1993 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1993 Australian Open
Champion	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Runner-up	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie
Final score	6–4, 6–3

The Women's Doubles competition at the 1993 Australian Open was held between 18 January and 31 January 1993 on outdoor hard courts at the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia. Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won the title, defeating Pam Shriver and Elizabeth Smylie in the final.

Seeds

1. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (Champions)
2. Larisa Neiland / Jana Novotná (Quarterfinals)
3. Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
4. Mary Joe Fernández / Zina Garrison-Jackson (Quarterfinals)
5. Lori McNeil / Rennae Stubbs (Quarterfinals)
6. Jill Hetherington / Kathy Rinaldi (Semifinals)
7. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (Third round)
8. Patty Fendick / Jana Strnadová (Semifinals)
9. Nicole Provis / Elna Reinach (First round)
10. Pam Shriver / Elizabeth Smylie (Final)
11. Rachel McQuillan / Claudia Porwik (Second round)
12. Sandy Collins / Mary Pierce (First round)
13. Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer / Julie Richardson (Third round)
14. Sabine Appelmans / Isabelle Demongeot (First round)
15. Florencia Labat / Patricia Tarabini (Third round)
16. Katerina Maleeva / Nathalie Tauziat (Third round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
	5	Lori McNeil   Rennae Stubbs	3	1
								1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	6	7
								8	Patty Fendick   Jana Strnadová	2	5
	4	Mary Joe Fernández   Zina Garrison-Jackson	2	2
	8	Patty Fendick   Jana Strnadová	6	6
															1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
															10	Pam Shriver   Elizabeth Smylie	4	3
	6	Jill Hetherington   Kathy Rinaldi	4	6	6
	3	Conchita Martínez   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	1	0
								6	Jill Hetherington   Kathy Rinaldi	4	6	3
								10	Pam Shriver   Elizabeth Smylie	6	1	6
	10	Pam Shriver   Elizabeth Smylie	6	6
	2	Larisa Savchenko   Jana Novotná	3	3

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
		L Glitz J Santrock	2	3				1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6^4	7	6
		L Pleming S Testud	6	4	6				L Pleming S Testud	7	5	2
		A Grossman A Temesvári	3	6	1										1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
		A Frazier R Hiraki	6	6											13	R Fairbank-Nideffer J Richardson	4	0
		J Wiesner R Zrubáková	4	4					A Frazier R Hiraki	3	2
		C Barclay L Stacey	5	2				13	R Fairbank-Nideffer J Richardson	6	6
	13	R Fairbank-Nideffer J Richardson	7	6																		1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
	9	N Provis E Reinach	2	6	1																	5	L McNeil R Stubbs	3	1
		I Gorrochategui L Harvey-Wild	6	3	6				I Gorrochategui L Harvey-Wild	6	3	6
		J Fuchs M Strandlund	3	4					M Kiene M Oremans	0	6	1
		M Kiene M Oremans	6	6												I Gorrochategui L Harvey-Wild	3	6^6
		Ca MacGregor S Stafford	6	6											5	L McNeil R Stubbs	6	7
		J Byrne JA Faull	3	3					Ca MacGregor S Stafford	3	4
		N Krijger-Jagerman W Probst	4	4				5	L McNeil R Stubbs	6	6
	5	L McNeil R Stubbs	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	6	6
	Alt	M Mróz K Teodorowicz	2	4				4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	6	6
		C Kuhlman L Novelo	3	2				WC	M Maleeva M Maleeva-Fragniere	4	2
	WC	M Maleeva M Maleeva-Fragniere	6	6											4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	6	6
		A Hirose N Kijimuta	2	5												Y Basuki N Miyagi	2	2
		S McCarthy K Po	6	7					S McCarthy K Po	3	7	6
		Y Basuki N Miyagi	6	6					Y Basuki N Miyagi	6	5	8
	12	S Collins M Pierce	6^2	2																		4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	2	2
	15	F Labat P Tarabini	3	6	6																	8	P Fendick J Strnadová	6	6
		J Halard A Huber	6	2	4			15	F Labat P Tarabini	w/o
		P Hy S Rehe	6	6					P Hy S Rehe
		K Godridge P O'Reilly	3	3											15	F Labat P Tarabini	4	4
		N Arendt M Babel	6^5	4											8	P Fendick J Strnadová	6	6
		J Hodder A Woolcock	7	6					J Hodder A Woolcock	2	3
		L Meskhi B Rittner	1	5				8	P Fendick J Strnadová	6	6
	8	P Fendick J Strnadová	6	7

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	6	J Hetherington K Rinaldi	6	6
		E Iida K Radford	3	3				6	J Hetherington K Rinaldi	7	6
		T Morton-Rodgers C Wood	6	6					T Morton-Rodgers C Wood	6^5	2
		S Lohmann V Martinek	2	1											6	J Hetherington K Rinaldi	6	6
		K Date M Jaggard-Lai	7	6												K Date M Jaggard-Lai	3	3
		C Benjamin P Thoren	5	1					K Date M Jaggard-Lai	w/o
		L Gildemeister K Habšudová	3	2				11	R McQuillan C Porwik
	11	R McQuillan C Porwik	6	6																		6	J Hetherington K Rinaldi	4	6	6
	16	K Maleeva N Tauziat	3	6	6																	3	C Martínez A Sánchez Vicario	6	1	0
	WC	M Avotins D Jones	6	2	1			16	K Maleeva N Tauziat	6	6
		N Baudone B Fulco-Villela	3	2				WC	J Limmer K McDonald	4	3
	WC	J Limmer K McDonald	6	6											16	K Maleeva N Tauziat	3	0^r
		K Kschwendt P Langrová	2	2											3	C Martínez A Sánchez Vicario	6	3
		B Bowes T Whittington	6	6					B Bowes T Whittington	2	3
		I Driehuis N van Lottum	4	2				3	C Martínez A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	3	C Martínez A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	7	K Adams M Bollegraf	6	6
		L Golarsa N Herreman	1	2				7	K Adams M Bollegraf	6	6
		N Pratt K Sharpe	6	7					N Pratt K Sharpe	4	4
		M Kidowaki N Sawamatsu	3	6^5											7	K Adams M Bollegraf	3	2
		A Fusai N Tschan	6	6											10	P Shriver E Smylie	6	6
	WC	KA Guse T Price	4	1					A Fusai N Tschan	4	1
		D Graham R White	5	0				10	P Shriver E Smylie	6	6
	10	P Shriver E Smylie	7	6																		10	P Shriver E Smylie	6	6
	14	S Appelmans I Demongeot	7	4	3																	2	L Savchenko J Novotná	3	3
		S Dopfer M Zivec-Skulj	6^5	6	6				S Dopfer M Zivec-Skulj	3	1
		R Simpson-Alter T Whitlinger	5	1					L Davenport C Rubin	6	6
		L Davenport C Rubin	7	6												L Davenport C Rubin	6	4	7
	Alt	M Miyauchi A Sugiyama	3	6^4											2	L Savchenko J Novotná	4	6	9
		J Emmons G Helgeson	6	7					J Emmons G Helgeson	6	5	2
		A Coetzer L Field	6	6^5	1			2	L Savchenko J Novotná	3	7	6
	2	L Savchenko J Novotná	2	7	6

References

• Main Draw, ITFTennis.com