1988 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 against Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling.^[1]

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.

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Novotná  C Suire	6	7
		A Kanellopoulou  B Romanò	6	6					A Kanellopoulou  B Romanò	2	6
		E Krapl  S Wasserman	4	2											1	J Novotná  C Suire	6	6
		J Halard  I Kuczyńska	6	3	6										6	M Bollegraf  N Provis	1	3
		L O'Neill  J Smoller	3	6	7				L O'Neill  J Smoller	5	1
		A Betzner  J Wiesner	6	2	4			6	M Bollegraf  N Provis	7	6
	6	M Bollegraf  N Provis	2	6	6																	1	J Novotná  C Suire	6	6
																						8	S Cecchini S Goleš	1	4
								3	I Demongeot  N Tauziat	6	7
		A Dechaume  E Derly	6	6					A Dechaume  E Derly	1	5
		N Dias  P Medrado	1	4											3	I Demongeot  N Tauziat	4	3
		L Field  A Villagrán	6	4	4										8	S Cecchini S Goleš	6	6
		L Ferrando  L Golarsa	3	6	6				L Ferrando  L Golarsa	1	3
		F Bonsignori  S La Fratta	3	6	3			8	S Cecchini S Goleš	6	6
	8	S Cecchini S Goleš	6	1	6

• ITF tournament edition details