1993 Australian Open – Women's doubles

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

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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 / Andrea 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
• 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

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 Andrea Strnadová	2	5
	4	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison-Jackson	2	2
	8	Patty Fendick Andrea 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 Neiland 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	64	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	66
		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-Fragnière	4	2
	WC	M Maleeva M Maleeva-Fragnière	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	62	2																		4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	2	2
	15	F Labat P Tarabini	3	6	6																	8	P Fendick A 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	65	4											8	P Fendick A Strnadová	6	6
		J Hodder A Woolcock	7	6					J Hodder A Woolcock	2	3
		L Meskhi B Rittner	1	5				8	P Fendick A Strnadová	6	6
	8	P Fendick A 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 C Wood	6	6					T Morton C Wood	65	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 Thorén	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-Villella	3	2				WC	J Limmer K McDonald	4	3
	WC	J Limmer K McDonald	6	6											16	K Maleeva N Tauziat	3	0r
		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	65											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 Neiland J Novotná	3	3
		S Dopfer M Živec-Škulj	65	6	6				S Dopfer M Živec-Škulj	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	64											2	L Neiland J Novotná	4	6	9
		J Emmons G Helgeson	6	7					J Emmons G Helgeson	6	5	2
		A Coetzer L Field	6	65	1			2	L Neiland J Novotná	3	7	6
	2	L Neiland J Novotná	2	7	6

External links

• 1993 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation