# 1988 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Five-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Chris Evert and Wendy Turnbull in the final 6–0, 7–5 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1988 Australian Open.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
* n/a
* n/a
* Steffi Graf / Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)
* Zina Garrison / Barbara Potter (semifinals)
* Hana Mandlíková / Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
* Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull (final)
* Rosalyn Fairbank / Candy Reynolds (first round)
* Jenny Byrne / Janine Tremelling (third round)
* Catarina Lindqvist / Robin White (third round)
* Catherine Suire / Catherine Tanvier (third round)
* Jo Durie / Sharon Walsh-Pete (first round)
* Patricia Hy / Etsuko Inoue (third round)
* Michelle Jaggard / Marcella Mesker (third round)
* Ann Henricksson / Christiane Jolissaint (third round)
* Belinda Cordwell / Julie Richardson (second 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Steffi Graf Elizabeth Smylie | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Steffi Graf Elizabeth Smylie | 4 | 4 | | 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 7 | Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Zina Garrison Barbara Potter | 4 | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7 | Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Salmon M Yanagi | 3 | 1 | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bowes R Zrubáková | 7$^7$ | 1 | 4 | | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | C Cohen O Tsarbopoulou | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | 11 | C Suire C Tanvier | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | I Berger P Casale | 1 | 7$^7$ | 0 | | C Cohen O Tsarbopoulou | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Jagerman J Kaplan | 1 | 0 | | 11 | C Suire C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | C Suire C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 9 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | H Mandlíková J Novotná | 0 | 6$^3$ |
| | V Nelson-Dunbar K Steinmetz | 1 | 4 | | 9 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schultz H ter Riet | 6 | 4 | 7 | | B Schultz H ter Riet | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | 9 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6$^3$ | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | C Porwik W Probst | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 6 | H Mandlíková J Novotná | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | D Balestrat N Provis | 6 | 5 | 4 | | C Porwik W Probst | 6$^{10}$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Deed C Thompson | 1 | 0 | | 6 | H Mandlíková J Novotná | 7$^{12}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | H Mandlíková J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | S Graf E Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A M Fernandez L Field | 1 | 0 | | 4 | S Graf E Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Devries E Krapl | 6 | 6 | | | A Devries E Krapl | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-A Eldredge M Werdel | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | S Graf E Smylie | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Bi Potter K Radford | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 13 | P Hy E Inoue | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | J Golder S Norris | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | Bi Potter K Radford | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | P Hy E Inoue | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | P Hy E Inoue | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Graf E Smylie | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | M Jaggard M Mesker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Bollegraf S Collins | 1 | 1 |
| | C Bakkum L O'Neill | 1 | 2 | | 14 | M Jaggard M Mesker | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Mochizuki P Vásquez | 3 | 2 | | | A Kijimuta P Moreno | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kijimuta P Moreno | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | M Jaggard M Mesker | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | S Gomer M van der Torre | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Bollegraf S Collins | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Christian A Frazier | 3 | 4 | | | S Gomer M van der Torre | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bollegraf S Collins | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | M Bollegraf S Collins | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | R Fairbank C Reynolds | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Z Garrison Ba Potter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard P Paradis | 3 | 2 | | 5 | Z Garrison Ba Potter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Schwartz A Tobin-Dingwall | 6 | 4 | 3 | | H Dahlström A Jonsson | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | H Dahlström A Jonsson-Raaholt | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 5 | Z Garrison Ba Potter | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis A Minter | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 15 | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | |
| | R Lamb J Smoller | 6 | 1 | 6 | | R Lamb J Smoller | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Bowrey S McCann | 4 | 2 | | 15 | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Z Garrison Ba Potter | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | M Lindström A Scott | 2 | 2 |
| | M Lindström A Scott | 3 | 6 | 6 | | M Lindström A Scott | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| WC | X Adams K Staunton | 3 | 1 | | | K Okamoto N Sato | 6$^2$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | |
| | K Okamoto N Sato | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Lindström A Scott | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Goodling W Wood | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Goodling W Wood | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | J Fuchs J Thomas | 3 | 2 | | | J Goodling W Wood | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Sprung S Wasserman | 6 | 6 | | | H Sprung S Wasserman | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | J Blackstad E Galphin | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | C Evert W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Derly M Laval | 4 | 1 | | 7 | C Evert W Turnbull | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bartlett S Savides | 7 | 3 | 2 | | D-A Hansel P Smith | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D-A Hansel P Smith | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | C Evert W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Morton L Weerasekera | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | K Adams P Barg | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | K Adams P Barg | 6 | 6 | | | K Adams P Barg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Ito E Okagawa | 0 | 1 | | 16 | B Cordwell J Richardson | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | B Cordwell J Richardson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Evert W Turnbull | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 10 | C Lindqvist R White | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | C Benjamin G Magers | 6$^4$ | 1 |
| | H Ludloff E Minter | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | 10 | C Lindqvist R White | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Iida A Nishiya | 2 | 7 | 6 | | E Iida A Nishiya | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Lake C Wood | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 10 | C Lindqvist R White | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | |
| | Y Koizumi J Masters | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | C Benjamin G Magers | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | K McDonald E Smith | 6 | 7 | | | K McDonald E Smith | 1 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Benjamin G Magers | 6 | 6 | | | C Benjamin G Magers | 6 | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | A Grunfeld K Rickett | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |