# 1989 Ebel German Open – Doubles

Darren Cahill and Laurie Warder were the defending champions, but Cahill chose to focus on the singles tournament only, losing in the first round. Warder teamed up with Peter Doohan and lost in the quarterfinals to Emilio Sánchez and Javier Sánchez
Emilio and Javier Sánchez won the title by defeating Boris Becker and Eric Jelen 6–4, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Christo van Rensburg / Todd Witsken (semifinals)
* Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser (semifinals)
* Boris Becker / Eric Jelen (final)
* Emilio Sánchez / Javier Sánchez (champions)
* Peter Doohan / Laurie Warder (quarterfinals)
* Goran Ivanišević / Diego Nargiso (first round)
* Marcelo Filippini / Christian Miniussi (second round)
* Patrik Kühnen / Carl-Uwe Steeb (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Christo van Rensburg Todd Witsken | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Boris Becker Eric Jelen | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | Boris Becker Eric Jelen | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | Boris Becker Eric Jelen | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 | Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | C van Rensburg T Witsken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Baxter B Dickinson | 6 | 2 | 7 | | R Baxter B Dickinson | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pistolesi H Skoff | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | 1 | C van Rensburg T Witsken | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Bahrami O Delaître | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | P Kühnen CU Steeb | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | E Masso B Stankovič | 6 | 3 | | | M Bahrami O Delaître | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Meinecke M Stich | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | P Kühnen CU Steeb | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Kühnen CU Steeb | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C van Rensburg T Witsken | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Becker E Jelen | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | B Becker E Jelen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Albano M Ingaramo | 7 | 7 | | | P Albano M Ingaramo | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Luza G Pérez Roldán | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 3 | B Becker E Jelen | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Osterthun U Riglewski | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | R Osterthun U Riglewski | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Mortensen J Svensson | 7 | 5 | 5 | | R Osterthun U Riglewski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kroon J Nyström | 5 | 6 | 7 | | N Kroon J Nyström | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | G Ivanišević D Nargiso | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | P Doohan L Warder | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Arraya M De Palmer | 6 | 4 | | 5 | P Doohan L Warder | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nováček C Suk | 4 | 1 | | | S Casal J Connors | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Casal J Connors | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | P Doohan L Warder | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Ballauff S Bruguera | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | E Sánchez J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | P Baur A Mronz | 6 | 0 | 3 | | P Ballauff S Bruguera | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | E Sánchez J Sánchez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Sánchez J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | M Filippini C Miniussi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Aldrich D Visser | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| | D Marcelino M Menezes | 4 | 5 | | 7 | M Filippini C Miniussi | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Westphal M Zoecke | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Westphal M Zoecke | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Olhovskiy A Volkov | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | M Westphal M Zoecke | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell C Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | P Aldrich D Visser | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson L Lavalle | 2 | 2 | | | T Carbonell C Costa | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | P Aldrich D Visser | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |