# 1979 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's doubles

Gene Mayer returned with John McEnroe to defend the title he had won with Hank Pfister. Top-seeds Mayer and McEnroe defeated No.2 pair Jan Kodeš and Tomáš Šmíd in the final for a prize of $9,200.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Gene Mayer / John McEnroe (champions)
* Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd (final)
* Mark Edmondson / John Marks (semifinals)
* Colin Dowdeswell / Balázs Taróczy (semifinals)
* Robin Drysdale / Van Winitsky (second round)
* Ross Case / Jaime Fillol (quarterfinals)
* Chris Lewis / Paul McNamee (second round)
* Paul Kronk / Peter McNamara (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Gene Mayer John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Edmondson John Marks | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Edmondson John Marks | 1 | 4 | | 1 | Gene Mayer John McEnroe | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 2 | Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Colin Dowdeswell Balázs Taróczy | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd | 6 | 2 | 9 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | G Mayer J McEnroe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Buehning B Nichols | 3 | 2 | | 1 | G Mayer J McEnroe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Mayotte L Stefanki | 1 | 2 | | | M Cahill S Krulevitz | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Cahill S Krulevitz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | G Mayer J McEnroe | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Hardie E Teltscher | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | J Hřebec P Složil | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Hřebec P Složil | 6 | 5 | 9 | | J Hřebec P Složil | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Núñez P Rodríguez | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | C Lewis P McNamee | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C Lewis P McNamee | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Mayer J McEnroe | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | M Edmondson J Marks | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Edmondson J Marks | 1 | 4 |
| | J Andrew I Lendl | 3 | 3 | | 3 | M Edmondson J Marks | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Callaghan G Holroyd | 4 | 6 | | | B Drewett J James | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Drewett J James | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | M Edmondson J Marks | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Greenberg G Petrovic | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | R Case J Fillol | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | T Delatte M Purcell | 6 | 6 | | | T Delatte M Purcell | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Collings K Warwick | 1 | 3 | | 6 | R Case J Fillol | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R Case J Fillol | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | P Kronk P McNamara | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Maher N Phillips | 3 | 6 | | 8 | P Kronk P McNamara | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | JL Clerc C Gattiker | 6 | 3 | 6 | | JL Clerc C Gattiker | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lapidus P Rennert | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | P Kronk P McNamara | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | G Martinez Darryl Shapiro | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | C Dowdeswell B Taróczy | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Dalla Fontana C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | F Dalla Fontana C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J DiLouie R Van't Hof | 4 | 4 | | 4 | C Dowdeswell B Taróczy | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | C Dowdeswell B Taróczy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | C Dowdeswell B Taróczy | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | R Drysdale V Winitsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Kodeš T Šmíd | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| | L Bourne H Ismail | 4 | 2 | | 5 | R Drysdale V Winitsky | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gómez R Ycaza | 6 | 6 | 2 | | J Lloyd F McNair | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lloyd F McNair | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | J Lloyd F McNair | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Hayes C Stansbury | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | J Kodeš T Šmíd | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Crawford N Saviano | 6 | 6 | | | R Crawford N Saviano | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagleton D Joubert | 4 | 1 | | 2 | J Kodeš T Šmíd | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Kodeš T Šmíd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |