1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles

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Doubles
1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1988 Champions Flag of the United States.svg Patty Fendick
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández
Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Score5–2 (Fernández and Kohde-Kilsch retired)
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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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.

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Martina Navratilova and Wendy Turnbull won the final 5–2 after Mary Joe Fernández and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch were forced to retire.

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 Martina Navratilova / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull (champions)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Patty Fendick / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Elise Burgin / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver (second round)
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of the United States.svg Robin White (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hana Mandlíková / Flag of Hungary.svg Andrea Temesvári (quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janine Tremelling (semifinals)
  8. Flag of France.svg Isabelle Demongeot / Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1
5   
 
2r 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
66 
 
2 3   
3 2  
 
66 1
66 
 
2 1  5
3 3  
 
66  
1 3  
 
3 3  5
66 
5
66 1
66 
8
2 4  
3
66 
 
64 6 
3 1  
 
4 64 3
5 6  
 
3 4  8
77 
 
66  
3 73
 
3 4  8
66 6
8
66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6
63 6
 
2 61 6
74 6
 
66  
5 63
 
0 2  6
2 2  
 
66  
66 
 
2 1   
76 
4
6 4  
 
65 6
7
67 7
4 73
 
2 5  7
66 
 
3 67 
2 1  
 
64 5 7
64 6
 
64 5 2
4 64
 
3 67 
1 3  
2
66 

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