# 1980 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's doubles

Top-seeded Anne Smith and Paula Smith won the title and $9,600 first-prize money after defeating Virginia Ruzici and Renáta Tomanová in the final.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Anne Smith / Paula Smith (champions)
* Laura duPont / JoAnne Russell (semifinals)
* Virginia Ruzici / Renáta Tomanová (final)
* Lele Forood / Candy Reynolds (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Anne Smith Paula Smith | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Andrea Jaeger Regina Maršíková | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Andrea Jaeger Regina Maršíková | 6 | 3 | 1 | Anne Smith Paula Smith | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová | 6 | 6 | 3 | Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Laura duPont JoAnne Russell | 2 | 4 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 1 | A Smith P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| D Evers I Madruga | 7 | 6 | | | D Evers I Madruga | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| H Ludloff A White | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | A Smith P Smith | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| S Acker P Whytcross | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Acker P Whytcross | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| C Casabianca E Raponi | 1 | 2 | | | S Acker P Whytcross | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| M Gurdal N Sato | 6 | 6 | | | M Gurdal N Sato | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| C Franch S Provoust | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Smith P Smith | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Jaeger R Maršíková | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | 4 | L Forood C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Rita Agassi D Gilbert | 6 | 5 | 6 | | R Agassi D Gilbert | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| F Hutnick K Sands | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | | 4 | L Forood C Reynolds | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| A Jaeger R Maršíková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A Jaeger R Maršíková | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| C Copeland D Rubin | 6 | 2 | | | A Jaeger R Maršíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| G Coles S Saliba | 5 | 3 | | | C Jolissaint H Strachoňová | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| C Jolissaint H Strachoňová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| A Henricksson K Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| V Beggs J Portman | 1 | 4 | | A Henricksson K Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| E Little A Evans | 3 | 3 | | C Newton J Walker | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| C Newton J Walker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Henricksson K Jones | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| R Fairbank M-L Piatek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | V Ruzici R Tomanová | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| S Collins J DuVall | 2 | 2 | | R Fairbank M-L Piatek | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | V Ruzici R Tomanová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Ruzici R Tomanová | 6 | 6 |
| R Blount Y Vermaak | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L duPont J Russell | 2 | 4 |
| B-A Dent J Newberry | 7 | 6 | | B-A Dent J Newberry | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| K Gulley K Pratt | 4 | 5 | | B Hallquist S McInerney | 6 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| B Hallquist S McInerney | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | B-A Dent J Newberry | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| M Brown L Lee | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | L duPont J Russell | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| L Doherty J Preyer | 6 | 6 | | L Doherty J Preyer | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | L duPont J Russell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |