1988 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Virginia Slims Championships | |
| 1987 Champions |  Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
| Champions | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
| Runners-up |  Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 6–3, 6–4 |
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinals.
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (Champions)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / 
Helena Suková (Semifinals)- Steffi Graf /
Gabriela Sabatini (Semifinals) - Gigi Fernández / Robin White (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
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Gigi Fernández Robin White
| 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva
| 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
| 6 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||