1988 Virginia Slims of Newport – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships and the Virginia Slims of Newport | |
| 1987 Champions | Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil |
| Champions | Rosalyn Fairbank Barbara Potter |
| Runners-up | Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil |
| Score | 6–4, 6–3 |
Gigi Fernández and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Rosalyn Fairbank and Barbara Potter.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Gigi Fernández / Lori McNeil (final)
- Rosalyn Fairbank / Barbara Potter (champions)
- Katrina Adams / Carin Bakkum (semifinals)
- Gretchen Magers / Wendy White (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 | G Fernández L McNeil | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Bartlett J Thomas | 2 | 6 | 1 | G Fernández L McNeil | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A M Fernandez A Henricksson | 4 | 1 | L Antonoplis C MacGregor | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Antonoplis C MacGregor | 6 | 6 | 1 | G Fernández L McNeil | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | G Magers W White | 6 | 6 | A Smith W Turnbull | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Kaplan J Salmon | 2 | 4 | 4 | G Magers W White | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Jaggard J Richardson | 7 | 2 | 3 | A Smith W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Smith W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Staunton C Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2 | Rosalyn Fairbank Barbara Potter | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Scott W Wood | 6 | 6 | A Scott W Wood | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Gregory P Smith | 0 | 5 | 3 | K Adams C Bakkum | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | K Adams C Bakkum | 6 | 7 | 3 | K Adams C Bakkum | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Smoller K Steinmetz | 6 | 6 | 2 | R Fairbank B Potter | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D-A Hansel T Zambrzycki | 1 | 1 | J Smoller K Steinmetz | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Albano J Ingram | 3 | 6 | 2 | R Fairbank B Potter | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | R Fairbank B Potter | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||