# 1990 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Jana Novotná and Helena Suková defeated Patty Fendick and Mary Joe Fernández in the final, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1990 Australian Open.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the seven-time reigning champions, but Navratilova did not participate this year. Shriver partnered Hana Mandlíková, but lost in the first round.

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor | 5 | 2 | | 1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 6 | 4 | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Gigi Fernández Robin White | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Gigi Fernández Robin White | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Gigi Fernández Robin White | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 14 | Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández | 6$^5$ | 6$^6$ |
| 13 | Brenda Schultz Andrea Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández | 6$^5$ | 6$^6$ |
| | Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan | 4 | 2 | | 13 | Brenda Schultz Andrea Temesvári | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | 5 | Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Larisa Neiland Natalia Zvereva | 7 | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | J Novotná H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bakkum D Van Rensburg | 2 | 3 | | 1 | J Novotná H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Godridge K Sharpe | 6 | 6 | | WC | K Godridge K Sharpe | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Balestrat C Benjamin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Ito M Mizokuchi | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | A Minter J Richardson | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Scott S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 6 | | | A Scott S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 6$^8$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Minter J Richardson | 6 | 6 | | | A Minter J Richardson | 3 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | C Porwik R Reggi | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná H Suková | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | M Bollegraf J Durie | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 5 | 2 |
| | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Vandborg C Wood | 3 | 6$^7$ | | | A Dechaume E Krapl | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume E Krapl | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Henricksson T Scheuer-Larsen | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | K Adams L McNeil | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Field L Gregory | 7 | 6 | | | L Field L Gregory | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bowes A Grossman | 2 | 6$^3$ | | 6 | K Adams L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Adams L McNeil | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ekstrand A Simpkin | 0 | 1 | | 4 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Iida E-M Schürhoff | 3 | 6 | 4 | | H Cioffi A Frazier | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Cioffi A Frazier | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Faber M Werdel | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | | | | | M Lindström H Ludloff | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | M Lindström H Ludloff | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Lindström H Ludloff | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K McDonald K Radford | 6 | 7 | | 14 | K McDonald K Radford | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | J Hetherington N Provis | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Fernández R White | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | N Medvedeva L Meskhi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | N Medvedeva L Meskhi | 3 | 1 |
| | A Devries S Wasserman | 0 | 5 | | 14 | N Medvedeva L Meskhi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Herreman C Suire | 2 | 3 | | | J Halard A Leand | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard A Leand | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | N Medvedeva L Meskhi | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Keller T Zambrzycki | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | J Tremelling W Turnbull | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Grousbeck N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | A Grousbeck N Miyagi | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cohen L O'Neill | 0 | 2 | | 8 | J Tremelling W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Tremelling W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa J Wiesner | 2 | 4 | | 7 | S Graf G Sabatini | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Garrison-Jackson K Rinaldi | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | S Goleš K Maleeva | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Goleš K Maleeva | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | S Goleš K Maleeva | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | E Okagawa N Sato | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 13 | B Schultz A Temesvári | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Paulus R Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | | B Paulus R Zrubáková | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Pratt A Woolcock | 3 | 2 | | 13 | B Schultz A Temesvári | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | B Schultz A Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Schultz A Temesvári | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | K Jordan E Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J-O Faull R McQuillan | 4 | 2 |
| | K Date M Kidowaki | 3 | 1 | | 12 | K Jordan E Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Meier E Pampoulova | 6$^1$ | 6$^7$ | | | K Kschwendt C Toleafoa | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kschwendt C Toleafoa | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | 12 | K Jordan E Smylie | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | |
| | R Reis S Stafford | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | J-O Faull R McQuillan | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| WC | M Bowrey J Hodder | 0 | 6 | 7 | WC | M Bowrey J Hodder | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J-O Faull R McQuillan | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | J-O Faull R McQuillan | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | H Mandlíková P Shriver | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | P Fendick MJ Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Jagerman C Vis | 2 | 4 | | 5 | P Fendick MJ Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Pfaff R Stubbs | 7 | 6 | | | E Pfaff R Stubbs | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pospíšilová R Rajchrtová | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 5 | P Fendick MJ Fernández | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Dahlman W Probst | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 15 | I Demongeot C Tanvier | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | L Allen M Jaggard | 6 | 6 | | | L Allen M Jaggard | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Frankl R Seeman | 0 | 2 | | 15 | I Demongeot C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | I Demongeot C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | P Fendick MJ Fernández | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 10 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Neiland N Zvereva | 7 | 6$^2$ | 2 |
| WC | L Stacey J Taylor | 1 | 3 | | 10 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Pawlik H Sprung | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Pawlik H Sprung | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Takagi P Thorén | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | 10 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | |
| Alt | D Jones S McNamara | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 2 | L Neiland N Zvereva | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | S Collins J Smoller | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | S Collins J Smoller | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Langrová E Švíglerová | 2 | 3 | | 2 | L Neiland N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Neiland N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |