| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Bausch & Lomb Championships | |
| Champions |  Zina Garrison  Eva Pfaff |
| Runners-up | Katrina Adams Penny Barg |
| Score | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
| Draw | 28 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Zina Garrison and Eva Pfaff won in the final 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 against Katrina Adams and Penny Barg.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Zina Garrison / Eva Pfaff (champions)
Jana Novotná / 
Catherine Suire (second round) Gretchen Magers / Candy Reynolds (second round) Katrina Adams / Penny Barg (final) Mary Lou Daniels / Anna-Maria Fernandez (first round)
Mercedes Paz / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) Beverly Bowes / Sandy Collins (second round) Kathleen Horvath / 
Dianne Van Rensburg (quarterfinals)| Final | ||||||
| 1 | Zina Garrison Eva Pfaff | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 4 | Katrina Adams Penny Barg | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Z Garrison E Pfaff | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Holíková M Torres | 4 | 6 | 1 | A Betzner  J Wiesner | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Betzner J Wiesner | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Z Garrison E Pfaff | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Galphin J Thomas | 6 | 6 | H Cioffi S Stafford | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D-A Hansel W Wood | 2 | 4 | E Galphin J Thomas | 7 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Cioffi S Stafford | 7 | 6 | H Cioffi S Stafford | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | M L Daniels A M Fernandez | 6 | 1 | 1 | Z Garrison E Pfaff | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E Hakami K Schimper | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G Magers C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Hakami K Schimper | 6 | 7 | E Hakami K Schimper | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Cecchini  S Goleš | 3 | 6 | E Hakami K Schimper | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Hetherington K Rinaldi | 3 | 3 | B Fulco E Raponi-Longo | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Fulco E Raponi-Longo | 6 | 6 | B Fulco E Raponi-Longo | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D Farrell  R Viollet | 1 | 0 | 7 | B Bowes S Collins | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | B Bowes S Collins | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | K Horvath D Van Rensburg | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Budařová J Kaplan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | K Horvath D van Rensburg | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M J Fernández H Kelesi | 6 | 4 | 6 | M J Fernández H Kelesi | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
P Casale  T Zambrzycki | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | K Horvath D van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Garrone G Mosca | 3 | 3 | 4 | K Adams P Barg | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Benjamin H Na | 6 | 6 | C Benjamin H Na | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | K Adams P Barg | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | K Adams P Barg | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | M Paz P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | 6 | L Gregory R Reis | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
I Cueto  A Sánchez | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | M Paz P Tarabini | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 E Krapl  S Wasserman | 6 | 6 | 6 | E Krapl S Wasserman | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Steinmetz T Whittington | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | M Paz P Tarabini | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Lindström W Probst | 0 | 6 | 2 | L Gregory R Reis | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Gregory R Reis | 6 | 2 | 6 | L Gregory R Reis | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Chris Evert and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Mercedes Paz and Eva Pfaff were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Paz with Mary Lou Daniels and Pfaff with Zina Garrison.
Kathy Jordan and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only Navratilova competed that year with Lori McNeil.
Zina Garrison-Jackson and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions but only Garrison-Jackson competed that year with Katrina Adams.
Katrina Adams and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Adams with Zina Garrison-Jackson and Bollegraf with Martina Navratilova.
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.
Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Parkhomenko with Leila Meskhi and Savchenko with Natasha Zvereva.
Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison were the defending champions of the doubles event but lost in the quarterfinals of the 1989 Virginia Slims of Florida tennis tournament to Manon Bollegraf and Eva Pfaff.
Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but only Sabatini competed that year with Betsy Nagelsen.
Zina Garrison and Eva Pfaff were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Gigi Fernández and Lori McNeil.
Eva Pfaff and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Pfaff with Manon Bollegraf and Smylie with Wendy Turnbull.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Garrison with Pam Shriver and McNeil with Betsy Nagelsen.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
Six-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1989 Australian Open.
Lori McNeil and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year. She competed with Rennae Stubbs but lost in the second round to Catherine Barclay and Kerry-Anne Guse.
Seventh-seeded sisters Katerina Maleeva and Manuela Maleeva claimed the title by defeating third-seeds Penny Barg and Paula Smith in the final.