1988 BP National Championships
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The 1988 BP National Championships was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts
in Wellington
in New Zealand
that was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
. The tournament was held from December 28, 1987 through January 3, 1988.
Ramesh Krishnan
defeated
Andrei Chesnokov
6–7, 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
Dan Goldie
/ Rick Leach
defeated
Broderick Dyke
/
Glenn Michibata
6–2, 6–3
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor hard courts
Hardcourt
Hardcourt or hard court describes a form of surface or floor on which a sport is played. It may refer to an indoor court made from a wood, or more specifically hardwood such as maple, as in basketball or indoor soccer. Alternatively, it may refer to outdoor materials such as asphalt, shale, or clay...
in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
that was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...
. The tournament was held from December 28, 1987 through January 3, 1988.
Men's Singles
Ramesh KrishnanRamesh Krishnan
Ramesh Krishnan is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late-1970s, he won the boy's singles titles at both Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarter-finals in the 1980s, and was part of the Indian team which...
defeated
Andrei ChesnokovAndrei Chesnokov
Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 .Chesnokov's best performance at a...
6–7, 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
- It was Krishnan's only title of the year and the 7th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Dan GoldieDan Goldie
Dan Goldie is a former tennis player from the United States who won two singles and two doubles titles. The right-hander and 1989 Wimbledon quarterfinalist reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking on April 17, 1989, when he became World No. 27.In 2011, Mr...
/
Rick LeachRick Leach
----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...
defeated
Broderick DykeBroderick Dyke
Broderick Dyke , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Dyke enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 8 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
/
Glenn MichibataGlenn Michibata
Glenn Michibata is a former professional tennis player and current head coach of the Princeton University Tigers collegiate tennis team.-As a pro singles player:...
6–2, 6–3
- It was Goldie's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Leach's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.