| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1989 Volvo Open | |
| 1988 Champions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Score | 6–2, 7–5 |
In the 1989 Volvo Open women's doubles tennis tournament, Sandra Cecchini and Mercedes Paz were the defending champions but only Paz competed that year with Tine Scheuer-Larsen.
Paz and Scheuer-Larsen won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Sabrina Goleš and Katerina Maleeva.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Mercedes Paz / 
Tine Scheuer-Larsen (champions)
Sabrina Goleš / 
Katerina Maleeva (final)
Cecilia Dahlman / 
Simone Schilder (semifinals)
Barbara Paulus / 
Radka Zrubáková (semifinals)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
Penny Barg and Tine Scheuer-Larsen were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Bettina Bunge and Katerina Maleeva were the defending champions but only Maleeva competed that year with Raffaella Reggi.
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 and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but only Sabatini competed that year with Betsy Nagelsen.
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.
Andrea Betzner and Claudia Porwik were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
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.
Mercedes Paz and Tine Scheuer-Larsen were the defending champions but only Paz competed that year with Manon Bollegraf.
Iva Budařová and Regina Rajchrtová won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Gaby Castro and Conchita Martínez.
The 1989 Volvo Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden that was part of the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix and of Tier V of the 1989 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from 31 July until 6 August 1989, while the women's tournament was held from 24 July until 30 July 1989.
Isabel Cueto was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Strandlund.
Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Tine Scheuer-Larsen.
Conchita Martínez and Barbara Paulus won in the final 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 against Sabrina Goleš and Katerina Maleeva.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 against Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie.
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.
There was no women's tournament held in the previous year. Sandra Cecchini and Raffaella Reggi were the champions in the 1985 edition. Both players competed this year with different partners. Cecchini teamed up with Sabrina Goleš and lost in the second round to tournament runners-up Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková, while Reggi teamed up with Anne White and lost in the first round to Virginia Ruzici and Catherine Tanvier.
