Spain at The 1988 Summer Olympics - Tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • Javier Sánchez
  • First round — Defeated Sadiq Abdullahi (Nigeria) 6-2 7-5 6-3
  • Second round — Defeated Grant Connell (Canada) 6-4 6-4 6-2
  • Third round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-7 6-4 1-6 2-6
  • Emilio Sánchez
  • First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3
  • Second round — Lost to Paolo Canè (Italy) 5-7 3-6 7-6 4-6
  • Sergio Casal
  • First round — Defeated Mark Gurr (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-3 6-1
  • Second round — Defeated Leonardo Lavalle (Mexico) 6-3 6-4 7-6
  • Third round — Lost to Michiel Schapers (Netherlands) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition

  • Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal → Silver Medal
  • First Round – Defeated Andrei Olhovskiy and Alexander Volkov (Soviet Union) 6-3 6-3 6-1
  • Second Round – Defeated Alex Antonitsch and Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-4 6-2 6-1
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Slobodan Živojinović (Yugoslavia) 6-1 7-6 6-3
  • Semifinals – Defeated Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2
  • Final – Lost to Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (USA) 3-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-9

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