title: 1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles
text: # 1990 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles
  
  Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie defeated Mercedes Paz and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1990 Virginia Slims Championships.
  
  Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the four-time defending champions, but withdrew due to a knee surgery to Navratilova.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
  * Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
  * Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie (champions)
  * Mercedes Paz / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Draw
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi | 5 | 6 | $6^5$ | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | 4 | Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | Lise Gregory Gretchen Rush | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Lise Gregory Gretchen Rush | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | $6^4$ | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | | Nicole Provis Elna Reinach | 1 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | 3 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 6 | $7^8$ | | 3 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 7 | 3 | $7^7$ | | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
  | 2 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva | 5 | 6 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
  