1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Doubles

Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank were the defending champions but only Fairbank competed that year with Wendy Turnbull.

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

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.

1. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
2. Gabriela Sabatini / Helena Suková (final)
3. Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
4. Rosalyn Fairbank / Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

	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

References

• 1988 Virginia Slims of New England Doubles Draw