Pamela Howard Shriver is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 WTA Tour–level titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. This includes 22 major titles, 21 in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles. Shriver also won an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, partnering Zina Garrison. Shriver and regular doubles partner Martina Navratilova are the only women's pair to complete the Grand Slam in a calendar year, winning all four majors in 1984. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles, and world No. 1 in doubles.
Lin Ying is a Chinese former badminton player and one of the most successful doubles specialists in the sport's modern history. During her 9-year career representing China's national badminton team, she won women's doubles at many world class tournaments and played on China's dominant Uber Cup teams of the 1980s. She has been nicknamed "The Chinese Queen of Doubles".
29 pairs from 20 nations competed in women's doubles.
Han Aiping was a Chinese badminton player in the 1980s who ranks among the greats of the woman's game. Noted for her superb overhead strokes, she and her teammate, rival, and sometimes doubles partner Li Lingwei dominated international singles play for most of the decade, each winning the IBF World Championships twice, and led Chinese teams to victory in Uber Cup competitions.
Marlene Thomsen is a former badminton player from Denmark.
Rachel McQuillan is a retired tennis player from Australia.
Nong Qunhua is a former international badminton player from China who specialized in women's doubles.
Yao Fen is a Chinese former international level women's badminton player.
Catrine Bengtsson is a retired female badminton player from Sweden.
Zhou Lei is a former world level badminton player from China who later coached in the United States.
Maria Bengtsson is a badminton player from Sweden who played in three editions of Olympic games in 1988, 1992 and 1996.
Lao Yujing is a retired female badminton player from China.
Eliza Nathanael is an Indonesian retired badminton player who specialized in doubles events.
Rosiana Tendean is an Indonesian retired badminton player.
Gao Jun is a Chinese American table tennis player.
The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 1986 Asian Games in Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea took place from 1 October to 4 October.
The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing Sports Complex, Beijing, China took place from 2 October to 6 October.
Erma Sulistianingsih is an Indonesian badminton player.
Ghazala Wadood is a former badminton player from Pakistan. She represented her country from 1980 to 1992, and was a five-time national singles champion. She is the sister of Tariq Wadood, who was also a national badminton champion, and represented Pakistan in international competitions as well.
Li Lingwei is a Chinese badminton player of the 1980s. She was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2012, and in December 2016, she was elected Vice President of the Chinese Olympic Committee. Li is heavily involved in improving women’s participation and fair representation in sport.
