# 1988 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Guy Forget and Yannick Noah were the defending champions, but Noah did not compete this year. Forget teamed up with Pat Cash and lost in the quarterfinals to Jorge Lozano and Todd Witsken.
Lozano and Witsken won the title by defeating Anders Järryd and Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Anders Järryd / Tomáš Šmíd (final)
* Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez (first round)
* Laurie Warder / Blaine Willenborg (quarterfinals)
* Jorge Lozano / Todd Witsken (champions)
* Rick Leach / Jim Pugh (first round)
* Pat Cash / Guy Forget (quarterfinals)
* Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander (semifinals)
* Hans Gildemeister / Andrés Gómez (first 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Wally Masur Mark Woodforde | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | Wally Masur Mark Woodforde | 5 | 2 | 1 | Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | 4 | Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken | 6 | 6 | 4 | Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander | 4 | 2 | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | A Järryd T Smid | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Paris G Pozzi | 3 | 4 | | 1 | A Järryd T Smid | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gunnarsson M Mortensen | 6 | 7 | | | J Gunnarsson M Mortensen | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Filippini M Fioroni | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | A Järryd T Smid | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Panatta M Schapers | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Panatta M Schapers | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | J Brown L Duncan | 5 | 2 | | | C Panatta M Schapers | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Grabb R Saad | 6 | 6 | | | J Grabb R Saad | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H Gildemeister A Gómez | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Järryd T Smid | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | L Warder B Willenborg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | W Masur M Woodforde | 5 | 2 |
| | R Seguso T Siegel | 6 | 4 | | 3 | L Warder B Willenborg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Arias L Jensen | 4 | 7 | 3 | | M Oosting C-U Steeb | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oosting C-U Steeb | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | L Warder B Willenborg | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Bates B Dyke | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | W Masur M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Baxter P Chamberlin | 2 | 5 | | | J Bates B Dyke | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Masur M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | W Masur M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Leach J Pugh | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | P Cash G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Muster G Ocleppo | 1 | 3 | | 6 | P Cash G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Canè C Mezzadri | 3 | 2 | | | T Meinecke R Osterthun | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Meinecke R Osterthun | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | P Cash G Forget | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Stoltenberg T Woodbridge | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | J Lozano T Witsken | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Cox M Šrejber | 6 | 6 | 4 | | J Stoltenberg T Woodbridge | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Aprili E Rossi | 5 | 1 | | 4 | J Lozano T Witsken | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Lozano T Witsken | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Lozano T Witsken | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | J Nyström M Wilander | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Nyström M Wilander | 4 | 2 |
| WC | P Pennisi S Restelli | 4 | 2 | | 7 | J Nyström M Wilander | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Brandi C Caratti | 7 | 4 | 4 | | T Carbonell J Sánchez | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | J Nyström M Wilander | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Cierro A de Minicis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Cierro A de Minicis | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | D Dowlen M Freeman | 3 | 3 | | | M Cierro A de Minicis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Camporese D Nargiso | 6 | 4 | 6 | | O Camporese D Nargiso | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Casal E Sánchez | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |