1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles

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Doubles
1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1987 Champions Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Patty Fendick
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of the United States.svg Robin White
Score7–6, 5–7, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

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Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 against Gigi Fernández and Robin White.

Seeds

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.

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil / Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Eva Pfaff / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie (second round)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison (second round)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of the United States.svg Robin White (final)
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull (semifinals)
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Penny Barg / Flag of the United States.svg Elise Burgin (semifinals)
  7. Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Lise Gregory / Flag of the United States.svg Ronni Reis (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jo Durie / Flag of the United States.svg Sharon Walsh-Pete (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
4
6 74
 
75 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
66 
 
67  
1 1  
 
4 5  1
0 2  
 
66 6
66 
 
4 2   
65 1
 
1 1  6
4 76
6
66 6
63 3
4
1 66
4
62 7
 
64 6 
4 66
 
3 64 4
66 
 
2 2  8
2 1  
 
66  
0 70
 
2 4  8
66 6
8
66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5
66 
 
2 2  5
66 
 
0 0   
4 4  
 
66 5
76 
 
67  
6 2  
 
1 6   
66 
3
4 3  
5
64 1
7
66  
0 66
 
2 4  7
66 
 
76  
0 2  
 
5 4  7
5 66
 
77  
72 7
 
5 6   
67 
2
3 6  

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Defending champion Martina Navratilova and her partner Gigi Fernández defeated Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1990 US Open. It was Navratilova's ninth US Open women's doubles title and 31st and final major women's doubles title overall, the latter an all-time record. Novotná and Suková were attempting to achieve the Grand Slam.

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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.

Gigi Fernández and Robin White were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini.

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Pam Shriver and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions for the women's doubles. In 1992, they competed with different partners, Shriver with Martina Navratilova and Zvereva with Gigi Fernández.

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