1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Virginia Slims of New England | |
| 1987 Champions | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank |
| Champions | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
| Runners-up | Gabriela Sabatini Helena Suková |
| Score | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank were the defending champions but only Fairbank competed that year with Wendy Turnbull.
Fairbank and Turnbull lost in the quarterfinals to Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 against Gabriela Sabatini and Helena Suková.
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 (champions)
- Gabriela Sabatini / Helena Suková (final)
- Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
- Rosalyn Fairbank / Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Casals S Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Benjamin Ca MacGregor | 6 | 7 | C Benjamin Ca MacGregor | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Henricksson Cy MacGregor | 3 | 6 | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G Magers W White | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Austin S Rehe | 6 | 6 | T Austin S Rehe | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| H Na K Schimper | 2 | 2 | 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Bassett-Seguso K Rinaldi | 1 | 3 | 2 | Gabriela Sabatini Helena Suková | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Allen I Kuczyńska | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | R Fairbank W Turnbull | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | R Fairbank W Turnbull | 6 | 4 | 6 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H Kelesi H Ludloff | 6 | 6 | 2 | G Sabatini H Suková | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Bartlett M de Swardt | 1 | 1 | H Kelesi H Ludloff | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Gregory R Reis | 3 | 4 | 2 | G Sabatini H Suková | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | G Sabatini H Suková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||