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Women's doubles
1988 New South Wales Open
1987 Champions	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie
Final
Champions	Ann Henricksson Christiane Jolissaint
Runners-up	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
Score	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
← 1987 · New South Wales Open · 1989 →

Betsy Nagelsen andElizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Nagelsen withLori McNeil and Smylie withJana Novotná.

McNeil and Nagelsen lost in the quarter-finals toCatherine Suire andCatherine Tanvier.

Novotná and Smylie lost in the semi-finals toClaudia Kohde-Kilsch andHelena Suková.

Ann Henricksson andChristiane Jolissaint won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 against Kohde-Kilsch and Suková.

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top fourseeded teams receivedbyes into the second round.

Key

	Final
	1	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6	6	3
		Ann Henricksson Christiane Jolissaint	7	4	6

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
								1	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	7	6
		J-A Faull R McQuillan	2	6					L Antonoplis A Minter	5	3
		L Antonoplis A Minter	6	7											1	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6
		A M Fernandez L Field	2	2											8	J Durie S Walsh-Pete	2	2
		C Benjamin M Jaggard	6	6					C Benjamin M Jaggard	6	0
		B Cordwell J Richardson	3	5				8	J Durie S Walsh-Pete	7	6
	8	J Durie S Walsh-Pete	6	7																		1	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	7
																						3	J Novotná E Smylie	3	6
								3	J Novotná E Smylie	6	6
		J Salmon M Yanagi	6	3	1				D-A Hansel P Smith	3	3
		D-A Hansel P Smith	3	6	6										3	J Novotná E Smylie	6	6
		A Scott W Wood	4	4												C Bakkum H Witvoet	2	3
		C Bakkum H Witvoet	6	6					C Bakkum H Witvoet	7	6
		H Ludloff E Minter	6	7					H Ludloff E Minter	6	2
	5	R Fairbank C Reynolds	3	6

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
	6	J Byrne J Tremelling	4	6	3
		A Henricksson C Jolissaint	6	3	6				A Henricksson C Jolissaint	6	6
		N Jagerman J Kaplan	6	7					N Jagerman J Kaplan	1	2
		M Bollegraf S Collins	2	6												A Henricksson C Jolissaint	6	6
		C Lindqvist M Lindström	6	7												C Lindqvist M Lindström	2	2
		Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor	4	5					C Lindqvist M Lindström	6	7
								4	B Bunge E Pfaff	3	6
																							A Henricksson CJolissaint	4	6	7
	7	C Suire C Tanvier	6	6																		7	C Suire C Tanvier	6	4	6
		K Steinmetz J Thomas	3	0				7	C Suire C Tanvier	6	6	7
		P Fendick J Hetherington	4	6	7				P Fendick J Hetherington	1	7	6
		A Devries E Krapl	6	3	6										7	C Suire C Tanvier	7	5	6
		J Halard P Paradis	6	6											2	L McNeil B Nagelsen	5	7	4
		B Potter K Radford	4	2					J Halard P Paradis	3	6
								2	L McNeil B Nagelsen	6	7

• 1988 New South Wales Open Women's Doubles Draw

• 1988 New South Wales Open
• 1988 WTA Tour

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