| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champions |  Gigi Fernández Robin White |
| Runners-up | Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken |
| Final score | 6–1, 6–4 |
Kathy Jordan and Betsy Nagelsen were the defending champions but only Nagelsen competed that year with Elizabeth Smylie.
Nagelsen and Smylie lost in the quarterfinals to Lea Antonoplis and Barbara Gerken.
Gigi Fernández and Betsy Nagelsen won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Antonoplis and Gerken.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Betsy Nagelsen / 
Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals) Gigi Fernández / Robin White (champions)
Leila Meskhi / Svetlana Parkhomenko (semifinals) Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | B Nagelsen E Smylie | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Iida A Nishiya | 2 | 3 | 1 | B Nagelsen E Smylie | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Antonoplis B Gerken | 6 | 6 | L Antonoplis B Gerken | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Minter M Van Nostrand | 4 | 2 | L Antonoplis B Gerken | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Meskhi S Parkhomenko | 6 | 6 | 3 | L Meskhi S Parkhomenko | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Devries  S Meier | 2 | 0 | 3 | L Meskhi S Parkohomenko | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Schilder H Witvoet | 6 | 6 | S Schilder H Witvoet | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Jonerup C Lindqvist | 3 | 4 | Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Salmon B Schultz | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | Gigi Fernández Robin White | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Okamoto N Sato | 6 | 7 | 6 | J Salmon B Schultz | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Kijimuta  P Moreno | 4 | 1 | 4 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | 4 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Fendick A Henricksson | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | G Fernández R White | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
 B Cordwell J Richardson | 2 | 6 | 6 | B Cordwell J Richardson | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Bykova N Medvedeva | 2 | 1 | 2 | G Fernández R White | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko.
Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Mandlíková with Jana Novotná and Turnbull with Elizabeth Smylie.
Betsy Nagelsen and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Nagelsen with Lori McNeil and Smylie with Jana Novotná.
Betsy Nagelsen and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
Betsy Nagelsen and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire were the defending champions but only Suire competed that year with Raffaella Reggi.
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.
Gigi Fernández and Robin White were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Gretchen Magers and Robin White.
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 only McNeil competed that year with Betsy Nagelsen.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Mima Jaušovec and Kathy Jordan.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 against Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie defeated the four-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.
Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Navratilova could not compete this year due to a flu. Fernández teamed up with Robin White and lost in the semifinals to Chris Evert Lloyd and Wendy Turnbull.