Conchita Martínez and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Anna-Maria Fernandez and Julie Richardson were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Lori McNeil and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but only McNeil competed that year. She competed with Martina Navratilova and won in the final against Pam Shriver and Elizabeth Smylie, 6–3, 6–4.
Patty Fendick and Mary Joe Fernández won their first career Grand Slam title, defeating Gigi Fernández and Jana Novotná 7–6(7–4), 6–1 in the final.
Brenda Schultz defeated Emmanuelle Derly in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships.
Natalia Medvedeva and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but Zvereva did not compete. Medvedeva played with Natalia Biletskaia but lost in the quarterfinals to Amy Frazier and Luanne Spadea.
The 1991 Fernleaf Butter Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Wellington Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington, New Zealand and was part of the Tier V category of the 1991 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 4 February until 10 February 1991. First-seeded Leila Meskhi won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money.
Jana Novotná and Helena Suková were the defending champions.
Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer and Raffaella Reggi-Concato were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Reggi-Concato retired from professional tennis at the end of the 1992 season.
Natalia Medvedeva was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Katrina Adams.
Isabelle Demongeot and Natalia Medvedeva were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
In the first edition of the tournament, Nicole Arendt and Kristine Radford won the title by defeating Amy deLone and Erika deLone 6–2, 6–2 in the final.
Jo-Anne Faull and Julie Richardson were the defending champions, but Richardson did not compete this year.
Belinda Cordwell was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Patricia Hy.
Belinda Cordwell and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Sandra Cecchini and Patricia Tarabini were the defending champions, but the pair decided to compete at Kitzbühel in the same week, losing in the final.
Leila Meskhi was the defending champion, but chose to compete at Bayotte in the same week.
Barbara Rittner was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Marianne Werdel.
Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but chose to compete this year with different partners. Demongeot teamed up with Catherine Tanvier and lost in the quarterfinals to Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova, while Tauziat teamed up with Judith Wiesner and also lost in the quarterfinals to Larisa Savchenko-Neiland and Helena Suková.
Leila Meskhi was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Cecilia Dahlman.
Jo-Anne Faull 
Julie Richardson 
Belinda Borneo 
