1988 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1988 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships
1987 Champions	Kathy Jordan Betsy Nagelsen
Champions	Gigi Fernández Robin White
Runners-up	Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken
Score	6–1, 6–4

Kathy Jordan and Betsy Nagelsen were the defending champions but only Nagelsen competed that year with Elizabeth Smylie.

Nagelsen and Smylie lost in the quarterfinals to Lea Antonoplis and Barbara Gerken.

Gigi Fernández and Betsy Nagelsen won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Antonoplis and Gerken.

Seeds

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

1. Betsy Nagelsen / Elizabeth Smylie (Quarterfinals)
2. Gigi Fernández / Robin White (Champions)
3. Leila Meskhi / Svetlana Parkhomenko (Semifinals)
4. Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (Semifinals)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	B Nagelsen E Smylie	6	6
		E Iida A Nishiya	2	3				1	B Nagelsen E Smylie	3	6
		L Antonoplis B Gerken	6	6					L Antonoplis B Gerken	6	7
		A Minter M Van Nostrand	4	2												L Antonoplis B Gerken	6	7
	3	L Meskhi S Parkhomenko	6	6											3	L Meskhi S Parkhomenko	3	5
		A Devries S Meier	2	0				3	L Meskhi S Parkohomenko	6	6
		S Schilder H Witvoet	6	6					S Schilder H Witvoet	1	3
		J Jonerup C Lindqvist	3	4																			Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken	1	4
		J Salmon B Schultz	7	6	7																	2	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6	6
		K Okamoto N Sato	6	7	6				J Salmon B Schultz	3	2
		A Kijimuta P Moreno	4	1				4	L Savchenko N Zvereva	6	6
	4	L Savchenko N Zvereva	6	6											4	L Savchenko N Zvereva	6	6	5
		P Fendick A Henricksson	6	2	3										2	G Fernández R White	7	1	7
		B Cordwell J Richardson	2	6	6				B Cordwell J Richardson	6	6	4
		N Bykova N Medvedeva	2	1				2	G Fernández R White	4	7	6
	2	G Fernández R White	6	6

References

• 1988 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships Women's Doubles Draw