Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
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Through South Korea
The tournament was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul, South Korea. Tennis was officially re-introduced as an official sport in the 1988 Summer Olympics, after being held as a demonstration sport in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. It was discontinued from being an official sport after the 1924 Summer Olympics before its re-introduction. There were 28 competitors (14 teams) from 14 countries.
Medalists
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Seeds
The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.
- Zina Garrison / Pam Shriver (USA) (champions, gold medalists)
- Steffi Graf / Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
- Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (TCH) (final, silver medalists)
- Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (URS) (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
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