Kathy Jordan and Robin White were the defending champions but only White competed that year with Anne Smith.

Smith and White lost in the semifinals to Lise Gregory and Ronni Reis.

Gregory and Reis won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington.

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

1. Patty Fendick / Jill Hetherington (final)
2. Lise Gregory / Ronni Reis (champions)
3. Anne Smith / Robin White (semifinals)
4. Lea Antonoplis / Beth Herr (first round)

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	P Fendick J Hetherington	6	6
		J Thomas T Zambrzycki	1	1				1	P Fendick J Hetherington	6	6
		A Grousbeck V Lake	6	6					A Grousbeck V Lake	3	3
		A Grossman K Staunton	3	2											1	P Fendick J Hetherington	6	7
	4	L Antonoplis B Herr	6	6	1											L Allen G Magers	4	6
		L Allen G Magers	7	3	6				L Allen G Magers	6	1	7
		J Lozano T Silveria	1	1					C Benjamin H Na	2	6	6
		C Benjamin H Na	6	6																		1	Patty Fendick Ronni Reis	3	4
		E Hakami K Schimper	4	7	7																	2	Lise Gregory Ronni Reis	6	6
		L Bartlett S Savides	6	5	5				E Hakami K Schimper	7	4	5
		E Iida P Smith	1	0				3	A Smith R White	5	6	7
	3	A Smith R White	6	6											3	A Smith R White	6	1	1
		S Rehe C Singer	6	6											2	L Gregory R Reis	3	6	6
		L Barnard A Coetzer	3	4					S Rehe C Singer	4	2
		M Jaggard J Richardson	0	2				2	L Gregory R Reis	6	6
	2	L Gregory R Reis	6	6

• 1988 Northern California Open Doubles Draw^{[permanent dead link‍]}