# 1980 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Mark Edmondson and Kim Warwick defeated the defending champions Paul McNamee and Peter McNamara in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1980 Australian Open.

## Seeds

* Paul McNamee / Peter McNamara (final)
* Brian Gottfried / Sandy Mayer (quarterfinals)
* Victor Amaya / Hank Pfister (second round)
* Kevin Curren / Steve Denton (first round)
* Ivan Lendl / Bill Scanlon (first round)
* Fritz Buehning / Ferdi Taygan (first round)
* Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick (champions)
* Peter Fleming / Peter Rennert (first round)

## 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 | Paul McNamee Peter McNamara | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Eddie Edwards Craig Edwards | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | Eddie Edwards Craig Edwards | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Paul McNamee Peter McNamara | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | 7 | Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick | 6 | 7 | | 7 | Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick | 7 | 6 |
| | Billy Martin Russell Simpson | 3 | 6 | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | P McNamee P McNamara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J DiLouie W Hampson | 2 | 1 | | 1 | P McNamee P McNamara | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Mayotte U Marten | 6 | 6 | | | C Mayotte U Marten | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Cain B Maze | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | P McNamee P McNamara | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Fitzgerald W Pascoe | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | M Estep P Kronk | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | R Case G Masters | 6 | 6 | 3 | | J Fitzgerald W Pascoe | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Estep P Kronk | 6 | 6 | | | M Estep P Kronk | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | I Lendl B Scanlon | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P McNamee P McNamara | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | V Amaya H Pfister | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Edwards C Edwards | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| | D Carter B Drewett | 3 | 4 | | 3 | V Amaya H Pfister | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Edwards C Edwards | 3 | 6 | 6 | | E Edwards C Edwards | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sadri T Wilkison | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | E Edwards C Edwards | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | E Ewert B Guan | 6 | | | | | | | | | E Ewert B Guan | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | J Alexander P Dent | 3 | $^r$ | | | E Ewert B Guan | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kachel S Menon | 6 | 1 | 6 | | C Kachel S Menon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Fleming P Rennert | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | M Edmondson K Warwick | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Doohan C Miller | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | M Edmondson K Warwick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Rocavert J Smith | 6 | 7 | | | T Rocavert J Smith | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Docherty T Graham | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 7 | M Edmondson K Warwick | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | S Ball C Letcher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Frawley C Lewis | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Dibley J James | 4 | 4 | | | S Ball C Letcher | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Frawley C Lewis | 6 | 4 | 6 | | R Frawley C Lewis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | K Curren S Denton | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Edmondson K Warwick | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | F Buehning F Taygan | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | B Martin R Simpson | 3 | 6 |
| | B Martin R Simpson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | B Martin R Simpson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Collings D Crealy | 3 | 7 | 6 | | D Collings D Crealy | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Holroyd C Wittus | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | B Martin R Simpson | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | D Siegler G Whitecross | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | 2 | B Gottfried S Mayer | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Gullikson A Pattison | 4 | 7 | 4 | | D Siegler G Whitecross | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Fancutt C Johnstone | 5 | 3 | | 2 | B Gottfried S Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Gottfried S Mayer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |