Joakim Nyström and Mats Wilander were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Carl Limberger and Mark Woodforde. Ken Flach and Robert Seguso defeated Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez in the final, 3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd's semi-final loss to Casal and Sanchez was Järryd's only Grand Slam loss of 1989, as he won the Australian Open and US Open with Edberg and the French Open with Seguso.