1988 Singapore Open – Doubles (women's tennis)

1988 Singapore Open
1987 Champions   United States Anna-Maria Fernandez
New Zealand Julie Richardson
Champions   Soviet Union Natalia Bykova
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva
Runners-up   Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Final score   76, 63
Events
Singles   Doubles

Anna-Maria Fernandez and Julie Richardson were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Natalia Bykova and Natalia Medvedeva won in the final 76, 63 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top three seeded teams received a bye into the quarterfinals.

  1. Soviet Union Leila Meskhi / Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva (Final)
  2. Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva (Quarterfinals)
  3. Australia Jenny Byrne / Australia Michelle Jaggard (Quarterfinals)
  4. United States Lea Antonoplis / United States Barbara Gerken (First Round)

Draw

Key

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
 
    1  Soviet Union L Meskhi
 Soviet Union S Parkhomenko
6 7    
   United States S Mascarin
 United Kingdom C Wood
6 6          United States S Mascarin
 United Kingdom C Wood
1 5    
   Australia D Balestrat
 Belgium A Devries
0 1         1  Soviet Union L Meskhi
 Soviet Union S Parkhomenko
6 6    
         Australia A Minter
 United States M Van Nostrand
2 4    
    3  Australia J Byrne
 Australia M Jaggard
6 5 3
   Australia A Minter
 United States M Van Nostrand
6 6          Australia A Minter
 United States M Van Nostrand
2 7 6  
   Hong Kong P Moreno
 Japan A Nishiya
3 2         1  Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
 Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
6 3  
   West Germany K Duell
 New Zealand R Seeman
3 0            Soviet Union Natalia Bykova
 Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva
7 6  
   Soviet Union N Bykova
 Soviet Union N Medvedeva
6 6          Soviet Union N Bykova
 Soviet Union N Medvedeva
6 6    
   Netherlands C Bakkum
 Netherlands S Schilder
6 6          Netherlands C Bakkum
 Netherlands S Schilder
2 1    
4  United States L Antonoplis
 United States B Gerken
3 2            Soviet Union N Bykova
 Soviet Union N Medvedeva
2 6 7
   Japan E Okagawa
 Japan K Okamoto
5 6 6          Japan E Okagawa
 Japan K Okamoto
6 2 5  
   United Kingdom M Javer
 United Kingdom S Loosemore
7 4 3        Japan E Okagawa
 Japan K Okamoto
w/o    
    2  Soviet Union L Savchenko
 Soviet Union N Zvereva
       
 

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