1986 Lipton International Players Championships – Women's doubles

Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Navratilova could not compete this year due to a flu. Fernández teamed up with Robin White and lost in the semifinals to Chris Evert Lloyd and Wendy Turnbull.

Pam Shriver and Helena Suková won the title by defeating Evert Lloyd and Turnbull 6–2, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds
• 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver / Helena Suková (champions)

• 🇺🇸 Kathy Jordan / 🇦🇺 Elizabeth Smylie (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Chris Evert Lloyd / 🇦🇺 Wendy Turnbull (final)

• 🇺🇸 Betsy Nagelsen / 🇺🇸 Barbara Potter (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Elise Burgin / 🇺🇸 Sharon Walsh (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Gigi Fernández / 🇺🇸 Robin White (semifinals)

• Rosalyn Fairbank / 🇺🇸 Candy Reynolds (third round)

• 🇬🇧 Jo Durie / 🇭🇺 Andrea Temesvári (second round, retired)

• Bettina Bunge /  Eva Pfaff (third round)

• Marcella Mesker / 🇫🇷 Pascale Paradis (first round)

• 🇸🇪 Catarina Lindqvist / 🇺🇸 JoAnne Russell (quarterfinals)

• 🇧🇬 Katerina Maleeva / 🇧🇬 Manuela Maleeva (second round)

• 🇨🇦 Carling Bassett-Seguso / 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)

• 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil / 🇫🇷 Catherine Suire (quarterfinals)

• Steffi Graf / 🇫🇷 Catherine Tanvier (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Bonnie Gadusek / 🇺🇸 Alycia Moulton (second round)