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1988 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1988 Virginia Slims Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Runners-upSoviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw8
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Two-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1988 Virginia Slims Championships. It was Navratilova's eleventh Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's eighth.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinals.

  1. United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver (champions)
  2. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (semifinals)
  3. West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
  4. United States Gigi Fernández / United States Robin White (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 6 6  
  3 1  
1 w/o    
3      
3 6 6  
  3 1  
1 6 6  
  3 4  
  3 6 6
4 6 3 1
  3 6 7
2 6 4 5
  4 2  
2 6 6  
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