Four-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1987 Australian Open.

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6
	Q	Patricia Hy Etsuko Inoue	1	0
								1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6
								7	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	1	0
	7	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	77	77
	2	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	61	64

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		T Holladay P Smith	1	3				1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	7
		J Mundel G Rush	6	79					J Mundel G Rush	1	5
		M Bollegraf H Kelesi	1	67											1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	7
	WC	A Minter E Minter	2	1											8	J Durie A Hobbs	4	5
		B Cordwell L Field	6	6					B Cordwell L Field	69	5
		Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor	65	3				8	J Durie A Hobbs	711	7
	8	J Durie A Hobbs	77	6																		1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	4	B Nagelsen E Smylie	3	2																		Q	P Hy E Inoue	1	0
	LL	C Porwik M Schropp	6	6				LL	C Porwik M Schropp	2	2
		C Lindqvist E Pfaff	6	6					C Lindqvist E Pfaff	6	6
	Q	C Bartos S Gomer	1	2												C Lindqvist E Pfaff	5	4
		C Jolissaint H Ludloff	3	6	14										Q	P Hy E Inoue	7	6
		H Na M Yanagi	6	3	12				C Jolissaint H Ludloff	5	3
	Q	P Hy E Inoue	6	6				Q	P Hy E Inoue	7	6
	5	E Burgin R Fairbank	3	3

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	Z Garrison L McNeil	6	6
		C Bakkum M van der Torre	2	1				7	Z Garrison L McNeil	6	6
		J Byrne J Tremelling	6	5	6				J Byrne J Tremelling	2	1
	WC	R Bryant A Tobin-Dingwall	4	7	2										7	Z Garrison L McNeil	3	6	8
		B Gerken T Phelps	7	78											3	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	6	3	6
		L Antonoplis C Monteiro	5	66					B Gerken T Phelps	3	1
		C Benjamin D van Rensburg	3	3				3	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	6	6
	3	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	6	6																		7	Z Garrison L McNeil	77	77
	6	G Fernández R White	6	66	8																	2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	61	64
		A Moulton M Van Nostrand	1	78	6			6	G Fernández R White	4	6	2
		D Balestrat R Maršíková	1	4					S Collins S Walsh-Pete	6	2	6
		S Collins S Walsh-Pete	6	6												S Collins S Walsh-Pete	5	0
		L Allen E Reinach	6	6											2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	7	6
		A Holíková W Probst	2	3					L Allen E Reinach	1	2
		A Henricksson C Karlsson	2	1				2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6
	2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6

• 1987 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation