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1988 US Open – Mixed doubles

1988 tennis event results

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ1990273 ↗
Source-derived summary

Martina Navratilova and Emilio Sánchez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Jana Novotná and Jim Pugh won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Elizabeth Smylie and Patrick McEnroe.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “1988 US Open – Mixed doubles” as 1988 tennis event results. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mixed, doubles and tennis.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current 53-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mixed, doubles and tennis providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “1988 US Open – Mixed doubles”, the useful work is to connect “1988 tennis event results” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1990273. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

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  2. Expand the search: follow 1988 US Open – Mixed doubles primary sources, 1988 US Open – Mixed doubles archive and Mixed research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “1988 US Open – Mixed doubles” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.