# 1989 New South Wales Open – Women's doubles

Ann Henricksson and Christiane Jolissaint were the defending champions but only Henricksson competed that year with Gretchen Magers.
Henricksson and Magers lost in the semi-finals to Elizabeth Smylie and Wendy Turnbull.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Smylie and Turnbull.

## 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.
* Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
* Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
* n/a
* Patty Fendick / Jill Hetherington (quarterfinals)
* Katrina Adams / Eva Pfaff (second round)
* Elizabeth Smylie / Wendy Turnbull (final)
* Jenny Byrne / Janine Tremelling (quarterfinals)
* Terry Phelps / Raffaella Reggi (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 6 | 6 | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull | 3 | 3 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis K Horvath | 4 | 3 | | | C Bakkum B Schultz | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bakkum B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Bowes S Collins | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | E Burgin H Mandlíková | 6 | 6 | | | E Burgin H Mandlíková | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Porwik C Tanvier | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Kuczyńska J Wiesner | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field M Jaggard | 1 | 2 | | | B Cordwell D Van Rensburg | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Cordwell D Van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | P Fendick J Hetherington | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Bowrey L O'Neill | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | I Kuczyńska J Wiesner | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | I Kuczyńska J Wiesner | 6 | 6 | | | I Kuczyńska J Wiesner | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Herr A Temesvári | 3 | 5 | | 5 | K Adams E Pfaff | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Adams E Pfaff | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| 8 | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 4 | 4 | | 8 | T Phelps R Reggi | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bollegraf N Provis | 7 | 6 | | | M Bollegraf N Provis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Lindqvist J Richardson | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume N Herreman | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Henricksson G Magers | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson G Magers | 6 | 6 | | | A Henricksson G Magers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LL | E Krapl P Langrová | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Henricksson G Magers | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | E Smylie W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | E Smylie W Turnbull | 6 | 6 |
| | J Durie A Smith | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | E Smylie W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 6 | 2 | | | I Budařová M J Fernández | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Budařová M J Fernández | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | E Smylie W Turnbull | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Hanika C Kohde-Kilsch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná H Suková | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Gregory R Reis | 7 | 7 | | | L Gregory R Reis | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Novotná H Suková | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |