1988 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
# 1988 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Miloslav Mečíř was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Boris Becker won in the final 6–4, 1–6, 7–5, 6–2 against Stefan Edberg.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* Boris Becker (champion)
* Stefan Edberg (final)
* Yannick Noah (semifinals)
* Pat Cash (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Boris Becker | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andrés Gómez | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andrés Gómez | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Boris Becker | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Brad Gilbert | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Pat Cash | $6^3$ | 6 | $6^1$ | 4 | | Brad Gilbert | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | Brad Gilbert | $7^7$ | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brad Gilbert | $7^7$ | 4 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Boris Becker | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Stefan Edberg | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| | Tim Mayotte | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Stefan Edberg | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Yannick Noah | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Yannick Noah | 6 | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Yannick Noah | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Martín Jaite | 4 | 3 | 0 | | 2 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
