1990 US Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1990 US Open
Final
Champions	Gigi Fernández ; Martina Navratilova
Runners-up	Jana Novotná ; Helena Suková
Score	6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	16
Events

Defending champion Martina Navratilova and her partner Gigi Fernández defeated Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1990 US Open. It was Navratilova's ninth US Open women's doubles title and 31st and final major women's doubles title overall, the latter an all-time record. Novotná and Suková were attempting to achieve the Grand Slam.

Hana Mandlíková and Navratilova were the reigning champions, but Mandlíková didn't compete that year.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (final)
Gigi Fernández / Martina Navratilova (champions)
Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Robin White (quarterfinals)
n/a
Patty Fendick / Zina Garrison (third round)
Nicole Provis / Elna Reinach (quarterfinals)
Mercedes Paz / Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
Mary Lou Daniels / Wendy White-Prausa (third round)
Lise Gregory / Gretchen Magers (third round)
Elise Burgin / Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer (third round)
Sandra Cecchini / Patricia Tarabini (third round)
Natalia Medvedeva / Leila Meskhi (quarterfinals)
Manon Bollegraf / Brenda Schultz (third round)
Katrina Adams / Laura Gildemeister (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

1	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6	6

3	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	2	3
				1	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	2	4

				2	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	6	6
4	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	4	5

2	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	6	7

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

1	J Novotná H Suková	6	6
	S Amiach P Hy	4	2		1	J Novotná H Suková	6	6
	E deLone L Raymond	3	6	6		E deLone L Raymond	0	0
	T Phelps S Stafford	6	3	3						1	J Novotná H Suková	6	6⁸	6
	I Budařová L Lásková	1	1							15	M Bollegraf B Schultz	1	7¹⁰	4
	L Ferrando B Fulco	6	6			L Ferrando B Fulco	4	3
	S Albinus N van Lottum	1	2		15	M Bollegraf B Schultz	6	6
15	M Bollegraf B Schultz	6	6												1	J Novotná H Suková	7⁹	6
11	L Gregory G Magers	6	6												5	A Sánchez Vicario R White	6⁷	3
	J Fuchs M Strandlund	3	4		11	L Gregory G Magers	1	7⁸	7
	M Lindström H Ludloff	7	6			M Lindström H Ludloff	6	6⁶	5
	B Romanò E Švíglerová	5	2							11	L Gregory G Magers	3	1
	R McQuillan J Tremelling	6³	1							5	A Sánchez Vicario R White	6	6
	H Kelesi M Seles	7⁷	6			H Kelesi M Seles	1	3
	J Durie J Richardson	5	4		5	A Sánchez Vicario R White	6	6
5	A Sánchez Vicario R White	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

3	L Savchenko N Zvereva	6	6
	S Meier E Pampoulova	0	4		3	L Savchenko N Zvereva	6	5	6
	C Chabalgoity L Corsato	3	1			J Hetherington K Rinaldi	1	7	3
	J Hetherington K Rinaldi	6	6							3	L Savchenko N Zvereva	6⁵	6	6
	M Pierce L Spadea	2	7	6						9	M Paz G Sabatini	7⁷	4	4
	Ca MacGregor H Na	6	5	0		M Pierce L Spadea	6	4	5
	E Brioukhovets E Maniokova	1	0		9	M Paz G Sabatini	4	6	7
9	M Paz G Sabatini	6	6												3	L Savchenko N Zvereva	6	6⁵	6
14	N Medvedeva L Meskhi	6	6												14	N Medvedeva L Meskhi	3	7⁷	3
	P Langrová J Pospíšilová	3	1		14	N Medvedeva L Meskhi	6	6
	B Cordwell A Henricksson	7⁷	6			B Cordwell A Henricksson	4	2
	S Collins J Smoller	6³	4							14	N Medvedeva L Meskhi	w/o
	S Birch D Graham	2	2							7	P Fendick Z Garrison
	C Porwik W Probst	6	6			C Porwik W Probst	5	5
	Cy MacGregor M Werdel	7⁹	3	1	7	P Fendick Z Garrison	7	7
7	P Fendick Z Garrison	6⁷	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

ALT	K Foxworth T Whittington	4	1
	J Byrne A White	6	6			J Byrne A White	6	5	6⁴
	S Graf L McNeil	6	6			S Graf L McNeil	4	7	7⁷
	S Smith H ter Riet	2	1								S Graf L McNeil	6	2	6
	L Garrone L Golarsa	2	4							13	S Cecchini P Tarabini	3	6	0
	J-A Faull W Turnbull	6	6			J-A Faull W Turnbull	2	4
	B Paulus R Zrubáková	4	2		13	S Cecchini P Tarabini	6	6
13	S Cecchini P Tarabini	6	6													S Graf L McNeil	2	7	1
12	E Burgin R Fairbank-Nideffer	6	6												4	K Jordan E Smylie	6	5	6
	P Barg-Mager P Louie-Harper	2	3		12	E Burgin R Fairbank-Nideffer	6	6
	C Benjamin A Minter	6	3	1		Ta Whitlinger Te Whitlinger	4	1
	Ta Whitlinger Te Whitlinger	1	6	6						12	E Burgin R Fairbank-Nideffer	1	6¹
	N Tauziat J Wiesner	6	6							4	K Jordan E Smylie	6	7⁷
	K Kschwendt T Morton	1	0			N Tauziat J Wiesner	2	3
	P Paradis C Suire	4	7	3	4	K Jordan E Smylie	6	6
4	K Jordan E Smylie	6	5	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

8	N Provis E Reinach	6	6
	R Field C Toleafoa	1	0		8	N Provis E Reinach	6⁶	6	6
	L Barnard D van Rensburg	6	6			L Barnard D van Rensburg	7⁸	1	2
	R Rajchrtová A Temesvári	3	1							8	N Provis E Reinach	6	6
	C Caverzasio F Labat	4	7⁷	3						10	M L Daniels W White-Prausa	4	3
	A Grossman R Stubbs	6	6⁴	6		A Grossman R Stubbs	6	4	4
	M Kidowaki N Miyagi	5	4		10	M L Daniels W White-Prausa	2	6	6
10	M L Daniels W White-Prausa	7	6												8	N Provis E Reinach	6³	6	0
16	K Adams L Gildemeister	6	6⁵	6											2	G Fernández M Navratilova	7⁷	4	6
	C Lindqvist A Scott	2	7⁷	4	16	K Adams L Gildemeister	6	6
	I Demongeot E Pfaff	7⁷	6			I Demongeot E Pfaff	4	3
	M Maleeva M Maleeva-Fragnière	6¹	3							16	K Adams L Gildemeister	6	2	2
	A Dechaume N Herreman	6⁵	4							2	G Fernández M Navratilova	0	6	6
	H Cioffi A Frazier	7⁷	6			H Cioffi A Frazier	2	1
	J Capriati M McGrath	5	4		2	G Fernández M Navratilova	6	6
2	G Fernández M Navratilova	7	6

External links

1990 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation