1988 Swedish Open – Men's singles

The defending champion was Joakim Nyström but he lost in the quarterfinals to the seventh seeded, Marcelo Filippini from Uruguay, who went on to win the singles title.

Men's singles
1988 Swedish Open
Champion	Marcelo Filippini
Runner-up	Francesco Cancellotti
Score	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Draw	48
Seeds	16

Main article: 1988 Swedish Open

Seeds

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

1. Joakim Nyström (quarterfinals)
2. Magnus Gustafsson (second round)
3. Jan Gunnarsson (third round)
4. Menno Oosting (second round)
5. Horst Skoff (third round)
6. Lawson Duncan (second round)
7. Marcelo Filippini (champion)
8. Udo Riglewski (quarterfinals)
9. N/A
10. Claudio Pistolesi (third round)
11. Christian Bergström (semifinals)
12. Fernando Luna (third round)
13. Diego Pérez (second round)
14. Thierry Champion (third round)
15. Alberto Tous (third round)
16. Niclas Kroon (third round)

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	7	Marcelo Filippini	2	6	6
		Paolo Cane	6	2	4
								7	Marcelo Filippini	2	6	6
									Francesco Cancellotti	6	4	4
	11	Christian Bergström	4	2
		Francesco Cancellotti	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	J Nyström	4	6	6
		A Antonisch	3	2					U Stenlund	6	2	3
		U Stenlund	6	6											1	J Nyström	3	6	6
	Q	P Svensson	6	6											16	N Kroon	6	4	1
		B Stankovič	2	2				Q	P Svensson	6	2	3
								16	N Kroon	4	6	6
																						1	J Nyström	2	3
																						7	M Filippini	6	6
								LL	R Båthman	7	7
		S Shaw	3	7	6				S Shaw	6	5
		F Waern	6	5	2										LL	R Båthman	2	7	1
		S Guy	5	7	7										7	M Filippini	6	6	6
		P Lindgren	7	5	5				S Guy	1	1
								7	M Filipinni	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	J Gunnarsson	6	7
		J-P Fleurian	6	6					J-P Fleurian	3	6
		F Yunis	3	0											3	J Gunnarsson	6	1
		T Nijssen	3	3												P Cane	7	6
		P Cane	6	6					P Cane	6	6
								13	D Pérez	1	4
																							P Cane	6	6
																						12	F Luna	2	2
								12	F Luna	6	6
		J Windahl	6	1					M Ingaramo	3	3
		M Ingaramo	7	6											12	F Luna	6	6
	WC	H Sundström	5	0											Q	N Kulti	4	2
	Q	N Kulti	7	6				Q	N Kulti	6	7
								6	L Duncan	3	5

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	H Skoff	6	6
		H Schwaier	1	6	3				L Lavalle	4	2
		L Lavalle	6	1	6										5	H Skoff	6	1
	WC	L-A Wahlgren	7	6	6										11	C Bergström	7	6
		L Pimek	5	7	7				L Pimek	3	1
								11	C Bergström	6	6
																						11	C Bergström	1	6	6
																							K Nováček	6	2	3
								14	T Champion	6	6
	Q	J Sandberg	3	4				WC	L Jönsson	3	4
	WC	L Jönsson	6	6											14	T Champion	1	4
		K Nováček	6	6												K Nováček	6	6
	Q	J Báguena	1	2					K Nováček	6	6
								4	M Oosting	1	2

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	U Riglewski	3	6	6
		J Čihák	6	6					J Čihák	6	4	2
	Q	D Engel	4	1											8	U Riglewski	7	6
		A Moreno	4	6	6										10	C Pistolesi	6	1
		P Baur	6	3	2				A Moreno	6	4	5
								10	C Pistolesi	4	6	7
																						8	U Riglewski	3	1
																							F Cancellotti	6	6
								15	A Tous	4	6	6
	WC	T Svantesson	6	2				WC	T Svantesson	6	4	2
		J Navrátil	3	0r											15	A Tous	3	1
		F Cancellotti	6	6												F Cancellotti	6	6
	Q	Patrik Wennberg	2	2					F Cancellotti	7	6
								2	M Gustafsson	6	1