| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 European Indoors | |
| Champions |  Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat |
| Runners-up |  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Helena Suková |
| Final score | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Nathalie Herreman and Pascale Paradis were the defending champions but only Herreman competed that year with Sophie Amiach.
Amiach and Herreman lost in the quarterfinals to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.
Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Kohde-Kilsch and Suková.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (final) Jana Novotná / Catherine Suire (semifinals) Isabelle Demongeot / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
Belinda Cordwell / 
Dianne van Rensburg (quarterfinals)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S Frankl  H Sprung | 1 | 1 | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
I Budařová  E Krapl | 1 | 2 | S Amiach N Herreman | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Amiach N Herreman | 6 | 6 | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | B Cordwell D van Rensburg | 6 | 4 | 6 |  T Austin P Shriver | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
 K Kschwendt S Meier | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | B Cordwell D van Rensburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Austin P Shriver | 6 | 6 | T Austin P Shriver | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Betzner W Probst | 1 | 2 | 1 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 R Reggi E Reinach | 6 | 6 | 3 | Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Langrová J Pospíšilová | 2 | 3 | R Reggi E Reinach | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Paulus C Porwik | 0 | 3 | 3 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | 3 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 5 | 4 | 2 | J Novotná C Suire | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 C Lindqvist M Strandlund | 7 | 6 | C Lindqvist M Strandlund | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Auer H Thoms | 4 | 3 | 2 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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