# 1990 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Jana Novotná and Jim Pugh were the defending champions but only Pugh competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.
Zvereva and Pugh won in the final 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 against Zina Garrison and Rick Leach.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Natasha Zvereva / Jim Pugh (champions)
* Zina Garrison / Rick Leach (final)
* Elizabeth Smylie / John Fitzgerald (semifinals)
* Wendy Turnbull / Darren Cahill (first round)
* Lori McNeil / Tim Pawsat (first round)
* Patty Fendick / Scott Davis (first round)
* Janine Thompson / Mark Kratzmann (second round)
* Jill Hetherington / Peter Doohan (second 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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Natasha Zvereva Jim Pugh | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Zina Garrison Rick Leach | 6 | 2 | 3 |

### 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 | N Zvereva J Pugh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K McDonald N Borwick | 2 | 2 | | 1 | N Zvereva J Pugh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D van Rensburg N Brown | 3 | 6 | 1 | | K Adams R Smith | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Adams R Smith | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 1 | N Zvereva J Pugh | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R White S Cannon | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | R White S Cannon | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Smoller G Van Emburgh | 4 | 6 | 4 | | R White S Cannon | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank-Nideffer N Broad | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | J Thompson M Kratzmann | 1 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Thompson M Kratzmann | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N Zvereva J Pugh | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | W Turnbull D Cahill | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Durie L Warder | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| | M J Fernandez D Wheaton | 6 | 6 | | | M J Fernandez D Wheaton | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Rajchrtová C Suk | 3 | 2 | | | J Durie L Warder | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Durie L Warder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Durie L Warder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Lindström N Odizor | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | G Fernández J Lozano | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| WC | J-A Faull T Woodbridge | 6 | 6 | | WC | J-A Faull T Woodbridge | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Fernández J Lozano | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | G Fernández J Lozano | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Fendick S Davis | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | J Hetherington P Doohan | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stafford C van Rensburg | 3 | 7$^9$ | 4 | 8 | J Hetherington P Doohan | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| | L Allen T Nelson | 3 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | N Provis J Bates | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | N Provis J Bates | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | N Provis J Bates | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | C Benjamin T Witsken | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 3 | E Smylie J Fitzgerald | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Reis S Warner | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | C Benjamin T Witsken | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Temesvári S Živojinović | 6$^3$ | 6$^1$ | | 3 | E Smylie J Fitzgerald | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | E Smylie J Fitzgerald | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | 3 | E Smylie J Fitzgerald | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | L McNeil T Pawsat | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Z Garrison R Leach | 6 | 6 |
| | C Porwik M Stich | 6 | 6 | | | C Porwik M Stich | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Reggi A Castle | 6 | 6 | | | R Reggi A Castle | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Phelps L Jensen | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | R Reggi A Castle | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | E Burgin G Layendecker | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | Z Garrison R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Paulus A Antonitsch | 6 | 6 | | | B Paulus A Antonitsch | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Ludloff C Beckman | 7$^9$ | 1 | 2 | 2 | Z Garrison R Leach | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Z Garrison R Leach | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |