| | Event type
Doubles, Women
| Date | 24 – 30 September 1988 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Te-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul | |
| Participants | 28 from 14 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
Pam Shriver was one the great doubles players ever, though she was best known for her success partnering Martina Navratilova to 21 Grand Slam doubles titles. Shriver also won three Grand Slam doubles titles with other partners. Zina Garrison was also a top doubles player, winning 20 titles on the ladies’ tour, and three Grand Slam mixed doubles, but this would be her only championship with Shriver. In the final, they faced the Czech pair of Jana Novotná and Helena Suková, and the match went into a long third set, the Americans prevailing, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.
| Pos | Nr | Player | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Pam Shriver / Zina Garrison |  USA | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Jana Novotná / Helena Suková |  TCH | Silver | ||
| =3 | – | Liz Smylie / Wendy Turnbull |  AUS | Bronze | ||
| =3 | – | Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch |  FRG | Bronze | ||
| =5 | – | Nathalie Tauziat / Isabelle Demongeot |  FRA | |||
| =5 | – | Larisa Savčenko / Natasha Zverava |  URS | |||
| =5 | – | Etsuko Inoue / Kumiko Okamoto |  JPN | |||
| =5 | – | Carling Bassett-Seguso / Jill Hetherington |  CAN | |||
| =9 | – | Sara Gomer / Clare Wood |  GBR | |||
| =9 | – | Xóchitl Escobedo / Claudia Hernández |  MEX | |||
| =9 | – | Manuela Maleeva / Katerina Maleeva |  BUL | |||
| =9 | – | Sandra Cecchini / Raffaella Reggi |  ITA | |||
| =9 | – | Kim Il-Sun / Lee Jeong-Myeong |  KOR | |||
| =9 | – | Gabriela Sabatini / Mercedes Paz |  ARG |
Round One (24 September 1988)
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
| Match #1 | Pam Shriver / Zina Garrison | USA | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | Nathalie Tauziat / Isabelle Demongeot | FRA | Sara Gomer / Clare Wood | GBR | 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 | ||
| Match #3 | Larisa Savčenko / Natasha Zverava | URS | Xóchitl Escobedo / Claudia Hernández | MEX | 6-2, 6-1 | ||
| Match #4 | Liz Smylie / Wendy Turnbull | AUS | Katerina Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva | BUL | 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 | ||
| Match #5 | Etsuko Inoue / Kumiko Okamoto | JPN | Sandra Cecchini / Raffaella Reggi | ITA | 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 8-6 | ||
| Match #6 | Jana Novotná / Helena Suková | TCH | Kim Il-Sun / Lee Jeong-Myeong | KOR | 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) | ||
| Match #7 | Carling Bassett-Seguso / Jill Hetherington | CAN | Gabriela Sabatini / Mercedes Paz | ARG | 7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 20-18 | ||
| Match #8 | Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | FRG | bye |
Quarter-Finals (26 September 1988)
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
| Match #1 | Pam Shriver / Zina Garrison | USA | Nathalie Tauziat / Isabelle Demongeot | FRA | 7-5, 6-2 | ||
| Match #2 | Liz Smylie / Wendy Turnbull | AUS | Larisa Savčenko / Natasha Zverava | URS | 6-3, 6-2 | ||
| Match #3 | Jana Novotná / Helena Suková | TCH | Etsuko Inoue / Kumiko Okamoto | JPN | 6-3, 6-2 | ||
| Match #4 | Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | FRG | Carling Bassett-Seguso / Jill Hetherington | CAN | 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 |
Semi-Finals (28 September 1988)
Winner of each match advanced to the final.
| Match #1 | Pam Shriver / Zina Garrison | USA | Liz Smylie / Wendy Turnbull | AUS | 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 | ||
| Match #2 | Jana Novotná / Helena Suková | TCH | Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | FRG | 7-5, 6-3 |
Final Round (30 September 1988 — 14:36)
| Match 1/2 | Pam Shriver / Zina Garrison | USA | Jana Novotná / Helena Suková | TCH | 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 |