Two-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1988 Virginia Slims Championships. It was Navratilova's eleventh Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's eighth.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Virginia Slims Championships | |
| Champions |  Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
| Runners-up |  Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Draw | 8 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinals.
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / 
Helena Suková (semifinals)- Steffi Graf /
Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals) - Gigi Fernández / Robin White (quarterfinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
