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| 1988 Virginia Slims of Florida | |
| 1987 Champions |  Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko |
| Champions |  Katrina Adams Zina Garrison |
| Runners-up |  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Helena Suková |
| Final score | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.
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.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (final) Betsy Nagelsen / Pam Shriver (semifinals)
Hana Mandlíková / Jana Novotná (second round) Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull (second round)
Catarina Lindqvist / 
Tine Scheuer-Larsen (quarterfinals)
Catherine Suire / Catherine Tanvier (second round)
Jo Durie / Sharon Walsh-Pete (quarterfinals) Peanut Harper / Heather Ludloff (first round)| Final | ||||||
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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.
Zina Garrison was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
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.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Helena Suková.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 against Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.
Helena Suková was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Pascale Paradis.
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.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Nathalie Herreman and Pascale Paradis were the defending champions but only Herreman competed that year with Sophie Amiach.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.
Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Bettina Bunge and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.
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.
Two-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1984 Australian Open. With the win, they became the third and fourth women in history to complete a Grand Slam in women's doubles.
Three-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1985 Australian Open.
There was no women's tournament held in the previous year. Sandra Cecchini and Raffaella Reggi were the champions in the 1985 edition. Both players competed this year with different partners. Cecchini teamed up with Sabrina Goleš and lost in the second round to tournament runners-up Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková, while Reggi teamed up with Anne White and lost in the first round to Virginia Ruzici and Catherine Tanvier.
