1988 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

1988 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships s USA Gigi Fernández USA Robin White USA Lea Antonoplis USA Barbara Gerken 6–1, 6–4 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open Kathy Jordan and Betsy Nagelsen were the defending champions but only Nagelsen competed that year with Elizabeth Smylie. Nagelsen and Smylie lost in the quarterfinals to Lea Antonoplis and Barbara Gerken. Gigi Fernández and Betsy Nagelsen won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Antonoplis and Gerken. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. USA Betsy Nagelsen / AUS Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals) USA Gigi Fernández / USA Robin White (champions) URS Leila Meskhi / URS Svetlana Parkhomenko (semifinals) URS Larisa Savchenko / URS Natasha Zvereva (semifinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 USA B NagelsenAUS E Smylie 6 6     JPN E IidaJPN A Nishiya 2 3     USA L AntonoplisUSA B Gerken 6 6     AUS A MinterUSA M Van Nostrand 4 2   3 URS L MeskhiURS S Parkhomenko 6 6     BEL A DevriesFRG S Meier 2 0     NED S SchilderNED H Witvoet 6 6     SWE J JonerupSWE C Lindqvist 3 4     GBR J SalmonNED B Schultz 7 6 7   JPN K OkamotoJPN N Sato 6 7 6   JPN A KijimutaHKG 1959 P Moreno 4 1   4 URS L SavchenkoURS N Zvereva 6 6     USA P FendickUSA A Henricksson 6 2 3   NZL B CordwellNZL J Richardson 2 6 6   URS N BykovaURS N Medvedeva 2 1   2 USA G FernándezUSA R White 6 6   1 USA B NagelsenAUS E Smylie 3 6     USA L AntonoplisUSA B Gerken 6 7   3 URS L MeskhiURS S Parkohomenko 6 6     NED S SchilderNED H Witvoet 1 3     GBR J SalmonNED B Schultz 3 2   4 URS L SavchenkoURS N Zvereva 6 6     NZL B CordwellNZL J Richardson 6 6 4 2 USA G FernándezUSA R White 4 7 6   USA L AntonoplisUSA B Gerken 6 7   3 URS L MeskhiURS S Parkhomenko 3 5   4 URS L SavchenkoURS N Zvereva 6 6 5 2 USA G FernándezUSA R White 7 1 7   USA Lea AntonoplisUSA Barbara Gerken 1 4   2 USA Gigi FernándezUSA Robin White 6 6   References 1988 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships Women's Doubles Draw Doubles