1988 New South Wales Open – Women's doubles

August 2023 August 2023 August 2023 June 2020 1988 New South Wales Open s USA Betsy Nagelsen AUS Elizabeth Smylie USA Ann Henricksson SUI Christiane Jolissaint FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch CSK Helena Suková 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 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. McNeil and Nagelsen lost in the quarter-finals to Catherine Suire and Catherine Tanvier. Novotná and Smylie lost in the semi-finals to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková. Ann Henricksson and Christiane Jolissaint won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 against Kohde-Kilsch and Suková. 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. 30em FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / CSK Helena Suková (final) USA Lori McNeil / USA Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals) CSK Jana Novotná / AUS Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals) FRG Bettina Bunge / FRG Eva Pfaff (second round) RSA 1928 Rosalyn Fairbank / USA Candy Reynolds (first round) AUS Jenny Byrne / AUS Janine Tremelling (first round) FRA Catherine Suire / FRA Catherine Tanvier (semifinals) GBR Jo Durie / USA Sharon Walsh-Pete (quarterfinals) Draw Final 3 Final 1 FRG Claudia Kohde-KilschCSK Helena Suková 6 6 3   USA Ann HenrickssonSUI Christiane Jolissaint 7 4 6 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals   AUS J-A FaullAUS R McQuillan 2 6     USA L AntonoplisAUS A Minter 6 7     USA A M FernandezAUS L Field 2 2     USA C BenjaminAUS M Jaggard 6 6     NZL B CordwellNZL J Richardson 3 5   8 GBR J DurieUSA S Walsh-Pete 6 7     GBR J SalmonJPN M Yanagi 6 3 1   USA D-A HanselUSA P Smith 3 6 6   AUS A ScottUSA W Wood 4 4     NED C BakkumNED H Witvoet 6 6     USA H LudloffAUS E Minter 6 7   5 RSA 1928 R FairbankUSA C Reynolds 3 6   1 FRG C Kohde-KilschCSK H Suková 7 6     USA L AntonoplisAUS A Minter 5 3     USA C BenjaminAUS M Jaggard 6 0   8 GBR J DurieUSA S Walsh-Pete 7 6   3 CSK J NovotnáAUS E Smylie 6 6     USA D-A HanselUSA P Smith 3 3     NED C BakkumNED H Witvoet 7 6     USA H LudloffAUS E Minter 6 2   1 FRG C Kohde-KilschCSK H Suková 6 6   8 GBR J DurieUSA S Walsh-Pete 2 2   3 CSK J NovotnáAUS E Smylie 6 6     NED C BakkumNED H Witvoet 2 3   1 FRG C Kohde-KilschCSK H Suková 6 7   3 CSK J NovotnáAUS E Smylie 3 6   Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals 6 AUS J ByrneAUS J Tremelling 4 6 3   USA A HenrickssonSUI C Jolissaint 6 3 6   NED N JagermanUSA J Kaplan 6 7     NED M BollegrafUSA S Collins 2 6     SWE C LindqvistSWE M Lindström 6 7     USA Ca MacGregorUSA Cy MacGregor 4 5   7 FRA C SuireFRA C Tanvier 6 6     USA K SteinmetzUSA J Thomas 3 0     USA P FendickCAN J Hetherington 4 6 7   BEL A DevriesSUI E Krapl 6 3 6   FRA J HalardFRA P Paradis 6 6     AUS B PotterAUS K Radford 4 2     USA A HenrickssonSUI C Jolissaint 6 6     NED N JagermanUSA J Kaplan 1 2     SWE C LindqvistSWE M Lindström 6 7   4 FRG B BungeFRG E Pfaff 3 6   7 FRA C SuireFRA C Tanvier 6 6 7   USA P FendickCAN J Hetherington 1 7 6   FRA J HalardFRA P Paradis 3 6   2 USA L McNeilUSA B Nagelsen 6 7     USA A HenrickssonSUI C Jolissaint 6 6     SWE C LindqvistSWE M Lindström 2 2   7 FRA C SuireFRA C Tanvier 7 5 6 2 USA L McNeilUSA B Nagelsen 5 7 4   USA A HenrickssonSUI C Jolissaint 4 6 7 7 FRA C SuireFRA C Tanvier 6 4 6 References 1988 New South Wales Open Women's Doubles Draw Women's Doubles Doubles