1988 Southern Cross Classic – Doubles
# 1988 Southern Cross Classic – Doubles

Sylvia Hanika and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 against Lori McNeil and Jana Novotná.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

* Lori McNeil / Jana Novotná (final)
* Nicole Provis / Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals)
* Catarina Lindqvist / Maria Lindström (semifinals)
* Tine Scheuer-Larsen / Maria Strandlund (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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L McNeil J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Garrone H Sprung | 5 | 4 | | 1 | L McNeil J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Radford A Scott | 2 | 6 | | | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | L McNeil J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | C Lindqvist M Lindström | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | C Lindqvist M Lindström | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | L O'Neill O Tsarbopoulou | 2 | 0 | | 3 | C Lindqvist M Lindström | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K McDonald R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | K McDonald R Stubbs | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Balestrat B Bowes | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Lori McNeil Jana Novotná | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| | L Field M Jaggard | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Sylvia Hanika Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| | S Hanika C Kohde-Kilsch | 6 | 5 | 7 | | S Hanika C Kohde-Kilsch | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Devries C Tessi | 1 | 4 | | 4 | T Scheuer-Larsen M Strandlund | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Scheuer-Larsen M Strandlund | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Hanika C Kohde-Kilsch | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Cordwell J Richardson | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | B Cordwell J Richardson | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Pospíšilová R Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | | B Cordwell J Richardson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans C van Renterghem | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | N Provis E Smylie | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Provis E Smylie | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
