See main article: article and 1991 US Open (tennis).
Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Katrina Adams and Manon Bollegraf.
Pam Shriver and Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) against Jana Novotná and Larisa Savchenko.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.