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and Rosalyn Fairbank were the defending champions but only Fairbank competed that year with Wendy Turnbull. Fairbank and Turnbull lost in the quarterfinals to Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling.

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and

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won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 against Gabriela Sabatini and

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Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. #

(champions) # Gabriela Sabatini /

''(final)'' # Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva ''(semifinals)'' # Rosalyn Fairbank / Wendy Turnbull ''(quarterfinals)''

Draw

References

1988 Virginia Slims of New England Doubles Draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doubles Virginia Slims of New England 1988 WTA Tour