1989 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles

Main article: 1989 Virginia Slims Championships
Doubles
1989 Virginia Slims Championships
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Runners-upSoviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
Score6–3, 6–2
Draw8
Seeds4

Three-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1989 Virginia Slims Championships. It was Navratilova's twelfth Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's ninth.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver (champions)
  2. Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (semifinals)
  3. Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva (final)
  4. United States Katrina Adams / United States Zina Garrison (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver 		5 7 7
United States Elise Burgin
South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank 		7 5 5 1 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver 		6 6
4 United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison 		3 6 Australia Wendy Turnbull
Australia Elizabeth Smylie 		1 1
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Australia Elizabeth Smylie 		6 7 1 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver 		6 6
United States Robin White
United States Gigi Fernández 		2 4 3 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 		3 2
3 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 		6 6 3 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 		3 7 6
United States Patty Fendick
Canada Jill Hetherington 		3 7 5 2 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 		6 6 4
2 Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 		6 5 7

References

  1. ^ Robin Finn (November 21, 1989). "Fighting spirit carried Graf to Championship". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Sally Jenkins (November 20, 1989). "Graf finishes Navratilovo, 1989 in 4 sets". The Washington Post.
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