| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1989 Lufthansa Cup | |
| 1988 Champions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Score | 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Draw | 28 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Lise Gregory and Gretchen Magers.
Elizabeth Smylie and Janine Tremelling won in the final 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 against Gregory and Magers.
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.
Steffi Graf / 
Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
Isabelle Demongeot / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Elizabeth Smylie / Janine Tremelling (champions) Mercedes Paz / 
Tine Scheuer-Larsen (second round) Nicole Provis / 
Elna Reinach (quarterfinals) Nathalie Herreman / Dianne Van Rensburg (semifinals) Lise Gregory / 
Gretchen Magers (final)
Brenda Schultz / 
Andrea Temesvári (semifinals)| Final | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| w/o | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| w/o | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Betsy Nagelsen and Elizabeth Smylie 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.
Ann Henricksson and Christiane Jolissaint were the defending champions but only Henricksson competed that year with Gretchen Magers.
Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison were the defending champions of the doubles event but lost in the quarterfinals of the 1989 Virginia Slims of Florida tennis tournament to Manon Bollegraf and Eva Pfaff.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Jana Novotná and Tine Scheuer-Larsen were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Helena Suková and Scheuer-Larsen with Catarina Lindqvist.
Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire were the defending champions but only Suire competed that year with Helen Kelesi.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion going into the final against her rival Gabriela Sabatini. Just the previous month, Sabatini defeated Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final at Amelia Island, Florida. Now, in her native Germany, Steffi would turn the tables against Sabatini, beating her 6–3, 6–1. Prior to this match, Sabatini had played in four finals in 1989, with her winning twice. For Steffi, this victory was her seventh of the year, and marked the sixteenth time out of nineteen matches she had beaten Sabatini.
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Gretchen Magers and Robin White.
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.
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.
Nicole Provis and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but were defeated in the quarterfinals by Jo-Anne Faull and Julie Richardson.
The women's doubles Tournament at the 1992 Matrix Essentials Evert Cup took place between February 24 and March 1 on the outdoor hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, United States. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Stephanie Rehe won the title, defeating Jill Hetherington and Kathy Rinaldi in the final.
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva defeated Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1989 French Open. It was Graf and Sabatini's third runner-up finish at the event.
Mary Joe Fernández and Zina Garrison were the defending champions, but lost in third round to Yayuk Basuki and Nana Miyagi.
