1988 Monte Carlo Open – Singles

Mats Wilander was the defending champion, but lost to Claudio Pistolesi in the third round.

Singles
1988 Monte Carlo Open
Final
ChampionCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Runner-upArgentina Martín Jaite
Score5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (6Q / 2WC)
Seeds16
Events
SinglesDoubles
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Ivan Lendl won the title, defeating Martín Jaite 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds

All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Ivan Lendl (champion)
  2. Mats Wilander (third round)
  3. Boris Becker (second round)
  4. Yannick Noah (semifinals)
  5. Andrés Gómez (quarterfinals)
  6. Kent Carlsson (third round)
  7. Martín Jaite (final)
  8. Emilio Sánchez (second round)
  9. Andrei Chesnokov (third round)
  10. Joakim Nyström (quarterfinals)
  11. Henri Leconte (quarterfinals)
  12. Jonas Svensson (second round)
  13. Slobodan Živojinović (second round)
  14. Guillermo Pérez Roldán (second round)
  15. Aaron Krickstein (second round)
  16. Claudio Mezzadri (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
                 
1 Ivan Lendl76
10 Joakim Nyström62
1 Ivan Lendl476
4 Yannick Noah663
4 Yannick Noah276
11 Henri Leconte663
1 Ivan Lendl5676
7 Martín Jaite7453
5 Andrés Gómez51
WC Thierry Tulasne76
WC Thierry Tulasne42
7 Martín Jaite66
7 Martín Jaite66
Q Claudio Pistolesi20

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 I Lendl77 
T Muster43 Q C Bergström65 
Q C Bergström66 1 I Lendl67 
  H Skoff66   H Skoff35 
  J Gunnarsson02   H Skoff66 
16 C Mezzadri43 
1 I Lendl76 
10 J Nyström62 
10 J Nyström67
M Schapers66 M Schapers36
E Jelen1410 J Nyström66 
  T Meinecke66   T Meinecke22 
Q J Aguilera03   T Meinecke66
8 E Sánchez33

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
4 Y Noah576
G Forget66  G Forget763
C-U Steeb34 4 Y Noah617
Q J Arrese76 Q J Arrese366
R Agénor61 Q J Arrese666
13 S Živojinović274
4 Y Noah276
11 H Leconte663
11 H Leconte67 
  T Šmíd266 T Šmíd45 
J Arias64111 H Leconte66 
  P Canè6446 K Carlsson43 
  R Osterthun466  R Osterthun24 
6 K Carlsson66 

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
5 A Gómez76
  G Vilas630Q M Filippini64 
Q M Filippini2665 A Gómez66 
WC T Benhabiles66 WC T Benhabiles41 
  E Bengoechea23 WC T Benhabiles176
12 J Svensson663
5 A Gómez51 
WC T Tulasne76 
14 G Pérez Roldán15
  J Pugh623WC T Tulasne67
WC T Tulasne366WC T Tulasne66 
  M Woodforde05  M Vajda31 
  M Vajda67  M Vajda656
3 B Becker371

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
7 M Jaite66 
SE A Mancini466SE A Mancini21 
  D Cahill6327 M Jaite66 
  U Stenlund6169 A Chesnokov32 
SE J Potier261  U Stenlund34
9 A Chesnokov66
7 M Jaite66 
Q C Pistolesi20 
15 A Krickstein62 
Q C Pistolesi67 Q C Pistolesi76 
P Lundgren36 Q C Pistolesi276
L Mattar26 2 M Wilander662
Q N Kroon67 Q N Kroon42 
2 M Wilander66