1988 Player's Canadian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1988 Player's Canadian Open
1987 ChampionsUnited States Zina Garrison
United States Lori McNeil
Final
ChampionsCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Runners-upUnited States Zina Garrison
United States Pam Shriver
Score7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Main article: 1988 Player's Canadian Open

Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Garrison with Pam Shriver and McNeil with Betsy Nagelsen.

McNeil and Nagelsen lost in the quarterfinals to Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington.

Garrison and Shriver lost in the final 7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6) against Jana Novotná and Helena Suková.[1]

Seeds

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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. United States Zina Garrison / United States Pam Shriver (final)
  2. Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (champions)
  3. Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
  4. United States Lori McNeil / United States Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)
  5. West Germany Eva Pfaff / Australia Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals)
  6. Australia Nicole Provis / France Catherine Suire (first round)
  7. Soviet Union Natalia Bykova / Soviet Union Leila Meskhi (first round)
  8. France Isabelle Demongeot / France Nathalie Tauziat (second round)

Draw

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Key

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Final

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Final
     
1
62 66  
2
77 78  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
6 6  
 
2 2    
1 3  
 
6 6   1
77 65 6
 
0 1    
64 77 3
 
6 6    
6 0 6
 
7 4 2 8
3 6 3
8
5 6 6 1
w/o    
 
     
3
78 6  
 
6 6    
66 2  
 
2 0   3
66 4  
 
6 6    
78 6  
 
1 2    
4 0  
 
6 6    
6 6  
6
3 3  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7
0 3  
 
6 6    
77 6  
 
2 1    
60 0  
 
6 6    
7 6  
 
7 3 6 4
5 2  
 
5 6 4  
3 4  
4
6 6  
 
1 6 2
5
6 6   2
6 4 6
 
3 2   5
77 6  
 
0 3    
62 1  
 
6 6   5
2 5  
 
2 0   2
6 7  
 
6 6    
3 2  
2
6 6  

References

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  1. ^ Perley, Warren (21 August 1988). "Gabriela Sabatini used her power and speed in an..." Montreal. United Press International. Retrieved 11 November 2023. Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia won the doubles title by defeating Shriver and Zina Garrison, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6).
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