1989 New South Wales Open – Women's doubles

Ann Henricksson and Christiane Jolissaint were the defending champions but only Henricksson competed that year with Gretchen Magers.

Henricksson and Magers lost in the semi-finals to Elizabeth Smylie and Wendy Turnbull.

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Smylie and Turnbull.

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.

• # 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova / 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver (champions)

• # Jana Novotná / Helena Suková (quarterfinals)

• # n/a

• # 🇺🇸 Patty Fendick / 🇨🇦 Jill Hetherington (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Katrina Adams / Eva Pfaff (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Elizabeth Smylie / 🇦🇺 Wendy Turnbull (final)

• # 🇦🇺 Jenny Byrne / 🇦🇺 Janine Tremelling (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Terry Phelps / 🇮🇹 Raffaella Reggi (quarterfinals)