1989 French Open – Women's doubles

1989 French Open s URS Larisa SavchenkoURS Natasha Zvereva FRG Steffi GrafARG Gabriela Sabatini 6–4, 6–4 64 (4 WC Wild Cards) 16 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles 1989 French Open Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva defeated Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1989 French Open. It was Graf and Sabatini's third runner-up finish at the event. Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the two-time reigning champions, but did not participate this year. Seeds 30em TCH Jana Novotná / TCH Helena Suková (semifinals) URS Larisa Savchenko / URS Natasha Zvereva (champions) FRG Steffi Graf / ARG Gabriela Sabatini (final) USA Gigi Fernández / USA Lori McNeil (second round) USA Katrina Adams / USA Zina Garrison (quarterfinals) USA Betsy Nagelsen / AUS Janine Tremelling (first round) AUS Jenny Byrne / AUS Elizabeth Smylie (first round) USA Elise Burgin / AUS Hana Mandlíková (third round) NED Manon Bollegraf / FRG Eva Pfaff (second round) FRA Isabelle Demongeot / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (third round) GBR Jo Durie / USA Mary Joe Fernández (second round) DEN Tine Scheuer-Larsen / FRA Catherine Tanvier (quarterfinals) USA Beth Herr / USA Candy Reynolds (third round) FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / FRG Claudia Porwik (first round) AUS Nicole Provis / RSA 1928 Elna Reinach (third round) USA Terry Phelps / ITA Raffaella Reggi (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 TCH Jana NovotnáTCH Helena Suková 6 7   ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioAUT Judith Wiesner 1 63 3 FRG Steffi GrafARG Gabriela Sabatini 7 6 12 DEN Tine Scheuer-LarsenFRA Catherine Tanvier 64 3 5 USA Katrina AdamsUSA Zina Garrison 6 64 4   NED Brenda SchultzHUN Andrea Temesvári 2 7 6   CAN Helen KelesiFRA Catherine Suire 2 3 2 URS Larisa SavchenkoURS Natasha Zvereva 6 6 1 TCH Jana NovotnáTCH Helena Suková 1 2 3 FRG Steffi GrafARG Gabriela Sabatini 6 6   NED Brenda SchultzHUN Andrea Temesvári 1 4 2 URS Larisa SavchenkoURS Natasha Zvereva 6 6 3 FRG Steffi GrafARG Gabriela Sabatini 4 4 2 URS Larisa SavchenkoURS Natasha Zvereva 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 TCH J NovotnáTCH H Suková 6 6 YUG S GolešARG M Paz 3 1 ITA L FerrandoARG P Tarabini 63 6 6 USA E HakamiUSA S Stafford 7 1 0 USA C BenjaminRSA 1928 D Van Rensburg 6 6 ESP R BielsaURS E Maniokova 1 2 WC FRA P EtchemendyFRA N Guerrée 3 61 9 NED M BollegrafFRG E Pfaff 6 7 14 FRG C Kohde-KilschFRG C Porwik 6 3 4 FRA S AmiachFRA N Herreman 2 6 6 ESP A Sánchez VicarioAUT J Wiesner 7 4 6 ITA S CecchiniPER L Gildemeister 5 6 4 AUS A MinterNZL J Richardson 4 6 7 USA S CollinsURS L Meskhi 6 1 5 RSA 1928 L GregoryUSA G Magers 6 6 6 USA B NagelsenAUS J Tremelling 4 3 1 TCH J NovotnáTCH H Suková 4 6 6 ITA L FerrandoARG P Tarabini 6 1 2 USA C BenjaminRSA 1928 D Van Rensburg 6 4 6 9 NED M BollegrafFRG E Pfaff 1 6 4 FRA S AmiachFRA N Herreman 6 2 2 ESP A Sánchez VicarioAUT J Wiesner 4 6 6 AUS A MinterNZL J Richardson 5 6 1 RSA 1928 L GregoryUSA G Magers 7 3 6 1 TCH J NovotnáTCH H Suková 6 6 9 USA C BenjaminRSA 1928 D Van Rensburg 2 1 ESP A Sánchez VicarioAUT J Wiesner 6 6 RSA 1928 L GregoryUSA G Magers 3 4 1 TCH J NovotnáTCH H Suková 6 7 ESP A Sánchez VicarioAUT J Wiesner 1 63 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 FRG S GrafARG G Sabatini 6 6 HKG 1959 P HyGBR C Wood 3 4 RSA 1928 A CoetzerUSA K Steinmetz 7 65 3 ARG B FulcoARG A Villagrán 63 7 6 WC FRA S Niox-ChâteauFRA K Quentrec 5 2 USA P BargUSA R Reis 7 6 TCH I BudařováTCH R Rajchrtová 63 5 15 AUS N ProvisRSA 1928 E Reinach 7 7 12 DEN T Scheuer-LarsenFRA C Tanvier 64 6 6 USA D FaberUSA M Werdel 7 2 3 SUI C CohenSUI M Strebel 1 5 USA Ca MacGregorUSA S Walsh-Pete 6 7 USA L AllenUSA B Bowes 3 6 6 AUT B PaulusTCH R Zrubáková 6 3 1 WC FRA M LavalFRA N van Lottum 2 4 8 USA E BurginAUS H Mandlíková 6 6 3 FRG S GrafARG G Sabatini 4 6 6 ARG B FulcoARG A Villagrán 6 1 3 USA P BargUSA R Reis 4 2 15 AUS N ProvisRSA 1928 E Reinach 6 6 12 DEN T Scheuer-LarsenFRA C Tanvier 6 4 USA Ca MacGregorUSA S Walsh-Pete 2 6 3 USA L AllenUSA B Bowes 3 3 8 USA E BurginAUS H Mandlíková 6 6 3 FRG S GrafARG G Sabatini 5 6 6 AUS N ProvisRSA 1928 E Reinach 7 2 4 12 DEN T Scheuer-LarsenFRA C Tanvier 6 6 8 USA E BurginAUS H Mandlíková 3 3 FRG S GrafARG G Sabatini 6 6 12 DEN T Scheuer-LarsenFRA C Tanvier 3 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 5 USA K AdamsUSA Z Garrison 6 6 FRG S FranklNED A van Buuren 1 2 FRG I CuetoFRG S Meier 7 2 2 WC FRA J HalardBEL S Wasserman 64 6 6 AUT H SprungARG A Tiezzi 4 6 6 TCH R MaršíkováFRG C Schneider 6 4 2 USA M NorwoodUSA J Thomas 5 1 10 FRA I DemongeotFRA N Tauziat 7 6 13 USA B HerrUSA C Reynolds 6 6 JPN K ItoJPN Y Kajita 1 2 AUS T MortonAUS L O'Neill 1 7 1 USA J SmollerSWE M Strandlund 6 5 6 FIN N DahlmanBRA N Dias 3 2 NED B SchultzHUN A Temesvári 6 6 POL I KuczyńskaTCH J Pospíšilová 4 2 4 USA G FernándezUSA L McNeil 6 6 5 USA K AdamsUSA Z Garrison 6 4 6 WC FRA J HalardBEL S Wasserman 4 6 3 AUT H SprungARG A Tiezzi 3 1 10 FRA I DemongeotFRA N Tauziat 6 6 13 USA B HerrUSA C Reynolds 6 6 USA J SmollerSWE M Strandlund 4 2 NED B SchultzHUN A Temesvári 4 6 7 4 USA G FernándezUSA L McNeil 6 2 5 5 USA K AdamsUSA Z Garrison 3 6 8 10 FRA I DemongeotFRA N Tauziat 6 4 6 13 USA B HerrUSA C Reynolds 6 2 4 NED B SchultzHUN A Temesvári 4 6 6 5 USA K AdamsUSA Z Garrison 6 64 4 NED B SchultzHUN A Temesvári 2 7 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 AUS J ByrneAUS E Smylie 2 6 5 ITA S La FrattaITA B Romanò 6 4 7 BEL A DevriesUSA A Grossman 1 6 6 CAN H KelesiFRA C Suire 6 1 8 AUS L FieldTCH D Krajčovičová 5 3 BUL 1971 K MaleevaBUL 1971 Man Maleeva 7 6 FRA A DechaumeFRA E Derly 4 6 3 16 USA T PhelpsITA R Reggi 6 4 6 11 GBR J DurieUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 TCH P LangrováFRG W Probst 0 1 AUS JA FaullAUS R McQuillan 6 6 AUS M JaggardJPN A Nishiya 0 4 USA A FrazierAUS K Radford 4 0 NED C BakkumNED N Jagerman 6 6 RSA 1928 L BarnardRSA 1928 K Schimper 2 0 2 URS L SavchenkoURS N Zvereva 6 6 ITA S La FrattaITA B Romanò 3 2 CAN H KelesiFRA C Suire 6 6 BUL 1971 K MaleevaBUL 1971 Man Maleeva 5 2 16 USA T PhelpsITA R Reggi 7 6 11 GBR J DurieUSA MJ Fernández 64 5 AUS JA FaullAUS R McQuillan 7 7 NED C BakkumNED N Jagerman 5 4 2 URS L SavchenkoURS N Zvereva 7 6 CAN H KelesiFRA C Suire 6 6 16 USA T PhelpsITA R Reggi 4 0 AUS JA FaullAUS R McQuillan 4 2 2 URS L SavchenkoURS N Zvereva 6 6 CAN H KelesiFRA C Suire 2 3 2 URS L SavchenkoURS N Zvereva 6 6 References 1989 French Open – Women's draws and results 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