1988 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

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.

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

Daniels and Paz lost in the second round to Bettina Fulco and Emilse Raponi-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
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• 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 Holíková 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 Raponi-Longo	1	2
								4	M L Daniels M Paz	4	3
		B Fulco E Raponi-Longo	6	6	6				B Fulco E Raponi-Longo	6	6
		V Nelson-Dunbar K Steinmetz	2	7	1											B Fulco E Raponi-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

• ITF tournament edition details