1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles

Doubles
1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1988 Champions	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington
Champions	Martina Navratilova Wendy Turnbull
Runners-up	Mary Joe Fernández Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Final score	5–2 (Fernández and Kohde-Kilsch retired)

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.

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.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1	Martina Navratilova   Wendy Turnbull	5
	Mary Joe Fernández   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	2	r

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M Navratilova   W Turnbull	6	6
	L McNeil   J Smoller	2	3					L Gregory   G Magers	3	2
	L Gregory   G Magers	6	6											1	M Navratilova   W Turnbull	6	6
	M Louie-Harper   A Scott	2	1											5	G Fernández   R White	3	3
	J Byrne   E Pfaff	6	6					J Byrne   E Pfaff	1	3
	L Bartlett   J Thomas	3	3				5	G Fernández   R White	6	6
5	G Fernández   R White	6	6																		1	M Navratilova   W Turnbull	6	6
																					8	I Demongeot   N Tauziat	2	4
							3	K Adams   Z Garrison	6	6
	A May   K Po	6	4	6				A May   K Po	3	1
	C Benjamin   P Paradis	4	6	4										3	K Adams   Z Garrison	5	6
	L Antonoplis   S Collins	3	4											8	I Demongeot   N Tauziat	7	7
	M L Daniels   W White	6	6					M L Daniels   W White	3	7	3
	M Lindström   H Ludloff	3	4				8	I Demongeot   N Tauziat	6	6	6
8	I Demongeot   N Tauziat	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	H Mandlíková   A Temesvári	6	3	6
	R Casals   J Pospíšilová	2	6	1			6	H Mandlíková   A Temesvári	7	4	6
	C Porwik   R Reggi	6	6					C Porwik   R Reggi	5	6	3
	H Cioffi   A Frazier	0	2											6	H Mandlíková   A Temesvári	2	2
	M J Fernández   C Kohde-Kilsch	6	6												M J Fernández   C Kohde-Kilsch	6	6
	A Henricksson   B Herr	2	1					M J Fernández   C Kohde-Kilsch	7	6
							4	E Burgin   P Shriver	6	4
																						M J Fernández   C Kohde-Kilsch	6	5	6
7	E Smylie   J Tremelling	6	7																		7	E Smylie   J Tremelling	4	7	3
	L Bonder-Kreiss   A White	2	5				7	E Smylie   J Tremelling	6	6
	L Barnard   E Krapl	3	6	7				L Barnard   E Krapl	2	1
	H Kelesi   T Phelps	6	4	5										7	E Smylie   J Tremelling	6	4	6
	E Iida   M Kidowaki	6	4	5										2	P Fendick   J Hetherington	4	6	4
	R Baranski   M Norwood	3	6	7				R Baranski   M Norwood	1	3
							2	P Fendick   J Hetherington	6	6

External links

• 1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Doubles Draw