| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Virginia Slims of New Orleans | |
| 1987 Champions |  Zina Garrison Lori McNeil |
| Champions | Beth Herr Candy Reynolds |
| Runners-up | Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen |
| Final score | 6–4, 6–4 |
Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year with Betsy Nagelsen.
McNeil and Nagelsen lost in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Beth Herr and Candy Reynolds.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Gigi Fernández / Robin White (quarterfinals) Lori McNeil / Betsy Nagelsen (final) Elise Burgin / 
Rosalyn Fairbank (semifinals)
Jenny Byrne / Janine Tremelling (quarterfinals)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M L Daniels P Louie-Harper | 4 | 3 | 1 | G Fernández R White | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Lindström  M Paz | 1 | 1 | T Austin S Rehe | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Austin S Rehe | 6 | 6 | T Austin S Rehe | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 2 | 6 | B Herr C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Henricksson A Smith | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 2 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Gregory R Reis | 4 | 5 | B Herr C Reynolds | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Herr C Reynolds | 6 | 7 | Beth Herr Candy Reynolds | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| H Ludloff C MacGregor | 6 | 7 | 2 | Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Bowes P Smith | 2 | 5 | H Ludloff C MacGregor | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Antonoplis T Collins | 2 | 5 | 3 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 6 | 7 | 3 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Leand K Rinaldi | 1 | 4 | 2 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L Allen  I Kuczyńska | 6 | 6 | L Allen I Kuczyńska | 77 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Magers M Werdel | 2 | 1 | 2 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 65 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L McNeil B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.
Lori McNeil was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Betsy Nagelsen.
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.
Christiane Jolissaint and Dianne van Rensburg were the defending champions but only van Rensburg competed that year with Belinda Cordwell.
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 they competed with different partners that year, Garrison with Pam Shriver and McNeil with Betsy Nagelsen.
Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 against Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank.
Kathy Jordan and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Martina Navratilova and Emilio Sánchez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland and Natasha Zvereva were the two-time defending champions and successfully defended their title by defeating Lise Gregory and Gretchen Magers, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.