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1988 Southern Cross Classic

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1988 Southern Cross Classic
Date28 November – 4 December
EditionOnly
CategoryTier V
LocationAdelaide, Australia
Champions
Singles
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Doubles
West Germany Sylvia Hanika / West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Southern Cross Classic

The 1988 Southern Cross Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide in Australia and was part of Tier V of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 28 November through 4 December 1988. The winner of the Singles category was Jana Novotná from The Czech Republic and the winners of the Doubles category were Sylvia Hanika and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch from Germany.

Finals

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Singles

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Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná defeated Czechoslovakia Jana Pospíšilová 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Novotná's 7th title of the year and the 11th of her career.

Doubles

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West Germany Sylvia Hanika / West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch defeated United States Lori McNeil / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 7–5, 6–7, 6–4

  • It was Hanika's only title of the year and the 4th of her career. It was Kohde-Kilsch's 2nd title of the year and the 30th of her career.