1988 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1988 Australian Open
1987 ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Final
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Runners-upUnited States Chris Evert
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Score6–0, 7–5
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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1988 tennis event results

Five-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Chris Evert and Wendy Turnbull in the final 6–0, 7–5 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1988 Australian Open.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver (champions)
  2. n/a
  3. n/a
  4. West Germany Steffi Graf / Australia Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)
  5. United States Zina Garrison / United States Barbara Potter (semifinals)
  6. Australia Hana Mandlíková / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Chris Evert / Australia Wendy Turnbull (final)
  8. South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank / United States Candy Reynolds (first round)
  9. Australia Jenny Byrne / Australia Janine Tremelling (third round)
  10. Sweden Catarina Lindqvist / United States Robin White (third round)
  11. France Catherine Suire / France Catherine Tanvier (third round)
  12. United Kingdom Jo Durie / United States Sharon Walsh-Pete (first round)
  13. Hong Kong Patricia Hy / Japan Etsuko Inoue (third round)
  14. Australia Michelle Jaggard / Netherlands Marcella Mesker (third round)
  15. United States Ann Henricksson / Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint (third round)
  16. New Zealand Belinda Cordwell / New Zealand Julie Richardson (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6 6  
4 West Germany Steffi Graf
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
4 4  
1 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6 7  
7 United States Chris Evert
Australia Wendy Turnbull
0 5  
5 United States Zina Garrison
United States Barbara Potter
4 77 3
7 United States Chris Evert
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6 65 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 United States M Navratilova
United States P Shriver
6 6  
  United Kingdom J Salmon
Japan M Yanagi
3 1   1 United States M Navratilova
United States P Shriver
77 7  
  United States B Bowes
Czechoslovakia R Zrubáková
77 1 4   United States P Fendick
Canada J Hetherington
64 5  
  United States P Fendick
Canada J Hetherington
65 6 6 1 United States M Navratilova
United States P Shriver
6 7  
  Switzerland C Cohen
Greece O Tsarbopoulou
6 62 6 11 France C Suire
France C Tanvier
3 5  
  Israel I Berger
United States P Casale
1 77 0   Switzerland C Cohen
Greece O Tsarbopoulou
1 1  
  Netherlands N Jagerman
United States J Kaplan
1 0   11 France C Suire
France C Tanvier
6 6  
11 France C Suire
France C Tanvier
6 6   1 United States M Navratilova
United States P Shriver
6 77  
9 Australia J Byrne
Australia J Tremelling
6 6   6 Australia H Mandlíková
Czechoslovakia J Novotná
0 63  
  United States V Nelson-Dunbar
United States K Steinmetz
1 4   9 Australia J Byrne
Australia J Tremelling
6 6  
  Netherlands B Schultz
Netherlands H ter Riet
6 4 7   Netherlands B Schultz
Netherlands H ter Riet
2 2  
  United States Ca MacGregor
United States Cy MacGregor
3 6 5 9 Australia J Byrne
Australia J Tremelling
63 6 5
  West Germany C Porwik
West Germany W Probst
3 7 6 6 Australia H Mandlíková
Czechoslovakia J Novotná
77 4 7
  Australia D Balestrat
Australia N Provis
6 5 4   West Germany C Porwik
West Germany W Probst
610 3  
WC Australia K Deed
Australia C Thompson
1 0   6 Australia H Mandlíková
Czechoslovakia J Novotná
712 6  
6 Australia H Mandlíková
Czechoslovakia J Novotná
6 6  

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 West Germany S Graf
Australia E Smylie
6 6  
  United States A M Fernandez
Australia L Field
1 0   4 West Germany S Graf
Australia E Smylie
6 6  
  Belgium A Devries
Switzerland E Krapl
6 6     Belgium A Devries
Switzerland E Krapl
1 4  
  United States L-A Eldredge
United States M Werdel
4 1   4 West Germany S Graf
Australia E Smylie
3 6 7
  Australia Bi Potter
Australia K Radford
77 6   13 Hong Kong P Hy
Japan E Inoue
6 2 5
  United States J Golder
United States S Norris
65 1     Australia Bi Potter
Australia K Radford
4 0  
WC Australia J-A Faull
Australia R McQuillan
6 4 4 13 Hong Kong P Hy
Japan E Inoue
6 6  
13 Hong Kong P Hy
Japan E Inoue
3 6 5 4 West Germany S Graf
Australia E Smylie
6 6  
14 Australia M Jaggard
Netherlands M Mesker
6 6     Netherlands M Bollegraf
United States S Collins
1 1  
  Netherlands C Bakkum
Australia L O'Neill
1 2   14 Australia M Jaggard
Netherlands M Mesker
2 6 6
  United States T Mochizuki
Peru P Vásquez
3 2     Japan A Kijimuta
Hong Kong P Moreno
6 0 0
  Japan A Kijimuta
Hong Kong P Moreno
6 6   14 Australia M Jaggard
Netherlands M Mesker
2 1  
  United Kingdom S Gomer
Netherlands M van der Torre
6 6     Netherlands M Bollegraf
United States S Collins
6 6  
  United States C Christian
United States A Frazier
3 4     United Kingdom S Gomer
Netherlands M van der Torre
2 0  
  Netherlands M Bollegraf
United States S Collins
77 3 6   Netherlands M Bollegraf
United States S Collins
6 6  
8 South Africa R Fairbank
United States C Reynolds
63 6 3

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 United States Z Garrison
United States Ba Potter
6 6  
  France J Halard
France P Paradis
3 2   5 United States Z Garrison
United States Ba Potter
6 6  
  United States A Schwartz
Australia A Tobin-Dingwall
6 4 3   Sweden H Dahlström
Norway A Jonsson
3 2  
ALT Sweden H Dahlström
Norway A Jonsson-Raaholt
2 6 6 5 United States Z Garrison
United States Ba Potter
77 6  
  United States L Antonoplis
Australia A Minter
4 6 4 15 United States A Henricksson
Switzerland C Jolissaint
64 1  
  Australia R Lamb
United States J Smoller
6 1 6   Australia R Lamb
United States J Smoller
4 3  
WC Australia M Bowrey
Australia S McCann
4 2   15 United States A Henricksson
Switzerland C Jolissaint
6 6  
15 United States A Henricksson
Switzerland C Jolissaint
6 6   5 United States Z Garrison
United States Ba Potter
6 6  
12 United Kingdom J Durie
United States S Walsh-Pete
6 2 3   Sweden M Lindström
Australia A Scott
2 2  
  Sweden M Lindström
Australia A Scott
3 6 6   Sweden M Lindström
Australia A Scott
77 77  
WC Australia X Adams
Australia K Staunton
3 1     Japan K Okamoto
Japan N Sato
62 62  
  Japan K Okamoto
Japan N Sato
6 6     Sweden M Lindström
Australia A Scott
6 6  
  United States J Goodling
United States W Wood
6 6     United States J Goodling
United States W Wood
3 0  
  United States J Fuchs
United States J Thomas
3 2     United States J Goodling
United States W Wood
77 6  
  Austria H Sprung
Belgium S Wasserman
6 6     Austria H Sprung
Belgium S Wasserman
65 2  
ALT United States J Blackstad
United States E Galphin
3 2  

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 United States C Evert
Australia W Turnbull
6 6  
  France E Derly
France M Laval
4 1   7 United States C Evert
Australia W Turnbull
4 6 6
  United States L Bartlett
United States S Savides
7 3 2   United States D-A Hansel
United States P Smith
6 0 1
  United States D-A Hansel
United States P Smith
5 6 6 7 United States C Evert
Australia W Turnbull
6 6  
  Australia T Morton
Australia L Weerasekera
2 1     United States K Adams
United States P Barg
1 1  
  United States K Adams
United States P Barg
6 6     United States K Adams
United States P Barg
6 6  
  Japan K Ito
Japan E Okagawa
0 1   16 New Zealand B Cordwell
New Zealand J Richardson
3 3  
16 New Zealand B Cordwell
New Zealand J Richardson
6 6   7 United States C Evert
Australia W Turnbull
77 6  
10 Sweden C Lindqvist
United States R White
64 6 6   United States C Benjamin
United States G Magers
64 1  
  United States H Ludloff
Australia E Minter
77 2 4 10 Sweden C Lindqvist
United States R White
4 6 6
  Japan E Iida
Japan A Nishiya
2 7 6   Japan E Iida
Japan A Nishiya
6 2 0
  United Kingdom V Lake
United Kingdom C Wood
6 5 3 10 Sweden C Lindqvist
United States R White
6 65 4
  Japan Y Koizumi
Australia J Masters
4 5     United States C Benjamin
United States G Magers
4 77 6
  Australia K McDonald
United States E Smith
6 7     Australia K McDonald
United States E Smith
1 7 8
  United States C Benjamin
United States G Magers
6 6     United States C Benjamin
United States G Magers
6 5 10
ALT United Kingdom A Grunfeld
United Kingdom K Rickett
1 1  

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