title: 1989 Italian Open – Women's doubles
text: # 1989 Italian Open – Women's doubles
  
  Jana Novotná and Catherine Suire were the defending champions but only Suire competed that year with Helen Kelesi.
  
  Kelesi and Suire lost in the first round to Sophie Amiach and Lise Gregory.
  
  Elizabeth Smylie and Janine Tremelling won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Manon Bollegraf and Mercedes Paz.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top five seeded teams received byes into the second round.
  
  * Isabelle Demongeot / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
  * Elizabeth Smylie / Janine Tremelling (champions)
  * Jenny Byrne / Dianne Van Rensburg (semifinals)
  * Manon Bollegraf / Mercedes Paz (final)
  * Nicole Provis / Elna Reinach (quarterfinals)
  * Helen Kelesi / Catherine Suire (first round)
  * Manuela Maleeva / Hana Mandlíková (second round)
  * Sandra Cecchini / Sabrina Goleš (quarterfinals)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Final
  
  | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Manon Bollegraf Mercedes Paz | 4 | 3 | |
  | 2 | Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling | 6 | 6 | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Dechaume E Derly | 6 | 6 | | | A Dechaume E Derly | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kanellopoulou B Paulus | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | A Dechaume E Derly | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
  | | J Halard S Wasserman | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | C Cohen H Sprung | 6 | 0 | 7 | | | | |
  | | C Cohen H Sprung | 7 | 0 | 7 | | C Cohen H Sprung | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Coetzer B Fulco | 3 | 2 | | 7 | M Maleeva H Mandlíková | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | M Maleeva H Mandlíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | C Cohen H Sprung | 4 | 1 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Bollegraf M Paz | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 4 | M Bollegraf M Paz | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Caverzasio S Farina | 1 | 4 | | | L Field C Tanvier | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Field C Tanvier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M Bollegraf M Paz | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | L Garrone L Golarsa | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 5 | N Provis E Reinach | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
  | | M Grossi B Romanò | 6 | 6 | | | M Grossi B Romanò | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 5 | N Provis E Reinach | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | H Kelesi C Suire | 3 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Amiach L Gregory | 6 | 6 | 6 | | S Amiach L Gregory | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J-A Faull R McQuillan | 2 | 2 | | | A Sánchez J Wiesner | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Sánchez J Wiesner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Amiach L Gregory | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | | A Grossman A Leand | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | J Byrne D Van Rensburg | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | G Mosca A Tiezzi | 7 | 4 | 6 | | G Mosca A Tiezzi | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | J Byrne D Van Rensburg | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Byrne D Van Rensburg | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | S Cecchini S Goleš | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Smylie J Tremelling | 6 | 6 |
  | | B Schultz J Smoller | 5 | 3 | | 8 | S Cecchini S Goleš | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Krajčovičová E Švíglerová | 4 | 7 | 6 | | D Krajčovičová E Švíglerová | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Corsato-Owsianka L Tella | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | S Cecchini S Goleš | | | | | | | |
  | | N Dias L Ferrando | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | E Smylie J Tremelling | w/o | | | | | | |
  | | P Langrová J Pospíšilová | 6 | 6 | | | P Langrová J Pospíšilová | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | E Smylie J Tremelling | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  