Gigi Fernández and Robin White were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1989 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champions |  Jill Hetherington  Elizabeth Smylie |
| Runners-up |  Ann Henricksson Beth Herr |
| Score | 6–1, 6–3 |
Jill Hetherington and Elizabeth Smylie won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Ann Henricksson and Beth Herr.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Betsy Nagelsen / Pam Shriver (first round)
Jill Hetherington / 
Elizabeth Smylie (champions)- Ann Henricksson / Beth Herr (final)
- Lea Antonoplis / Cammy MacGregor (semifinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | B Nagelsen P Shriver
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Minter J Richardson
| 6 | 6 | A Minter J Richardson
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 E Okagawa K Okamoto
| 2 | 6 | 4 |  A Devries E Krapl
| 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Devries E Krapl
| 6 | 2 | 6 | A Minter J Richardson
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | A Henricksson B Herr
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | A Henricksson B Herr
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E Inoue A Kijimuta
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | A Henricksson B Herr
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Grousbeck L O'Neill
| 0 | 6 | 2 |  M Lindström H Ludloff
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Lindström H Ludloff
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Ann Henricksson Beth Herr
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Kidowaki A Nishiya
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Jill Hetherington Elizabeth Smylie
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Hobbs M Jaggard
| 5 | 6 | 6 | A Hobbs M Jaggard
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Field S Wasserman
| 3 | 3 | 4 | L Antonoplis C MacGregor
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Antonoplis C MacGregor
| 6 | 6 | 4 | L Antonoplis C MacGregor
| 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L Allen I Kuczyńska
| 3 | 6 | 2 | J Hetherington E Smylie
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 P Hy M Werdel
| 6 | 7 | P Hy M Werdel
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E Iida T Zambrzycki
| 0 | 2 | 2 | J Hetherington E Smylie
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Hetherington E Smylie
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||