1988 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1988 Family Circle Cup
1987 Champions	Mercedes Paz Eva Pfaff
Champions	Lori McNeil Martina Navratilova
Runners-up	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Gabriela Sabatini
Final score	6–2, 2–6, 6–3

Mercedes Paz and Eva Pfaff were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Paz with Mary-Lou Daniels and Pfaff with Zina Garrison.

Daniels and Paz lost in the second round to Bettina Fulco and Emilse Rapponi-Longo.

Garrison and Pfaff lost in the semifinals to Lori McNeil and Martina Navratilova.

McNeil and Navratilova won in the final 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Gabriela Sabatini.

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. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Gabriela Sabatini (Final)
2. Lori McNeil / Martina Navratilova (Champions)
3. Zina Garrison / Eva Pfaff (Semifinals)
4. Mary-Lou Daniels / Mercedes Paz (Second Round)
5. Katrina Adams / Penny Barg (First Round)
6. Candy Reynolds / Paula Smith (Second Round)
7. Katerina Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva (First Round)
8. Cammy MacGregor / Cynthia MacGregor (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

Final
1	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Gabriela Sabatini	2	6	3
2	Lori McNeil   Martina Navratilova	6	2	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	C Kohde-Kilsch   G Sabatini	6	7
	G Mosca   A Villagrán	2	0					G Magers   W White	1	6
	G Magers   W White	6	6											1	C Kohde-Kilsch   G Sabatini	7	6
	E Hakami   K Schimper	5	7	1											L Garrone   E Reinach	5	1
	L Garrone   E Reinach	7	6	6				L Garrone   E Reinach	7	6	7
	A Holikova   M Torres	1	2				6	C Reynolds   P Smith	6	7	6
6	C Reynolds   P Smith	6	6																		1	C Kohde-Kilsch   G Sabatini	6	6
																						B Fulco   E Rapponi-Longo	1	2
							4	M L Daniels   M Paz	4	3
	B Fulco   E Rapponi-Longo	6	6	6				B Fulco   E Rapponi-Longo	6	6
	V Nelson-Dunbar   K Steinmetz	2	7	1											B Fulco   E Rapponi-Longo	6	7
	W Probst   P Tarabini	1	6												C Benjamin   H Na	4	6
	M J Fernández   H Kelesi	6	7					M J Fernández   H Kelesi
	C Benjamin   H Na	7	6					C Benjamin   H Na	w/o
8	Ca MacGregor   Cy MacGregor	6	4

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	K Maleeva   M Maleeva	3	4
	I Budařová   J Kaplan	6	6					I Budařová   J Kaplan	2	2
	K Horvath   D van Rensburg	6	1	7				K Horvath   D van Rensburg	6	6
	T Phelps   R Reggi	2	6	6											K Horvath   D van Rensburg	2	1
	D-A Hansel   W Wood	6	0	2										3	Z Garrison   E Pfaff	6	6
	B Bowes   S Collins	2	6	6				B Bowes   S Collins	3	6	2
							3	Z Garrison   E Pfaff	6	4	6
																					3	Z Garrison   E Pfaff	3	4
5	K Adams   P Barg	5	6	6																	2	L McNeil   M Navratilova	6	6
	A Betzner   J Wiesner	7	2	7				A Betzner   J Wiesner	2	5
	R Casals   J Russell	6	7	4				S Cecchini   S Goleš	6	7
	S Cecchini   S Goleš	7	5	6											S Cecchini   S Goleš	2	3
	I Cueto   A Sánchez	6	6											2	L McNeil   M Navratilova	6	6
	L Barnard   M de Swardt	3	2					I Cueto   A Sánchez	5	6	6
							2	L McNeil   M Navratilova	7	3	7

External links

• 1988 Family Circle Cup Doubles Draw