# 1987 WTA Argentine Open – Doubles

Lori McNeil and Mercedes Paz were the defending champions but only Paz competed that year with Gabriela Sabatini.
Paz and Sabatini won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Jill Hetherington and Christiane Jolissaint.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Mercedes Paz / Gabriela Sabatini (champions)
* Andrea Betzner / Isabel Cueto (quarterfinals)
* Emilse Raponi-Longo / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
* Gabriela Mosca / Adriana Villagrán (second round)
* Jill Hetherington / Christiane Jolissaint (final)
* Lea Antonoplis / Andrea Tiezzi (semifinals)
* Carin Bakkum / Simone Schilder (semifinals)
* Bettina Fulco / Gisele Miró (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Jill Hetherington Christiane Jolissaint | 2 | 2 | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| | | | | 1 | M Paz G Sabatini | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| A Gerber S Hack | 3 | 4 | | | L Bartlett C Christian | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| L Bartlett C Christian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Paz G Sabatini | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| G Faria K Strohmeier | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | B Fulco G Miró | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| Y der Kinderen N Marcucci | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Y der Kinderen N Marcucci | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | B Fulco G Miró | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Paz G Sabatini | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | L Antonoplis A Tiezzi | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | 3 | E Raponi-Longo P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| B Diesner K Oberleitner | 3 | 4 | | | K Adams C Jones | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| K Adams C Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Adams C Jones | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| V Nelson-Dunbar P Vásquez | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | L Antonoplis A Tiezzi | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| C Cohen M Strebel | 7 | 7 | | | C Cohen M Strebel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | L Antonoplis A Tiezzi | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 5 | J Hetherington C Jolissaint | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| J Golder S Norris | 4 | 6 | 1 | | L Garrone L Lapi | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| L Garrone L Lapi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | J Hetherington C Jolissaint | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| F Labat C Tessi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Labat C Tessi | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| I Crudo E Galphin | 1 | 1 | | | F Labat C Tessi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | G Mosca A Villagrán | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Hetherington C Jolissaint | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Bakkum S Schilder | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | 7 | C Bakkum S Schilder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| L Corsato O Tsarbopoulou | 6 | 4 | 2 | | A Radics K Škulj | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| A Radics K Škulj | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | C Bakkum S Schilder | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| A Grunfeld K Rickett | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 2 | A Betzner I Cueto | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| L Tella A Vieira | 4 | 6 | 7 | | L Tella A Vieira | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | A Betzner I Cueto | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |