Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko.
Defending champion Martina Navratilova and her partner Gigi Fernández defeated Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1990 US Open. It was Navratilova's ninth US Open women's doubles title and 31st and final major women's doubles title overall, the latter an all-time record. Novotná and Suková were attempting to achieve the Grand Slam.
Mary Lou Piatek and Anne White were the defending champions but only Piatek – now married with the surname of Daniels – competed that year with Barbara Gerken.
Kathy Jordan and Betsy Nagelsen were the defending champions but only Nagelsen competed that year with Elizabeth Smylie.
Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but competed with different partners that year, Neiland with Elizabeth Smylie and Novotná with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Anne Minter was the defending champion but lost in the quarter-finals to Natalia Bykova.
Anna-Maria Fernandez and Julie Richardson were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Gabriela Sabatini.
Christiane Jolissaint and Dianne van Rensburg were the defending champions but only van Rensburg competed that year with Belinda Cordwell.
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions and won in the final 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.
Eva Pfaff and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Pfaff with Manon Bollegraf and Smylie with Wendy Turnbull.
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.
Gigi Fernández and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but only Fernández competed that year with Robin White.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Katrina Adams and Manon Bollegraf.
Pam Shriver and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Shriver with Martina Navratilova and Zvereva with Gigi Fernández.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková. With this loss, they missed out on the 1993 Calendar Grand Slam in Women's Doubles.
Six-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1989 Australian Open.
Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 1–6, 12–10 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. It was the first and only major doubles title for both.
Svetlana Parkhomenko 
Eva Pfaff 
Elizabeth Smylie 
Belinda Cordwell 
Dianne van Rensburg 
