1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 against Gigi Fernández and Robin White.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

• # 🇺🇸 Penny Barg / 🇺🇸 Elise Burgin (semifinals)

• # Lise Gregory / 🇺🇸 Ronni Reis (quarterfinals)

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