| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1989 Virginia Slims of California | |
| 1988 Champions |  Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova |
| Champions | Patty Fendick  Jill Hetherington |
| Runners-up |  Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
Rosemary Casals and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva.
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 against Savchenko and Zvereva.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (final) Patty Fendick / Jill Hetherington (champions) Gigi Fernández / 
Eva Pfaff (first round) Elise Burgin / 
Rosalyn Fairbank (first round)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Byrne R White | 2 | 2 | 1 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Bartlett A M Fernandez | 4 | 3 | G Magers D van Rensburg | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Magers D van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | 1 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 4 | 3 | R Casals M Navratilova | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Casals M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | R Casals M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Henricksson S Walsh-Pete | 5 | 3 | B Herr C Reynolds | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Herr C Reynolds | 7 | 6 | 1 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Antonoplis J Smoller | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 6 | 6 | 7 | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Garrison K Rinaldi | 7 | 6 | Z Garrison K Rinaldi | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G Fernández E Pfaff | 5 | 4 | Z Garrison K Rinaldi | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Benjamin E Reinach | 6 | 6 | 2 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 I Demongeot N Tauziat | 3 | 4 | C Benjamin E Reinach | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Lindström H Ludloff | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Katerina Maleeva was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Gabriela Sabatini was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
Helena Suková was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Pascale Paradis.
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion of the singles event but lost in the semifinals of the 1989 Virginia Slims of California tennis tournament to Larisa Savchenko.
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.
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.
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.
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva defeated the defending champion Jana Novotná and her partner Gigi Fernández in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships.
Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Provis and Elna Reinach.
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but were defeated in the quarterfinals by Sandy Collins and Elna Reinach.
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland and Natasha Zvereva were the two-time defending champions and successfully defended their title by defeating Lise Gregory and Gretchen Magers, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the two-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond in the final 6–2, 6–2.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková were the defending champions but Suková did not participate this year. Sánchez Vicario paired up with Jana Novotná and successfully defended the title, defeating Robin White and Katerina Maleeva in the final, 6-3, 6-3. With their semifinal loss to Maleeva and White, Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva missed out on the Grand Slam in Women's Doubles for the 2nd straight year.
Mary Joe Fernández and Zina Garrison were the defending champions, but lost in third round to Yayuk Basuki and Nana Miyagi.
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but Savchenko did not compete this year.