1988 New South Wales Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1988 New South Wales Open
1987 Champions	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie
Champions	Ann Henricksson Christiane Jolissaint
Runners-up	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
Final score	7–6, 4–6, 6–3

Betsy Nagelsen and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Nagelsen with Lori McNeil and Smylie with Jana Novotná.

McNeil and Nagelsen lost in the quarterfinals to Catherine Suire and Catherine Tanvier.

Novotná and Smylie lost in the semifinals to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.

Ann Henricksson and Christiane Jolissaint won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 against Kohde-Kilsch and Suková.

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.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Helena Suková	6	6	3
	Ann Henricksson   Christiane Jolissaint	7	4	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	C Kohde-Kilsch   H Suková	7	6
	J-A Faull   R McQuillan	2	6					L Antonoplis   A Minter	5	3
	L Antonoplis   A Minter	6	7											1	C Kohde-Kilsch   H Suková	6	6
	A M Fernandez   L Field	2	2											8	J Durie   S Walsh-Pete	2	2
	C Benjamin   M Jaggard	6	6					C Benjamin   M Jaggard	6	0
	B Cordwell   J Richardson	3	5				8	J Durie   S Walsh-Pete	7	6
8	J Durie   S Walsh-Pete	6	7																		1	C Kohde-Kilsch   H Suková	6	7
																					3	J Novotná   E Smylie	3	6
							3	J Novotná   E Smylie	6	6
	J Salmon   M Yanagi	6	3	1				D-A Hansel   P Smith	3	3
	D-A Hansel   P Smith	3	6	6										3	J Novotná   E Smylie	6	6
	A Scott   W Wood	4	4												C Bakkum   H Witvoet	2	3
	C Bakkum   H Witvoet	6	6					C Bakkum   H Witvoet	7	6
	H Ludloff   E Minter	6	7					H Ludloff   E Minter	6	2
5	R Fairbank   C Reynolds	3	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	J Byrne   J Tremelling	4	6	3
	A Henricksson   C Jolissaint	6	3	6				A Henricksson   C Jolissaint	6	6
	N Jagerman   J Kaplan	6	7					N Jagerman   J Kaplan	1	2
	M Bollegraf   S Collins	2	6												A Henricksson   C Jolissaint	6	6
	C Lindqvist   M Lindström	6	7												C Lindqvist   M Lindström	2	2
	Ca MacGregor   Cy MacGregor	4	5					C Lindqvist   M Lindström	6	7
							4	B Bunge   E Pfaff	3	6
																						A Henricksson   C Jolissaint	4	6	7
7	C Suire   C Tanvier	6	6																		7	C Suire   C Tanvier	6	4	6
	K Steinmetz   J Thomas	3	0				7	C Suire   C Tanvier	6	6	7
	P Fendick   J Hetherington	4	6	7				P Fendick   J Hetherington	1	7	6
	A Devries   E Krapl	6	3	6										7	C Suire   C Tanvier	7	5	6
	J Halard   P Paradis	6	6											2	L McNeil   B Nagelsen	5	7	4
	B Potter   K Radford	4	2					J Halard   P Paradis	3	6
							2	L McNeil   B Nagelsen	6	7

References

• 1988 New South Wales Open Women's Doubles Draw