1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles – Doubles

Doubles
1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
1988 ChampionsUnited States Patty Fendick
Canada Jill Hetherington
Final
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Runners-upUnited States Mary Joe Fernández
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Score5–2 (Fernández and Kohde-Kilsch retired)
Events
Singles Doubles
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Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington were the defending champions of the doubles event at the 1989 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles tennis tournament but lost in the quarterfinals to Elizabeth Smylie and Janine Tremelling.

Martina Navratilova and Wendy Turnbull won the final 5–2 after Mary Joe Fernández and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch were forced to retire.

Seeds

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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.

Draw

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Key

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Final

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Final
     
1 5    
  2r  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 6 6  
  2 3     3 2  
  6 6   1 6 6  
  2 1   5 3 3  
  6 6     1 3  
  3 3   5 6 6  
5 6 6   1 6 6  
8 2 4  
3 6 6  
  6 4 6   3 1  
  4 6 4 3 5 6  
  3 4   8 7 7  
  6 6     3 7 3
  3 4   8 6 6 6
8 6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 6 3 6
  2 6 1 6 7 4 6
  6 6     5 6 3
  0 2   6 2 2  
  6 6     6 6  
  2 1     7 6  
4 6 4  
  6 5 6
7 6 7   7 4 7 3
  2 5   7 6 6  
  3 6 7   2 1  
  6 4 5 7 6 4 6
  6 4 5 2 4 6 4
  3 6 7   1 3  
2 6 6  
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