See main article: 1990 Citizen Cup.
Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but chose to compete this year with different partners. Demongeot teamed up with Catherine Tanvier and lost in the quarterfinals to Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova, while Tauziat teamed up with Judith Wiesner and also lost in the quarterfinals to Larisa Savchenko-Neiland and Helena Suková.
Fernández and Navratilova won the title by defeating Savchenko-Neiland and Suková 6–2, 6–3 in the final.[1]
The first five seeds received a bye into the second round.