 1 Sabine Appelmans Petra Schwarz 6 4 4 2     retired 2 Ann Devries Judith Wiesner 1 6 1 6     3 Sabine Appelmans / Ann Devries Heidi Sprung / Judith Wiesner 4 6 63 77

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Netherlands vs. Spain

Netherlands 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Spain 3
1 2 3 1 Manon Bollegraf Conchita Martínez 2 6 4 6     2 Brenda Schultz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 6 65 77     3 Manon Bollegraf / Caroline Vis Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7 5 4 6 4 6

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Indonesia vs. Great Britain

Indonesia 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Waya Walalangi Clare Wood 2 6 3 6     2 Yayuk Basuki Sara Gomer 6 2 78 66     3 Suzanna Anggarkusuma / Yayuk Basuki Julie Salmon / Clare Wood 7 5 6 3

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Czechoslovakia vs. Brazil

Czechoslovakia 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Brazil 0
1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Patricia Medrado 6 0 6 3     2 Helena Suková Niege Dias 6 1 6 3     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Niege Dias / Luciana Tella 6 3 6 2

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China vs. New Zealand

China 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 1 Yang Li-Hua Julie Richardson 0 6 2 6     2 Tang Min Belinda Cordwell 4 6 1 6     3 Hua Wei / Tang Min Belinda Cordwell / Julie Richardson 1 6 63 77

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Denmark vs. Luxembourg

Denmark 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 1 Karin Ptaszek Ginette Huberty 6 3 77 63     2 Tine Scheuer-Larsen Karin Kschwendt 6 3 6 4     3 Henriette Kjær Nielsen / Tine Scheuer-Larsen Ginette Huberty / Karin Kschwendt 2 6 6 4 6 3

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Greece vs. Argentina

Greece 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Argentina 3
1 2 3 1 Olga Tsarbopoulou Mercedes Paz 1 6 1 6     2 Angeliki Kanellopoulou Bettina Fulco 6 1 5 7 3 6   3 Christína Papadáki / Olga Tsarbopoulou Mercedes Paz / Cristina Tessi 1 6 2 6

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Canada vs. South Korea

Canada 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		South Korea 1
1 2 3 1 Jill Hetherington Kim Il-soon 3 6 6 2 6 3   2 Helen Kelesi Park Mal-sim 6 1 6 2     3 Helen Kelesi / Rene Simpson Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-myung 4 6 65 77

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Finland vs. Hungary

Finland 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Hungary 1
1 2 3 1 Anne Aallonen Petra Schmitt 2 6 77 62 6 1   2 Petra Thorén Réka Szikszay 6 3 6 3     3 Anne Aallonen / Nanne Dahlman Virág Csurgó / Réka Szikszay 6 4 4 6 4 6

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Bulgaria vs. Sweden

Bulgaria 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Sweden 3
1 2 3 1 Galia Angelova Maria Strandlund 4 6 7 5 3 6   2 Elena Pampoulova Catarina Lindqvist 5 7 3 6     3 Galia Angelova / Elena Pampoulova Jonna Jonerup / Maria Lindström 6 2 65 77 1 6

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Switzerland vs. United States

Switzerland 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		United States 3
1 2 3 1 Sandrine Jaquet Lori McNeil 0 6 1 6     2 Eva Krapl Barbara Potter 2 6 4 6     3 Sandrine Jaquet / Emanuela Zardo Patty Fendick / Gigi Fernández 0 6 0 6

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Second round

West Germany vs. France

West Germany 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		France 0
1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Karine Quentrec 6 4 6 4     2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Catherine Tanvier 7 5 6 4     3 Isabel Cueto / Eva Pfaff Maïder Laval / Catherine Suire 6 4 4 6 6 1

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Italy vs. Australia

Italy 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Australia 3
1 2 3 1 Laura Lapi Nicole Provis 3 6 6 1 3 6   2 Laura Garrone Anne Minter 60 77 3 6     3 Cathy Caverzasio / Laura Garrone Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull 4 6 2 6

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Soviet Union vs. Austria

Soviet Union 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Austria 1
1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Heidi Sprung 6 2 4 6 4 6   2 Natasha Zvereva Judith Wiesner 6 3 6 3     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Heidi Sprung / Judith Wiesner 6 1 6 1

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Spain vs. Indonesia

Spain 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 1 Conchita Martínez Waya Walalangi 6 0 6 1     2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Yayuk Basuki 6 1 6 1     3 Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Suzanna Anggarkusuma / Yayuk Basuki 6 0 5 7 6 2

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Czechoslovakia vs. New Zealand

Czechoslovakia 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Julie Richardson 6 1 6 1     2 Helena Suková Belinda Cordwell 6 4 6 3     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Belinda Cordwell / Julie Richardson 77 61 77 64

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Denmark vs. Argentina

Denmark 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Argentina 1
1 2 3 1 Karin Ptaszek Mercedes Paz 1 6 2 6     2 Tine Scheuer-Larsen Bettina Fulco 6 3 6 2     3 Henriette Kjær Nielsen / Tine Scheuer-Larsen Bettina Fulco / Mercedes Paz 4 6 78 66 6 4

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Canada vs. Finland

Canada 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Finland 0
1 2 3 1 Jill Hetherington Anne Aallonen 6 1 78 66     2 Helen Kelesi Petra Thorén 6 4 6 1     3 Jill Hetherington / Helen Kelesi Anne Aallonen / Nanne Dahlman 6 1 6 1

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Sweden vs. United States

Sweden 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Maria Strandlund Patty Fendick 6 2 77 63     2 Catarina Lindqvist Lori McNeil 6 4 7 5     3 Catarina Lindqvist / Maria Lindström Gigi Fernández / Lori McNeil 5 7 1 6

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Quarterfinals

West Germany vs. Australia

West Germany 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Australia 1
1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Nicole Provis 6 1 6 2     2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Anne Minter 1 6 6 4 6 3   3 Sylvia Hanika / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull 6 2 0 6 2 6

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Soviet Union vs. Spain

Soviet Union 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Spain 1
1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Conchita Martínez 77 64 6 2     2 Natasha Zvereva Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 63 77 1 6     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 6 6 4 6 4

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Czechoslovakia vs. Denmark

Czechoslovakia 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Karin Ptaszek 6 1 6 2     2 Helena Suková Tine Scheuer-Larsen 6 4 6 4     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Henriette Kjær Nielsen / Tine Scheuer-Larsen 6 3 6 2

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Canada vs. Sweden

Canada 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Jill Hetherington Maria Strandlund 6 3 79 67     2 Helen Kelesi Catarina Lindqvist 6 4 6 4     3 Jill Hetherington / Helen Kelesi Catarina Lindqvist / Maria Lindström 6 3 6 0

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Semifinals

West Germany vs. Soviet Union

West Germany 1	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 1 Sylvia Hanika Larisa Savchenko 7 5 65 77 3 6   2 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natasha Zvereva 7 5 6 1     3 Sylvia Hanika / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva 6 1 1 6 5 7

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Czechoslovakia vs. Canada

Czechoslovakia 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Jill Hetherington 77 63 3 6 6 3   2 Helena Suková Helen Kelesi 6 0 6 1     3 Jana Novotná / Jana Pospíšilová Helen Kelesi / Rene Simpson 77 63 6 3

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Final

Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union 1	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia 11 December 1988 Hard		Czechoslovakia 2
1 2 3 1 Larisa Savchenko Radka Zrubáková 1 6 62 77     2 Natasha Zvereva Helena Suková 3 6 4 6     3 Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva Jana Pospíšilová / Jana Novotná 77 65 7 5

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1988 Federation Cup Champions
Czechoslovakia Fifth title

Consolation rounds

Draw

	Consolation first round					Consolation second round					Consolation quarterfinals					Consolation semifinals					Consolation final
							Brazil	3
							Hungary	0
												Brazil	3
												Israel	0
							Poland	0
							Israel	3
																	Brazil	0
																	Netherlands	3
							Yugoslavia	2
							Ireland	1
		Philippines	1
		Ireland	2
												Yugoslavia	0
												Netherlands	3
							Netherlands	2
							Bulgaria	0
		Bulgaria	2
		Malta	1
																						Netherlands	2
																						Great Britain	1
		Luxembourg	1
		South Korea	2
							South Korea	2
							Japan	1
												South Korea	1
												Belgium	2
							Greece	0
							Belgium	3
																	Belgium	1
																	Great Britain	2
		China	0
		Chinese Taipei	3
							Chinese Taipei	2
							Mexico	1
												Chinese Taipei	0
												Great Britain	3
							Switzerland	1
							Great Britain	2

First round

Philippines vs. Ireland

Philippines 1	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Ireland 2
1 2 3 1 Dyan Castillejo Jo Griffiths 2 6 6 3 7 5   2 Sarah Rafael Siobhán Nicholson 2 6 2 6     3 Dyan Castillejo / Jennifer Saberon Siobhán Nicholson / Lesley O'Halloran 2 6 4 6

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Bulgaria vs. Malta

Bulgaria 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 Galia Angelova Alexia Gera 6 2 6 0     2 Elena Pampoulova Carol Cassar-Torreggiani 77 65 6 3     3 Galia Angelova / Svetlana Krivencheva Helen Asciak / Carol Cassar-Torreggiani 4 6 7 5 1 6

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Luxembourg vs. South Korea

Luxembourg 1	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Ginette Huberty Lee Jeong-soon 0 6 3 6     2 Karin Kschwendt Kim Il-soon 7 5 6 3     3 Ginette Huberty / Karin Kschwendt Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-soon 1 6 2 6

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China vs. Chinese Taipei

China 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Chinese Taipei 3
1 2 3 1 Zhu Yu-Yu Lai Su-lin 6 2 5 7 2 6   2 Tang Min Wang Shi-ting 6 3 3 6 3 6   3 Hua Wei / Yang Li-Hua Lai Su-lin / Lin Ya-hui 63 77 2 6

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Second round

Brazil vs. Hungary

Brazil 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Hungary 0
1 2 3 1 Patricia Medrado Virág Csurgó 6 3 6 4     2 Niege Dias Réka Szikszay 6 2 6 0     3 Niege Dias / Luciana Tella Virág Csurgó / Réka Szikszay 6 2 79 67

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Poland vs. Israel

Poland 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Israel 3
1 2 3 1 Magdalena Feistel Yael Segal 2 6 2 6     2 Ewa Zerdecka Ilana Berger 5 7 3 6     3 Magdalena Feistel / Ewa Zerdecka Ilana Berger / Hagit Ohayon 2 6 4 6

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Yugoslavia vs. Ireland

Yugoslavia 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Ireland 1
1 2 3 1 Tanja Černe Jo Griffiths 6 4 5 7 1 6   2 Karmen Škulj Lesley O'Halloran 6 3 6 2     3 Mima Jaušovec / Karmen Škulj Jo Griffiths / Lesley O'Halloran 6 4 6 1

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Netherlands vs. Bulgaria

Netherlands 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Bulgaria 0
1 2 3 1 Manon Bollegraf Galia Angelova 6 3 6 3     2 Brenda Schultz Elena Pampoulova 4 6 77 65 7 5   3 Carin Bakkum / Brenda Schultz Galia Angelova / Svetlana Krivencheva       not played

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South Korea vs. Japan

South Korea 2	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Lee Jeong-soon Naoko Sawamatsu 5 7 4 6     2 Park Mal-sim Etsuko Inoue 6 4 2 6 6 4   3 Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-soon Akiko Kijimuta / Kumiko Okamoto 4 6 6 1 8 6

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Greece vs. Belgium

Greece 1	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Belgium 2
1 2 3 1 Olga Tsarbopoulou Sabine Appelmans 2 6 2 6     2 Angeliki Kanellopoulou Ann Devries 6 3 3 6 2 6   3 Christína Papadáki / Olga Tsarbopoulou Ann Devries / Caroline van Renterghem 2 6 2 6

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Chinese Taipei vs. Mexico

Chinese Taipei 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Mexico 3
1 2 3 1 Lai Su-lin Xóchitl Escobedo 3 6 4 6     2 Wang Shi-ting Claudia Hernández 5 7 6 3 6 1   3 Lai Su-lin / Wang Shi-ting Lucila Becerra / Xóchitl Escobedo 6 2 6 4

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Switzerland vs. Great Britain

Switzerland 1	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 1 Emanuela Zardo Clare Wood 2 6 6 4 6 1   2 Eva Krapl Sara Gomer 6 4 5 7 2 6   3 Sandrine Jaquet / Eva Krapl Sara Gomer / Julie Salmon 3 6 0 6

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Quarterfinals

Brazil vs. Israel

Brazil 3	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Israel 0
1 2 3 1 Patricia Medrado Yael Segal 77 64 1 0     retired 2 Niege Dias Ilana Berger 6 2 7 5     3 Niege Dias / Luciana Tella Ilana Berger / Hagit Ohayon 6 4 7 5

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Yugoslavia vs. Netherlands

Yugoslavia 0	Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia December 1988 Hard		Netherlands 3
1 2 3 1 Tanja Černe Manon Bollegraf 4 6 4 6     2 Karmen Škulj Brenda Schultz 2 6 2 6     3 Tanja Černe / Karmen Škulj Carin Bakkum / Brenda Schultz 0 6 7 5 2 6