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Samuel Groth and Joseph Sirianni were the defending champions, but Groth chose to not participate this year. Sirianni partnered up with Andrew Coelho, but they lost 6–7(6–8), 4–6 against Miles Armstrong and Sadik Kadir in the quarterfinals.
Miles Armstrong and Sadik Kadir won in the final 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] against Peter Luczak and Robert Smeets.
Events in the year 1990 in the Netherlands.
Sven Smeets is a Belgian Formula One engineer. He is currently the sporting director at the Williams Racing Formula One team.
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- ↑ "Joseph Smeets Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
