# 1988 WTA German Open – Doubles

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 against Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (final)
* Hana Mandlíková / Eva Pfaff (second round)
* Jana Novotná / Mercedes Paz (quarterfinals)
* Manon Bollegraf / Tine Scheuer-Larsen (quarterfinals)
* Isabelle Demongeot / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
* Jenny Byrne / Janine Tremelling (quarterfinals)
* Kathleen Horvath / Dianne Van Rensburg (semifinals)
* Jo Durie / Nicole Provis (semifinals)

## 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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 4 | 6 |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Budařová L Field | 6 | 6 | | I Budařová L Field | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Spadea A Vieira | 3 | 2 | | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Villagrán H Witvoet | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | S Meier W Probst | 4 | 4 | | A Villagrán H Witvoet | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Düll S Menning | 2 | 3 | 6 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Durie N Provis | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | 4 | M Bollegraf T Scheuer-Larsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Cueto A Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | I Cueto A Sánchez | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Martinek H Sprung | 2 | 4 | | | | | 4 | M Bollegraf T Scheuer-Larsen | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Betzner C Porwik | 6 | 6 | | | | | 8 | J Durie N Provis | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Blackstad B Paulus | 2 | 1 | | A Betzner C Porwik | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Corsato G Faria | 5 | 5 | 8 | J Durie N Provis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Durie N Provis | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | K Horvath D Van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Fulco E Raponi-Longo | 2 | 4 | | 7 | K Horvath D Van Rensburg | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bowes J Smoller | 2 | 3 | | | J Halard P Paradis | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard P Paradis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | K Horvath D Van Rensburg | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Cecchini S Goleš | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | J Novotná M Paz | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | C Bakkum B Schultz | 6 | 1 | 2 | | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | J Novotná M Paz | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | K Horvath D Van Rensburg | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 6 |
| | N Dias P Tarabini | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Ferrando L Garrone | 6 | 6 | 6 | | L Ferrando L Garrone | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Torres C Wood | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | G Miró G Mosca | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Miró G Mosca | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Norris R Seeman | 1 | 4 | | | G Miró G Mosca | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | H Mandlíková E Pfaff | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |