Darren Cahill and Wally Masur were the defending champions. Cahill did not compete that year, while Masur partnered Brad Drewett, but lost in the first round.
Pat Cash and Mark Kratzmann won the title, defeating Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser 6–4, 7–5, in the final.
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1990 Holden NSW Open | |
| Champions |  Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann |
| Runners-up |  Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser |
| Score | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Seeds edit
Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser (final)
Paul Annacone / Christo van Rensburg (first round)
Goran Ivanišević / 
Petr Korda (semifinals)
Tomás Carbonell / 
Leonardo Lavalle (first round)
Draw edit
Key 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
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | P Aldrich D Visser
| 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Doohan S Youl
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | P Aldrich D Visser
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Antonitsch B Taróczy
| 7 | 6 | A Antonitsch B Taróczy
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Cannon B Page
| 6 | 4 | 1 | P Aldrich D Visser
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  T Carbonell L Lavalle
| 4 | 3 | P Sampras D Wheaton
| 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Sampras D Wheaton
| 6 | 6 | P Sampras D Wheaton
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 O Camporese D Nargiso
| 5 | 7 | 6 | O Camporese D Nargiso
| 7 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J-P Fleurian É Winogradsky
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | P Aldrich D Visser
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Gómez N Pereira
| 4 | 6 | 6 | P Cash M Kratzmann
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  H de la Peña F Roig
| 6 | 2 | 2 | A Gómez N Pereira
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Broad G Muller
| 3 | 4 | 3 |  G Ivanišević P Korda
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G Ivanišević P Korda
| 6 | 6 | 3 | G Ivanišević P Korda
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
B Dyke T Nijssen
| 6 | 6 | P Cash M Kratzmann
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Drewett W Masur
| 4 | 4 | B Dyke T Nijssen
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Cash M Kratzmann
| 6 | 6 | 6 | P Cash M Kratzmann
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | P Annacone C van Rensburg
| 4 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- General
- "Men's Doubles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- "Sydney Australia - Men's Doubles - Main Draw". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2011-12-30.