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
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Betsy Nagelsen and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Nagelsen with Lori McNeil and Smylie with Jana Novotná.

McNeil and Nagelsen lost in the quarter-finals to Catherine Suire and Catherine Tanvier.

Novotná and Smylie lost in the semi-finals to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.

Ann Henricksson and Christiane 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 four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

	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 C Jolissaint	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