1988 US Open – Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.

Fernández and White won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington.

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

• # 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova / 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver (semifinals)

• # Steffi Graf / 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)

• # Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil / 🇺🇸 Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)

• # Larisa Savchenko /  Natasha Zvereva (second round)

• # Eva Pfaff / 🇦🇺 Elizabeth Smylie (first round)

• # Jana Novotná / 🇫🇷 Catherine Suire (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández / 🇺🇸 Robin White (champions)

• # 🇺🇸 Katrina Adams / 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Chris Evert / 🇦🇺 Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Penny Barg / 🇺🇸 Elise Burgin (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Patty Fendick / 🇨🇦 Jill Hetherington (final)

• # 🇸🇪 Catarina Lindqvist / Tine Scheuer-Larsen (third round)

• # Natalia Bykova /  Leila Meskhi (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Isabelle Demongeot / 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (first round)

• # 🇬🇧 Jo Durie / 🇺🇸 Sharon Walsh-Pete (second round)