1988 World Doubles Championships

Tennis tournament
1988 World Doubles Championships
Date25–27 November
Edition14th
Draw8D
Prize money$ 250,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationTokyo, Japan
1988 World Doubles Championships
1988 World Doubles Championships
1987 ChampionsWest Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Final
ChampionsUnited States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
Runners-upUnited States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
Score7–5, 7–5
Details
Draw8D
Events
Doubles
1988 tennis event results

The 1988 World Doubles Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Tokyo in Japan and was part of the 1988 WTA Tour. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from 25 November through 27 November 1988.

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Unseeded pairing Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison won in the final 7–5, 7–5 against Gigi Fernández and Robin White. It was Adams' 3rd title of the year and the 4th of her career. It was Garrison's 5th title of the year and the 15th of her career.

Seeds

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

  1. United States Gigi Fernández / United States Robin White (final)
  2. United States Lori McNeil / United States Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)
  3. West Germany Eva Pfaff / Australia Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)
  4. United States Patty Fendick / Canada Jill Hetherington (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 United States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
7 6  
  United States Anne Smith
Australia Janine Tremelling
6 4  
1 United States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
7 7  
4 United States Patty Fendick
Canada Jill Hetherington
5 5  
4 United States Patty Fendick
Canada Jill Hetherington
6 6 6
  Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva
4 7 3
1 United States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
5 5  
  United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
7 7  
  United States Beth Herr
United States Candy Reynolds
5 4  
3 West Germany Eva Pfaff
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
7 6  
3 West Germany Eva Pfaff
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
6 0 2
  United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
2 6 6
  United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
5 6 7
2 United States Lori McNeil
United States Betsy Nagelsen
7 2 5
  • WTA tournament edition details
  • ITF tournament edition details
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988_World_Doubles_Championships&oldid=1316513051"