1988 WTA German Open – Doubles

1988 WTA German Open
1987 Champions   West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Champions   France Isabelle Demongeot
France Nathalie Tauziat
Runners-up   West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Final score   62, 46, 64
Events
Singles   Doubles

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the final 62, 46, 64 against Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.

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. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (Final)
  2. Australia Hana Mandlíková / West Germany Eva Pfaff (Second Round)
  3. Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Argentina Mercedes Paz (Quarterfinals)
  4. Netherlands Manon Bollegraf / Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen (Quarterfinals)
  5. France Isabelle Demongeot / France Nathalie Tauziat (Champions)
  6. Australia Jenny Byrne / Australia Janine Tremelling (Quarterfinals)
  7. United States Kathleen Horvath / South Africa Dianne Van Rensburg (Semifinals)
  8. United Kingdom Jo Durie / Australia Nicole Provis (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
         
1  West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
2 6 4
5  France Isabelle Demongeot
 France Nathalie Tauziat
6 4 6

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  West Germany C Kohde-Kilsch
 Czechoslovakia H Suková
6 6    
   Czechoslovakia I Budařová
 Australia L Field
6 6          Czechoslovakia I Budařová
 Australia L Field
1 3    
   United States L Spadea
 Brazil A Vieira
3 2         1  West Germany C Kohde-Kilsch
 Czechoslovakia H Suková
6 6    
   Argentina A Villagran
 Netherlands H Witvoet
6 6         6  Australia J Byrne
 Australia J Tremelling
3 2    
   West Germany S Meier
 West Germany W Probst
4 4          Argentina A Villagran
 Netherlands H Witvoet
5 1  
   West Germany K Duell
 West Germany S Menning
2 3       6  Australia J Byrne
 Australia J Tremelling
7 6    
6  Australia J Byrne
 Australia J Tremelling
6 6         1  West Germany C Kohde-Kilsch
 Czechoslovakia H Suková
6 6  
      8  United Kingdom J Durie
 Australia N Provis
2 1  
    4  Netherlands M Bollegraf
 Denmark T Scheuer-Larsen
6 6    
   West Germany I Cueto
 Spain A Sánchez
6 6          West Germany I Cueto
 Spain A Sánchez
2 2    
   West Germany V Martinek
 Austria H Sprung
2 4         4  Netherlands M Bollegraf
 Denmark T Scheuer-Larsen
1 7 4
   West Germany A Betzner
 West Germany C Porwik
6 6         8  United Kingdom J Durie
 Australia N Provis
6 5 6  
   United States J Blackstad
 Austria B Paulus
2 1          West Germany A Betzner
 West Germany C Porwik
4 6  
   Brazil L Corsato
 Brazil G Faria
5 5       8  United Kingdom J Durie
 Australia N Provis
6 7    
8  United Kingdom J Durie
 Australia N Provis
7 7    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
7  United States K Horvath
 South Africa D van Rensburg
6 6    
   Argentina B Fulco
 United States E Rapponi-Longo
2 4       7  United States K Horvath
 South Africa D van Rensburg
6 4 6  
   United States B Bowes
 United States J Smoller
2 3          France J Halard
 France P Paradis
3 6 2  
   France J Halard
 France P Paradis
6 6         7  United States K Horvath
 South Africa D van Rensburg
6 2 6  
   Italy S Cecchini
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia S Goleš
0 6 6       3  Czechoslovakia J Novotná
 Argentina M Paz
3 6 3  
   Netherlands C Bakkum
 Netherlands B Schultz
6 1 2        Italy S Cecchini
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia S Goleš
6 4  
    3  Czechoslovakia J Novotná
 Argentina M Paz
7 6    
      7  United States K Horvath
 South Africa D van Rensburg
4 3  
5  France I Demongeot
 France N Tauziat
6 4 6       5  France I Demongeot
 France N Tauziat
6 6  
   Brazil N Dias
 Argentina P Tarabini
0 6 3     5  France I Demongeot
 France N Tauziat
6 6    
   Italy L Ferrando
 Italy L Garrone
6 6 6        Italy L Ferrando
 Italy L Garrone
0 3    
   United States M Torres
 United Kingdom C Wood
7 2 4       5  France I Demongeot
 France N Tauziat
4 6 7
   Brazil G Miró
 Argentina G Mosca
6 6            Brazil G Miró
 Argentina G Mosca
6 1 6  
   United States S Norris
 New Zealand R Seeman
1 4          Brazil G Miró
 Argentina G Mosca
2 6 7
    2  Australia H Mandlíková
 West Germany E Pfaff
6 2 6  
 

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