Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Mandlíková with Jana Novotná and Turnbull with Elizabeth Smylie.
Mandlíková and Novotná lost in the quarterfinals to Jo Durie and Sharon Walsh-Pete.
Smylie and Turnbull lost in the semifinals to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.
Betsy Nagelsen and Pam Shriver won in the final 2–6, 7–5, 6–2 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
Final
Top half
Bottom half
References 1988 Ariadne Classic Doubles Draw