2008 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy chose not to participate, and only Santangelo competed that year.

Santangelo partnered with Alicia Molik, but lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska.

Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–2, against Iveta Benešová and Janette Husárová.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # Cara Black / 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)

• # Katarina Srebotnik / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik / 🇮🇹 Mara Santangelo (second round)

• # Chan Yung-jan /  Chuang Chia-jung (champions)

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond / 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (second round)

• # 🇺🇦 Alona Bondarenko / 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina / 🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay (withdrew due to a low back injury for Safina)

• # 🇨🇳 Yan Zi / 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (second round)