Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 World Doubles Championships | |
| 1987 Champions |  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Helena Suková |
| Champions |  Katrina Adams Zina Garrison |
| Runners-up | Gigi Fernández Robin White |
| Score | 7–5, 7–5 |
Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison won in the final 7–5, 7–5 against Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Gigi Fernández / Robin White (final)- Lori McNeil / Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)
Eva Pfaff / 
Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)- Patty Fendick /
Jill Hetherington (semifinals)
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
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Robin White
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Anne Smith Janine Tremelling
| 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Robin White
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva
| 4 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Robin White
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Katrina Adams Zina Garrison
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Beth Herr Candy Reynolds
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Eva Pfaff Elizabeth Smylie
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Eva Pfaff Elizabeth Smylie
| 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Katrina Adams Zina Garrison
| 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Katrina Adams Zina Garrison
| 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||