# 1988 US Open – Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
Fernández and White won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington.

## 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 (semifinals)
* Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
* Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (third round)
* Lori McNeil / Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)
* Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (second round)
* Eva Pfaff / Elizabeth Smylie (first round)
* Jana Novotná / Catherine Suire (third round)
* Gigi Fernández / Robin White (champions)
* Katrina Adams / Zina Garrison (second round)
* Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)
* Penny Barg / Elise Burgin (third round)
* Patty Fendick / Jill Hetherington (final)
* Catarina Lindqvist / Tine Scheuer-Larsen (third round)
* Natalia Bykova / Leila Meskhi (first round)
* Isabelle Demongeot / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
* Jo Durie / Sharon Walsh-Pete (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 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| 8 | Gigi Fernández Robin White | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Gigi Fernández Robin White | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | Gigi Fernández Robin White | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 12 | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington | 6 | 7$^7$ | | 12 | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| 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 |
| 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Minter M Van Nostrand | 2 | 2 | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M McGrath K Po | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | B Cordwell J Richardson | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Cordwell J Richardson | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Field J Salmon | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | L Field J Salmon | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | C Bakkum B Schultz | 6 | 4 | 5 | | L Field J Salmon | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Barnard K Schimper | 4 | 3 | | 16 | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Byrne J Tremelling | 1 | 2 |
| | B Fulco E Raponi-Longo | 2 | 1 | | 13 | C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Benjamin H Na | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | A Sánchez C Tanvier | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sánchez C Tanvier | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 13 | C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Magers W White | 4 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | J Byrne J Tremelling | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 4 | 7$^8$ | | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Louie-Harper H Ludloff | 1 | 2 | | 5 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| 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 |
| 4 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Probst M Reinach | 1 | 1 | | 4 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Corsato I Cueto | 2 | 3 | | | S Cecchini S Goleš | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Bassett-Seguso B Herr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 11 | P Barg E Burgin | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | C Cunningham A Farley | 2 | 3 | | | C Bassett-Seguso B Herr | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume E Derly | 3 | 2 | | 11 | P Barg E Burgin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | P Barg E Burgin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | K Adams Z Garrison | 7 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | 8 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 |
| | M Bollegraf P Hy | 5 | 7$^8$ | 1 | 9 | K Adams Z Garrison | 5 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 6 | 7 | | | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 7 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier L Spadea | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| | A-K Olsson A Scott | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | A Devries N Jagerman | 7 | 6 | | | A Devries N Jagerman | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Provis E Reinach | 4 | 3 | | 8 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Mosca A Villagrán | 1 | 4 | | 7 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Maleeva M Paz | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | C Porwik D van Rensburg | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Porwik D van Rensburg | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 7 | J Novotná C Suire | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Allen A M Fernandez | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 12 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Cooper S Sampras | 3 | 7 | 6$^3$ | | L Allen A M Fernandez | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva-Fragnière B Potter | 1 | 2 | | 12 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | C Evert W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | C Evert W Turnbull | 1 | 4 |
| | C Jones J Kaplan | 4 | 1 | | 10 | C Evert W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Casale M L Daniels | 6 | 3 | 6$^3$ | | L Ferrando L Garrone | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Ferrando L Garrone | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 10 | C Evert W Turnbull | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | L Gregory R Reis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | |
| | E Hakami T Zambrzycki | 4 | 2 | | | L Gregory R Reis | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bartlett H Kelesi | 3 | 3 | | 3 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | E Pfaff E Smylie | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank S Rehe | 4 | 6 | 6 | | R Fairbank S Rehe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bowes M Werdel | 6 | 3 | 6 | | B Bowes M Werdel | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Reynolds P Smith | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | R Fairbank S Rehe | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Medrado N Sato | 1 | 3 | | | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Budařová S Wasserman | 6 | 4 | 6 | | I Budařová S Wasserman | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | N Bykova L Meskhi | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | T Phelps R Reggi | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 |
| | A Henricksson A Smith | 6 | 6 | | | A Henricksson A Smith | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Austin M J Fernández | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | T Austin M J Fernández | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Herreman M Lindström | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | A Henricksson A Smith | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis S Collins | 5 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Dias J Wiesner | 7 | 3 | 6 | | N Dias J Wiesner | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Driehuis M Mesker | 2 | 2 | r | 2 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |