Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank were the defending champions but only Fairbank competed that year with Wendy Turnbull.
Doubles | |
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1988 Virginia Slims of New England | |
1987 Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
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
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
- Gabriela Sabatini / Helena Suková (final)
- Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
- Rosalyn Fairbank / Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
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 |