# 1990 Lufthansa Cup German Open – Doubles

The defending champions were Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling, but Smylie chose not to participate. Tremelling, partnered Jenny Byrne, but lost in the first round to Samantha Smith and Hellas ter Riet. Nicole Provis and Elna Reinach won the title, defeating Hana Mandlíková and Jana Novotná in the final, 6–2, 6–1.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Larisa Savchenko / Natalia Zvereva (quarterfinal)
* Hana Mandlíková / Jana Novotná (final)
* Mary Joe Fernández / Betsy Nagelsen (second round)
* Katrina Adams / Lori McNeil (semifinal)
* Elise Burgin / Mercedes Paz (quarterfinal)
* Nicole Provis / Elna Reinach (champions)
* Natalia Medvedeva / Leila Meskhi (first round)
* Sandra Cecchini / Patricia Tarabini (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Nicole Provis Elna Reinach | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kristine Radford Jill Smoller | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| | Kristine Radford Jill Smoller | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Nicole Provis Elna Reinach | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 4 | 1 | | 2 | Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná | 6 | 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 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat L Spadea | 3 | 3 | | | L Barnard L Field | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Barnard L Field | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | G Castro C Martínez | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 6 | N Provis E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | I Demongeot C Tanvier | 6 | 5 | 7 | | I Demongeot C Tanvier | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Temesvári-Trunkos R Rajchrtová | 4 | 6 | | 6 | N Provis E Reinach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Provis E Reinach | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Nicole Provis Elna Reinach | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kristine Radford Jill Smoller | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| | | | | | 3 | M Joe Fernández B Nagelsen | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman R Simpson | 7 | 3 | 1 | | J Faull R McQuillan | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Faull R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | J Faull R McQuillan | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Albinus A Villagrán | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | K Radford J Smoller | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Radford J Smoller | 6 | 2 | 7 | | K Radford J Smoller | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dahlman W Probst | 6 | 3 | 2 | | S Cecchini P Tarabini | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Cecchini P Tarabini | 2 | 6 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | N Medvedeva L Meskhi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Gildemeister T Scheuer-Larsen | 2 | 6 | 7 | | L Gildemeister T Scheuer-Larsen | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kohde-Kilsch B Schultz | 2 | 4 | | | B Fulco R Zrubáková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Fulco R Zrubáková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Gildemeister T Scheuer-Larsen | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Jaggard T Morton | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | K Adams L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Meier B Rittner | 2 | 4 | | | M Jaggard T Morton | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | K Adams L McNeil | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | E Burgin M Paz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| | E Pfaff K Rinaldi | 2 | 1 | | 5 | E Burgin M Paz | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Tauziat J Wiesner | 6 | 4 | | | S Stafford T Whitlinger | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stafford T Whitlinger | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | E Burgin M Paz | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | H Mandlíková J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Smith H ter Riet | 7 | 6 | | | S Smith H ter Riet | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | H Mandlíková J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |