# 1988 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 against Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling.

## 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.
* Jana Novotná / Catherine Suire (champions)
* Mercedes Paz / Catherine Tanvier (semifinals)
* Isabelle Demongeot / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
* Jenny Byrne / Janine Tremelling (final)
* Christiane Jolissaint / Arantxa Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Manon Bollegraf / Nicole Provis (quarterfinals)
* Beverly Bowes / Kathleen Horvath (first round)
* Sandra Cecchini / Sabrina Goleš (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 | Jana Novotná Catherine Suire | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Jenny Byrne Janine Tremelling | 3 | 6 | 5 |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kanellopoulou B Romanò | 6 | 6 | | | A Kanellopoulou B Romanò | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Krapl S Wasserman | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Halard I Kuczyńska | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 6 | M Bollegraf N Provis | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | L O'Neill J Smoller | 3 | 6 | 7 | | L O'Neill J Smoller | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Betzner J Wiesner | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | M Bollegraf N Provis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Bollegraf N Provis | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | S Cecchini S Goleš | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume E Derly | 6 | 6 | | | A Dechaume E Derly | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dias P Medrado | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Field A Villagrán | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 8 | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Ferrando L Golarsa | 3 | 6 | 6 | | L Ferrando L Golarsa | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Bonsignori S La Fratta | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | B Bowes K Horvath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Sprung M Strandlund | 4 | 3 | | 7 | B Bowes K Horvath | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pospíšilová R Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | | J Pospíšilová R Zrubáková | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Tella A Vieira | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | J Pospíšilová R Zrubáková | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | C Caverzasio L Lapi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | H Fukárková D Krajčovičová | 3 | 1 | | | C Caverzasio L Lapi | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | C Jolissaint A Sánchez | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Paz C Tanvier | 5 | 2 |
| | B Fulco E Raponi-Longo | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | C Jolissaint A Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Garrone H Kelesi | 6 | 6 | | | L Garrone H Kelesi | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Boschiero S Farina | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | C Jolissaint A Sánchez | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | K Maleeva M Pérez-Roldán | 7 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | M Paz C Tanvier | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Corsato G Faria | 5 | 7 | 6 | | L Corsato G Faria | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Paz C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |