title: 1989 Dow Classic – Doubles
text: # 1989 Dow Classic – Doubles
  
  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.
  
  * Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
  * Betsy Nagelsen / Janine Tremelling (second round)
  * Elise Burgin / Rosalyn Fairbank (quarterfinals)
  * Manon Bollegraf / Lise Gregory (semifinals)
  * Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Claudia Porwik (first round)
  * Penny Barg / Ronni Reis (second round)
  * Sandy Collins / Jill Smoller (quarterfinals)
  * Camille Benjamin / Terry Phelps (first round)
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva | 7 | 5 | 6 |
  | | Meredith McGrath Pam Shriver | 5 | 7 | 0 |
  
  ### Top 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 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 | | | | | | | | |
  