1989 Dow Chemical Classic – Doubles
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Larisa Savchenko
Larisa Neiland
Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...

 and Natasha Zvereva
Natasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...

 were the defending champions and won in the final 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 against Leila Meskhi
Leila Meskhi
Leila Meskhi is a retired Georgian professional female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 12 on 5 August 1991.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union.-Singles :-Singles finalist :...

 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
    Larisa Neiland
    Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...

     /   Natasha Zvereva
    Natasha Zvereva
    Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...

     (Champions)
  2.   Betsy Nagelsen
    Betsy Nagelsen
    Betsy Nagelsen McCormack is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Nagelsen won the doubles championship at the 1978 and 1980 Australian Opens . She reached the singles final of the 1978 Australian Open, losing to Christine O'Neil...

     /   Janine Tremelling (Second Round)
  3.   Elise Burgin
    Elise Burgin
    Elise Burgin was an American tennis player. Her highest ranking was # 22.-Tennis career:Before playing professionally, Burgin was an outstanding singles and doubles player at Stanford University...

     /   Rosalyn Fairbank
    Rosalyn Fairbank
    Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. She played her first grand slam in 1979, with her last appearance coming as late as 1997...

     (Quarterfinals)
  4.   Manon Bollegraf
    Manon Bollegraf
    Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-History:...

     /   Lise Gregory
    Lise Gregory
    Lise Gregory was a South African tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18...

     (Semifinals)



  1.   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
    Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
    Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...

     /   Claudia Porwik
    Claudia Porwik
    Claudia Porwik is a former professional tennis player. She was born on 14 November 1968 in Coburg, West Germany and played on the WTA tour from 1986 to 1996...

     (First Round)
  2.   Penny Barg /   Ronni Reis
    Ronni Reis
    Ronni Reis was an American tennis player who turned pro in 1980 and played until 1991.She played for the University of Miami, partnering with Lise Gregory to win the NCAA tournament in 1986...

     (Second Round)
  3.   Sandy Collins
    Sandy Collins (tennis)
    Sandy Collins is an American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Sandy is a native of San Bernardino, California. After high school, Sandy went to Odessa College where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers...

     /   Jill Smoller (Quarterfinals)
  4.   Camille Benjamin
    Camille Benjamin
    Camille Benjamin is an American former professional tennis player .Benjamin played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1994. She did not win any major titles but reached the semi-final of the French Open in 1984....

     /   Terry Phelps
    Terry Phelps
    Terry Phelps is a former professional women's tennis player who is best known for reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1985. She reached No...

     (First Round)

    Final

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    Bottom Half

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