# 1990 Lipton International Players Championships – Women's doubles

Jana Novotná and Helena Suková were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Betsy Nagelsen and Robin White in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (champions)
* Katrina Adams / Lori McNeil (semifinal)
* n/a
* Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinal)
* Betsy Nagelsen / Robin White (final)
* Elise Burgin / Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer (semifinal)
* Mary-Lou Daniels / Wendy White (second round)
* Manon Bollegraf / Mercedes Paz (third round)
* Brenda Schultz / Andrea Temesvári-Trunkos (second round)
* Raffaella Reggi / Elna Reinach (second round)
* Jill Hetherington / Wendy Turnbull (second round)
* Lise Gregory / Gretchen Rush (quarterfinal)
* Nathalie Tauziat / Judith Wiesner (second round)
* Eva Pfaff / Anne Smith (third round)
* Penny Barg / Mareen Louie-Harper (third round)
* Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere / Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinal)

## 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 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Lise Gregory Gretchen Rush | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Lise Gregory Gretchen Rush | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 5 | 3 | | 6 | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Betsy Nagelsen Robin White | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Betsy Nagelsen Robin White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Betsy Nagelsen Robin White | 4 | 3 |
| | Carling Bassett-Seguso Ann Grossman | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Carling Bassett-Seguso Ann Grossman | 3 | 2 | | 5 | Betsy Nagelsen Robin White | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 16 | Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Larisa Savchenko | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 2 | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 7 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| 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 | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 1 | J Novotná H Suková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Barnard R Reis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | L Barnard R Reis | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Lindqvist A Minter | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| S Amiach N Herreman | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | S Amiach N Herreman | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| J Fuchs M Strandlund | 5 | 6 | | | S Amiach N Herreman | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | R Reggi E Reinach | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lise Gregory Gretchen Rush | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | 12 | L Gregory G Rush | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Castro C Martínez | 6 | 1 | 7 | | G Castro C Martínez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| H Mandlikova K Rinaldi | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 12 | L Gregory G Rush | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| I Driehuis A May | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | M Bollegraf M Paz | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Florencia Labat E Pampoulova | 6 | 6 | | | F Labat E Pampoulova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | M Bollegraf M Paz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| 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 | K Jordan E Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Sviglerova R Zrubáková | 3 | 2 | | | E Inoue P Vásquez | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Inoue P Vásquez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | K Jordan E Smylie | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| L Antonoplis K Foxworth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | T Phelps W Probst | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| B Fulco N Miyagi | 3 | 2 | | | L Antonoplis K Foxworth | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | E Pfaff A Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 15 | P Barg M Louie-Harper | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Phelps W Probst | 4 | 6 | 6 | | T Phelps W Probst | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Benjamin K Schimper | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 15 | P Barg M Louie-Harper | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| J Capriati R Fairbank-Nideffer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | E Burgin R Fairbank-Nideffer | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| L Spadea J Thomas | 2 | 3 | | | J Capriati M McGrath | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | E Burgin R Fairbank-Nideffer | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 5 | B Nagelsen R White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| B Cordwell J Durie | 7 | 6 | | | B Cordwell J Durie | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| M Lindstrom H Ludloff | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | B Cordwell J Durie | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| C MacGregor C Porwik | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | C MacGregor C Porwik | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| R Rajchrtová J Pospisilova | 2 | 7 | 5 | | C MacGregor C Porwik | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | N Tauziat J Wiesner | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Betsy Nagelsen Robin White | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Carling Bassett-Seguso Ann Grossman | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | 9 | B Schultz A Temesvári-Trunkos | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| B Bowes A Grousbeck | 1 | 2 | | | C Bassett-Seguso A Grossman | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| C Bassett-Seguso A Grossman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | C Bassett-Seguso A Grossman | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| E Brioukhovets N Medvedeva | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | E Brioukhovets N Medvedeva | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| A Henricksson D Van Rensburg | 6 | 4 | 6 | | E Brioukhovets N Medvedeva | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | R Baranski T Zambrzycki | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| 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 | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 7 | M Daniels W White | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| I Demongeot C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | I Demongeot C Tanvier | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Allen L Gildemeister | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | I Demongeot C Tanvier | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| S Collins J Smoller | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 16 | M Maleeva-Fragniere L Savchenko | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| L Garrone B Romanò | 7 | 3 | 1 | | S Collins J Smoller | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | M Maleeva-Fragniere L Savchenko | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Larisa Savchenko | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| | | | | 11 | J Hetherington W Turnbull | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E De Lone A Keller | 3 | 4 | | | H Kelesi M Seles | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| H Kelesi M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | H Kelesi M Seles | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| D Faber S Stafford | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | K Adams L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| L Corsato-Owsianka A Villagran-Reami | 5 | 2 | | | D Faber S Stafford | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | K Adams L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |