Defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1982 Avon Championships. It was Navratilova's fifth Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's second.
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
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
| 3 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull
| 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh
| 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||