| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1988 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles | |
| 1987 Champions |  Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
| Champions | Patty Fendick  Jill Hetherington |
| Runners-up | Gigi Fernández Robin White |
| Score | 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Draw | 28 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 against Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
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.
Lori McNeil / Betsy Nagelsen (quarterfinals)
Eva Pfaff / 
Elizabeth Smylie (second round) Katrina Adams / Zina Garrison (second round) Gigi Fernández / Robin White (final) Chris Evert / Wendy Turnbull (semifinals) Penny Barg / Elise Burgin (semifinals)
Lise Gregory / Ronni Reis (quarterfinals)
Jo Durie / Sharon Walsh-Pete (quarterfinals)| Final | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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| 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Kathy Jordan and Betsy Nagelsen were the defending champions but only Nagelsen competed that year with Elizabeth Smylie.
Anne White and Robin White were the defending champions but only Robin White competed that year with Gigi Fernández.
Anne Minter was the defending champion but lost in the quarter-finals to Natalia Bykova.
Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Parkhomenko with Leila Meskhi and Savchenko with Natasha Zvereva.
Pam Shriver was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Barbara Potter.
Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but only Sabatini competed that year with Betsy Nagelsen.
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.
Gigi Fernández and Lori McNeil were the defending champions but only Fernández competed that year with Robin White.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 against Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.
Gigi Fernández and Robin White were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini.
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 for the women's doubles. In 1992, they competed with different partners, Shriver with Martina Navratilova and Zvereva with Gigi Fernández.
Defending champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and her partner Jana Novotná defeated Robin White and Katerina Maleeva in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1994 US Open.
Fifth-seeded pair Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini claimed the title by defeating Gigi Fernández and Robin White in the final.
