1989 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1989 Virginia Slims Championships
Final
Champions	Martina Navratilova; Pam Shriver
Runners-up	Larisa Savchenko; Natasha Zvereva
Score	6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw	8
Seeds	4
Events
Singles	Doubles

Three-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1989 Virginia Slims Championships. It was Navratilova's twelfth Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's ninth.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (semifinals)
Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (final)
Katrina Adams / Zina Garrison (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Draw

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5	7	7
	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7	5	5	1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6
4	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	3	6			Wendy Turnbull Elizabeth Smylie	1	1
	Wendy Turnbull Elizabeth Smylie	6	7							1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6
	Robin White Gigi Fernández	2	4							3	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	3	2
3	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	6	6		3	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	3	7	6
	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	3	7	5	2	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6	6	4
2	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6	5	7

References

^ Robin Finn (November 21, 1989). "Fighting spirit carried Graf to Championship". The New York Times.
^ Sally Jenkins (November 20, 1989). "Graf finishes Navratilovo, 1989 in 4 sets". The Washington Post.

External links

[1] Robin Finn (November 21, 1989). "Fighting spirit carried Graf to Championship". The New York Times.

[2] Sally Jenkins (November 20, 1989). "Graf finishes Navratilovo, 1989 in 4 sets". The Washington Post.

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