# 1988 Virginia Slims of Florida – Doubles

Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.

## 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.
* Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (final)
* Betsy Nagelsen / Pam Shriver (semifinals)
* Hana Mandlíková / Jana Novotná (second round)
* Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull (second round)
* Catarina Lindqvist / Tine Scheuer-Larsen (quarterfinals)
* Catherine Suire / Catherine Tanvier (second round)
* Jo Durie / Sharon Walsh-Pete (quarterfinals)
* Peanut Harper / Heather Ludloff (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| | Katrina Adams Zina Garrison | 4 | 7 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Provis E Reinach | 6 | 2 | 6 | | N Provis E Reinach | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Cordwell J Richardson | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Bollegraf M van der Torre | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | M Bollegraf M van der Torre | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | L Field H Witvoet | 6 | 7 | 6 | | M Bollegraf M van der Torre | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Barg A M Fernandez | 7 | 4 | 6 | | P Barg A M Fernandez | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Harper H Ludloff | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Fendick J Hetherington | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | 4 | C Evert W Turnbull | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 4 | 5 | | P Hy D Van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy D Van Rensburg | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | P Hy D Van Rensburg | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Lindström C Porwik | 1 | 1 | | | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 3 | 3 | | 6 | C Suire C Tanvier | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | C Suire C Tanvier | 6 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Balestrat A Minter | 1 | 6 | | 7 | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Mosca A Villagrán | 4 | 1 | | | K Horvath B Schultz | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Horvath B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | N Herreman P Paradis | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | K Adams Z Garrison | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Adams Z Garrison | 4 | 6 | 6 | | K Adams Z Garrison | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | H Mandlíková J Novotná | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Adams Z Garrison | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Nagelsen P Shriver | 2 | 0 |
| | H Kelesi R Reggi | 3 | 2 | | 5 | C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hakami C Singer | 0 | 2 | | | M J Fernández T Phelps | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M J Fernández T Phelps | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | A Betzner P Tarabini | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | B Nagelsen P Shriver | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank S Rehe | 4 | 6 | 6 | | R Fairbank S Rehe | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Nagelsen P Shriver | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |