1988 Singapore Open – Doubles (women's tennis)

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Doubles (women's tennis)
1988 Singapore Open
1987 Champions Flag of the United States.svg Anna-Maria Fernandez
Flag of New Zealand.svg Julie Richardson
Final
Champions Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bykova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Medvedeva
Runners-up Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leila Meskhi
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Svetlana Parkhomenko
Score7–6, 6–3
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
  1987  · Singapore Open ·  1989  

Anna-Maria Fernandez and Julie Richardson were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Contents

Natalia Bykova and Natalia Medvedeva won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top three seeded teams received a bye into the quarterfinals.

  1. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leila Meskhi / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Medvedeva (final)
  2. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jenny Byrne / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michelle Jaggard (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Lea Antonoplis / Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Gerken (first round)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 67 
 66  1 5  
 0 1  1 66 
 2 4  
3 65 3
 66  2 76
 3 2  1 6 3  
 3 0   76 
 66  66 
 66  2 1  
4 3 2   2 67
 5 66 62 5
 74 3  w/o  
2    

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