1988 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Encyclopedia
The 1988 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a tennis
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland
in Lyon
in France
and was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
. The tournament ran from February 8 through February 15, 1988.
Yahiya Doumbia
defeated
Todd Nelson
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Brad Drewett
/ Broderick Dyke
defeated
Michael Mortensen
/ Blaine Willenborg
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
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 indoor carpet courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland
Palais des Sports de Gerland
Palais des Sports de Gerland is an indoor sporting arena located in Lyon, France. The seating capacity of the arena is for 5,910 people.It was the venue of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon tournament...
in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and 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 ran from February 8 through February 15, 1988.
Men's Singles
Yahiya DoumbiaYahiya Doumbia
Yahiya Doumbia is a retired professional tennis player from Senegal. He won two singles titles during his career on the ATP Tour. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 74 in 1988...
defeated
Todd NelsonTodd Nelson (tennis)
Todd Nelson , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Nelson enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 4 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 48 in 1987.-Doubles runner-ups :-Singles...
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
- It was Doumbia's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.
Men's Doubles
Brad DrewettBrad Drewett
Brad Drewett is a retired tennis player from Australia.Drewett won the Australian Open Junior Boys title in 1975 and 1977. During his professional career, he won two singles and seven doubles titles and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open singles in 1976. He also achieved a high...
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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...
defeated
Michael MortensenMichael Mortensen
Michael Mortensen , is a former professional tennis player from Denmark.Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 301 in 1984...
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Blaine WillenborgBlaine Willenborg
Blaine Willenborg , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Willenborg enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 9 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 13...
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
- It was Drewett's only title of the year and the 9th of his career. It was Dyke's only title of the year and the 6th of his career.