# 1988 Dow Classic – Doubles

Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.

## 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.
* Lori McNeil / Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)
* Elise Burgin / Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals)
* Leila Meskhi / Svetlana Parkhomenko (final)
* Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
* Isabelle Demongeot / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
* Katrina Adams / Penny Barg (second round)
* Jo Durie / Sharon Walsh-Pete (first round)
* Ann Henricksson / Christiane Jolissaint (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Leila Meskhi Svetlana Parkhomenko | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |

### Top 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Cordwell J Salmon | 6 | 4 | | | L Gregory R Reis | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Gregory R Reis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | P Hy D Van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Field M Jaggard | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Lindström C Porwik | 3 | 1 | | | P Hy D Van Rensburg | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field M Jaggard | 7 | 6 | | | L Field M Jaggard | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Field M Jaggard | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Meskhi S Parkhomenko | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | L Meskhi S Parkhomenko | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Ludloff E Reinach | 7 | 3 | 2 | | S Collins H Na | 7 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Collins H Na | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | L Meskhi S Parkhomenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Lake C Wood | 7 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | A-M Fernandez J Richardson | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | A M Fernandez J Richardson | 5 | 7 | 10 | | A M Fernandez J Richardson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 6 | 7 | | P Fendick J Hetherington | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | K Adams P Barg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Schimper W Wood | 2 | 4 | | 6 | K Adams P Barg | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Reynolds P Smith | 2 | 6 | 6 | | E Pfaff J Tremelling | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Pfaff J Tremelling | 6 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | E Pfaff J Tremelling | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | N Bykova N Medvedeva | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis B Gerken | 6 | 6 | | | L Antonoplis B Gerken | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Fairbank W White | 4 | 4 |
| | L O'Neill J Smoller | 3 | 0 | | 8 | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank W White | 6 | 6 | | | R Fairbank W White | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Minter A Scott | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | R Fairbank W White | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Bollegraf I Driehuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | E Burgin E Smylie | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | E Hakami T Phelps | 3 | 3 | | | M Bollegraf I Driehuis | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | E Burgin E Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |