1988 New South Wales Open – 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
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

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.

Contents

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.

  1. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (Final)
  2. Lori McNeil / Betsy Nagelsen (Quarterfinals)
  3. Jana Novotná / Elizabeth Smylie (Semifinals)
  4. Bettina Bunge / Eva Pfaff (Second Round)
  1. Rosalyn Fairbank / Candy Reynolds (First Round)
  2. Jenny Byrne / Janine Tremelling (First Round)
  3. Catherine Suire / Catherine Tanvier (Semifinals)
  4. Jo Durie / Sharon Walsh-Pete (Quarterfinals)

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    
 

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