1989 Dow Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1989 Dow Classic
1988 Champions	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Meredith McGrath Pam Shriver
Final score	7–5, 5–7, 6–0

Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions and won in the final 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 against Leila Meskhi and Svetlana Parkhomenko.

Seeds

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.

1. Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (Champions)
2. Betsy Nagelsen / Janine Tremelling (Second Round)
3. Elise Burgin / Rosalyn Fairbank (Quarterfinals)
4. Manon Bollegraf / Lise Gregory (Semifinals)
5. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Claudia Porwik (First Round)
6. Penny Barg / Ronni Reis (Second Round)
7. Sandy Collins / Jill Smoller (Quarterfinals)
8. Camille Benjamin / Terry Phelps (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

Final
1	Larisa Savchenko   Natasha Zvereva	7	5	6
	Meredith McGrath   Pam Shriver	5	7	0

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	L Savchenko   N Zvereva	6	6
	S Gomer   J Salmon	6	3	6				S Gomer   J Salmon	2	0
	M Norwood   J Thomas	4	6	3										1	L Savchenko   N Zvereva	6	6
	B Borneo   C Wood	1	3												A Hobbs   C Suire	4	3
	A Hobbs   C Suire	6	6					A Hobbs   C Suire	6	6
	M Grossi   G Miró	6	6					M Grossi   G Miró	2	2
5	C Kohde-Kilsch   C Porwik	3	2																		1	L Savchenko   N Zvereva	6	6
																					4	M Bollegraf   L Gregory	2	4
							4	M Bollegraf   L Gregory	7	7
	T Morton   A Nishiya	1	6					S Amiach   K Steinmetz	6	6
	S Amiach   K Steinmetz	6	7											4	M Bollegraf   L Gregory	4	7	7
	B J King   M Navratilova	6	7												A Minter   J Richardson	6	6	5
	M Lindström   H Ludloff	4	5					B J King   M Navratilova	4	7	5
	A Minter   J Richardson	6	6					A Minter   J Richardson	6	5	7
8	C Benjamin   T Phelps	3	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	P Barg   R Reis	6	7
	L Antonoplis   A Henricksson	3	6				6	P Barg   R Reis	4	5
	M McGrath   P Shriver	6	4	6				M McGrath   P Shriver	6	7
	M Jaggard   E Reinach	3	6	3											M McGrath   P Shriver	6	6
	P Hy   A Scott	7	4	6										3	E Burgin   R Fairbank	0	4
	E Inoue   A Kijimuta	5	6	1				P Hy   A Scott	6	6	4
							3	E Burgin   R Fairbank	7	3	6
																						M McGrath   P Shriver	6	4	6
7	S Collins   J Smoller	6	6																			C Bakkum   L Golarsa	2	6	2
	M Bernard   K Schimper	3	3				7	S Collins   J Smoller	6	7
	H Na   S Stafford	4	6	4				D Faber   M Pawlik	2	5
	D Faber   M Pawlik	6	4	6										7	S Collins   J Smoller	5	5
	C Bakkum   L Golarsa	6	6												C Bakkum   L Golarsa	7	7
	N Miyagi   K Radford	1	3					C Bakkum   L Golarsa	2	6	6
							2	B Nagelsen   J Tremelling	6	4	4

External links

• 1989 Dow Chemical Classic Doubles Draw