Patty Fendick and Meredith McGrath were the defending champions but only Fendick competed that year with Lisa Raymond.
Patty Fendick and Meredith McGrath were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Fendick with Mary Joe Fernández and McGrath with Rennae Stubbs.
Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo won the tournament in 2009, but Dechy retired from tennis later in the year and Santangelo chose to not participate this year.
Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová won in the final 3–6, 6–4, [10–8] against Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Vania King.
Patty Fendick (born March 31, 1965) is a former professional women's tennis player and is the former women's tennis program head coach at University of Texas.
The 1988 Nutri-Metics Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand and was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1988 Virginia Slims World Championship Series.
 It was the third edition of the tournament and ran from 25 January until 31 January 1988.
 Patty Fendick won the singles title.
Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy retired from tennis before being able to defend the title, and Santangelo chose not to participate this year.
Patty Fendick and Zina Garrison-Jackson were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Fendick with Meredith McGrath and Garrison-Jackson with Lori McNeil.
Mara Santangelo (born 28 June 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
 She retired from the sport on 28 January 2011.
The 1989 Nutri-Metics Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand and was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour.
 The tournament ran from 30 January through 5 February 1989.
 First-seeded Patty Fendick won the singles title.
Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy retired in 2009 and Santangelo chose not to compete this year.

Question: Do Mara Santangelo and Patty Fendick currently play tennis professionally?
Answer: no