1988 Virginia Slims of New England – Doubles

Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank were the defending champions but only Fairbank competed that year with Wendy Turnbull.

Doubles
1988 Virginia Slims of New England
1987 ChampionsUnited States Elise Burgin
South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
Final
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Runners-upArgentina Gabriela Sabatini
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Score6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1987 · Virginia Slims of New England · 1989 →

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

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

  1.   Martina Navratilova /   Pam Shriver (champions)
  2.   Gabriela Sabatini /   Helena Suková (final)
  3.   Larisa Savchenko /   Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
  4.   Rosalyn Fairbank /   Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)

Draw

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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  

References

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