1989 Virginia Slims of Florida – Doubles

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Doubles
1989 Virginia Slims of Florida
1988 Champions Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams
Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison
Final
Champions Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
Runners-up Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jo Durie
Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández
Score6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  1988  · Virginia Slims of Florida ·  1990  

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.

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Jana Novotná and Helena Suková won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Jo Durie and Mary Joe Fernández.

Seeds

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.

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková (champions)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull (semifinals)
  5. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jenny Byrne / Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Nagelsen (first round)
  6. Flag of France.svg Isabelle Demongeot / Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
  7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf / Flag of Germany.svg Eva Pfaff (semifinals)
  8. Flag of Argentina.svg Mercedes Paz / Flag of Denmark.svg Tine Scheuer-Larsen (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
 4 2  
2 66 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 65 7
 2 3   
2 76
 
66 1 4 1  
 76  66 
 5 0   4 67
 1 2  6 62 6
6 66  66 
4 4 1  
4 66 
 1 76 2 3  
 65 4 4 66 
 66 8 3 3  
 3 0   1 71
 6 1  8 65 6
8 76 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 66 
 2 4  7 66 
 2 64   Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg S Goleš
Flag of Argentina.svg P Tarabini
1 4  
  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg S Goleš
Flag of Argentina.svg P Tarabini
63 67 63 6
 4 62 3 3 61
 61 6 4 1  
3 66 
7 3 4  
5 3 4  2 66 
 66  3 66
 2 0   64 7
 66  0 4  
 5 4  2 66 
 76  0 4  
2 66 

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