| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1989 Fernleaf Classic | |
| 1988 Champions |  Patty Fendick  Jill Hetherington |
| Champions |  Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling |
| Runners-up | Tracey Morton  Heidi Sprung |
| Final score | 7–6, 6–1 |
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington were the defending champions. However, they
did not compete that year.
Elizabeth Smylie and Janine Tremelling won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Tracey Morton and Heidi Sprung.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Elizabeth Smylie / Janine Tremelling (champions) Louise Field / Michelle Jaggard (first round) Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan (semifinals)
Simone Schilder / 
Clare Wood (quarterfinals)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | E Smylie J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 C Cohen S Jaquet | 1 | 1 | 1 | E Smylie J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Grunfeld H ter Riet | 4 | 1 | L Bartlett H Cioffi | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Bartlett H Cioffi | 6 | 6 | 1 | E Smylie J Tremelling | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | 3 | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Ekstrand J Jonerup | 2 | 2 | 3 | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Betzner W Probst | 6 | 6 | A Betzner W Probst | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Faber V Martinek | 0 | 3 | 1 | Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Galphin A Simpkin | 7 | 3 | 3 | Tracey Morton Heidi Sprung | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 R Seeman C Toleafoa | 6 | 6 | 6 | R Seeman C Toleafoa | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Fuchs M Strandlund | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | S Schilder C Wood | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Schilder C Wood | 6 | 4 | 7 | R Seeman C Toleafoa | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 K Kschwendt  C Martínez | 6 | 6 | T Morton H Sprung | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 P Moreno M Pawlik | 2 | 2 | K Kschwendt C Martínez | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Morton H Sprung | 6 | 6 | T Morton H Sprung | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Field M Jaggard | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Betsy Nagelsen and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Nagelsen with Lori McNeil and Smylie with Jana Novotná.
Martina Navratilova and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 against Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat.
Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire were the defending champions but only Suire competed that year with Catherine Tanvier.
Betsy Nagelsen and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Ann Henricksson and Christiane Jolissaint were the defending champions but only Henricksson competed that year with Gretchen Magers.
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Elizabeth Smylie and Janine Tremelling.
Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire were the defending champions but only Suire competed that year with Helen Kelesi.
Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Lise Gregory and Gretchen Magers.
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.
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.
Nicole Provis and Elna Reinach won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 against Raffaella Reggi and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Penny Barg and Beth Herr were the defending champions but only Herr competed that year with Terry Phelps.
Lise Gregory and Ronni Reis were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Jenny Byrne and Janine Tremelling won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 against Elise Burgin and Rosalyn Fairbank.
Jenny Byrne and Michelle Jaggard were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Byrne with Janine Tremelling and Jaggard with Katerina Maleeva.
Jana Novotná and Jim Pugh were the defending champions but only Pugh competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 6–0, 7–5 against Chris Evert and Wendy Turnbull.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington.