Rosemary Casals and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1989 Virginia Slims of California | |
| 1988 Champions |  Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova |
| Champions | Patty Fendick  Jill Hetherington |
| Runners-up |  Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
Patty Fendick and Jill Hetherington won in the final 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 against Savchenko and Zvereva.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (final)
Patty Fendick / 
Jill Hetherington (champions)- Gigi Fernández /
Eva Pfaff (first round) - Elise Burgin /
Rosalyn Fairbank (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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | L Savchenko N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Byrne R White
| 2 | 2 | 1 | L Savchenko N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Bartlett A M Fernandez
| 4 | 3 | G Magers D van Rensburg
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Magers D van Rensburg
| 6 | 6 | 1 | L Savchenko N Zvereva
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Burgin R Fairbank
| 4 | 3 | R Casals M Navratilova
| 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Casals M Navratilova
| 6 | 6 | R Casals M Navratilova
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Henricksson S Walsh-Pete
| 5 | 3 | B Herr C Reynolds
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Herr C Reynolds
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva
| 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Antonoplis J Smoller
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington
| 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor
| 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Garrison K Rinaldi
| 7 | 6 | Z Garrison K Rinaldi
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G Fernández E Pfaff
| 5 | 4 | Z Garrison K Rinaldi
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Benjamin E Reinach
| 6 | 6 | 2 | P Fendick J Hetherington
| 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 I Demongeot N Tauziat
| 3 | 4 | C Benjamin E Reinach
| 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Lindström H Ludloff
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | P Fendick J Hetherington
| 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | P Fendick J Hetherington
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||