1990 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
Tennis event, part of the WTA Tour
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The 1990 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships women's doubles was a doubles event which was part of the seventeenth edition of the Japan Open; a tennis tournament held in Tokyo, Japan, played on hard. It was part of the 1990 season of the WTA Tour.
Champion
Runner-up
Score6–0, 3–6, 6–1
Draw16 (1Q / 1WC)
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1990 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 6–0, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Draw | 16 (1Q / 1WC) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Jill Hetherington and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.
Hetherington teamed up with Anne Minter and lost in the first round to Hu Na and Michelle Jaggard. Smylie teamed up with Kathy Jordan and successfully defended her title, defeating Hu Na and Jaggard 6–0, 3–6, 6–1 in the final.[1][2][3]
Seeds
Lori McNeil / Robin White (semifinals)- Kathy Jordan /
Elizabeth Smylie (champions) - Betsy Nagelsen /
Eva Pfaff (quarterfinals) 
Jill Hetherington / Anne Minter (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  L McNeil R White
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  E Inoue N Miyagi
| 3 | 63 | 1 | L McNeil R White
| 64 | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
 E Krapl M Pawlik
| 3 | 4 |  J Durie J Richardson
| 77 | 3 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Durie J Richardson
| 6 | 6 | 1 | L McNeil R White
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  J Hetherington A Minter
| 1 | 7 | 2 | H Na M Jaggard
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H Na M Jaggard
| 6 | 5 | 6 | H Na M Jaggard
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Date M Kidowaki
|  E Švíglerová M Werdel
| 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Švíglerová M Werdel
| w/o | H Na M Jaggard
| 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
L Field A Villagrán-Reami
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | K Jordan E Smylie
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| B Cordwell A Henricksson
| 2 | 6 | 6 | B Cordwell A Henricksson
| 6 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 P Thorén C Toleafoa
| 62 | 0 | 3 | B Nagelsen E Pfaff
| 4 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | B Nagelsen E Pfaff
| 77 | 6 | B Cordwell A Henricksson
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J-A Faull R Stubbs
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | K Jordan E Smylie
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  P Paradis C Suire
| 4 | 6 | 4 | J-A Faull R Stubbs
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Allen S Amiach
| 3 | 1 | 2 | K Jordan E Smylie
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | K Jordan E Smylie
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||