1988 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1988 Virginia Slims Championships
1987 champions United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Champions United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Runners-up Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
Final score 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinals.

  1. United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver (Champions)
  2. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (Semifinals)
  3. West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (Semifinals)
  4. United States Gigi Fernández / United States Robin White (Quarterfinals))

Draw

Key

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                       
  1  United States Martina Navratilova
 United States Pam Shriver
6 6    
   United States Lori McNeil
 United States Betsy Nagelsen
3 1    
  1  United States Martina Navratilova
 United States Pam Shriver
w/o      
  3  West Germany Steffi Graf
 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
       
3  West Germany Steffi Graf
 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
6 6  
     France Isabelle Demongeot
 France Nathalie Tauziat
3 1    
    1  United States Martina Navratilova
 United States Pam Shriver
6 6  
     Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
 Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
3 4  
     Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
 Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
3 6 6  
4  United States Gigi Fernández
 United States Robin White
6 3 1  
     Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
 Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
3 6 7
  2  West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6 4 5  
   United States Patty Fendick
 Canada Jill Hetherington
4 2  
  2  West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6 6    

References