1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles

Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington were the defending champions of the doubles event at the 1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles tennis tournament but lost in the quarterfinals to Elizabeth Smylie and Janine Tremelling.

Doubles
1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1988 ChampionsUnited States Patty Fendick
Canada Jill Hetherington
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Runners-upUnited States Mary Joe Fernández
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Score5–2 (Fernández and Kohde-Kilsch retired)

Martina Navratilova and Wendy Turnbull won the final 5–2 after Mary Joe Fernández and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch were forced to retire.

Seeds

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 Martina Navratilova / Australia Wendy Turnbull (champions)
  2. United States Patty Fendick / Canada Jill Hetherington (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Katrina Adams / United States Zina Garrison (quarterfinals)
  4. United States Elise Burgin / United States Pam Shriver (second round)
  5. United States Gigi Fernández / United States Robin White (quarterfinals)
  6. Australia Hana Mandlíková / Hungary Andrea Temesvári (quarterfinals)
  7. Australia Elizabeth Smylie / Australia Janine Tremelling (semifinals)
  8. France Isabelle Demongeot / France Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
     
1
5    
 
2r  

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
6 6  
 
2 3    
3 2  
 
6 6   1
6 6  
 
2 1   5
3 3  
 
6 6    
1 3  
 
3 3   5
6 6  
5
6 6   1
6 6  
8
2 4  
3
6 6  
 
6 4 6  
3 1  
 
4 6 4 3
5 6  
 
3 4   8
7 7  
 
6 6    
3 7 3
 
3 4   8
6 6 6
8
6 6  

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6
6 3 6
 
2 6 1 6
7 4 6
 
6 6    
5 6 3
 
0 2   6
2 2  
 
6 6    
6 6  
 
2 1    
7 6  
4
6 4  
 
6 5 6
7
6 7   7
4 7 3
 
2 5   7
6 6  
 
3 6 7  
2 1  
 
6 4 5 7
6 4 6
 
6 4 5 2
4 6 4
 
3 6 7  
1 3  
2
6 6  
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