# 1978 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Ray Ruffels and Allan Stone were the defending champions.

## Seeds

* John Alexander / Phil Dent (second round)
* Hank Pfister / Sherwood Stewart (quarterfinals)
* Mark Edmondson / John Marks (first round)
* Wojtek Fibak / Kim Warwick (champion)
* Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone (quarterfinals)
* Ross Case / Geoff Masters (second round)
* Bernard Mitton / Raymond Moore (first round)
* Colin Dibley / Chris Kachel (second 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Syd Ball Bob Carmichael | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Wojtek Fibak Kim Warwick | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Wojtek Fibak Kim Warwick | 7 | 6 | 4 | Wojtek Fibak Kim Warwick | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher | 6 | 5 |
| | Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith | 1 | 6 | | Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher | 6 | 5 |
| | Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### 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 | J Alexander P Dent | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Collings A Gardiner | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | J Alexander P Dent | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Ball B Carmichael | 6 | 6 | | | S Ball B Carmichael | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Eke E Ewert | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | S Ball B Carmichael | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Di Louie B Drewett | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | P Feigl R Frawley | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | P Feigl R Frawley | 6 | 6 | | | P Feigl R Frawley | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Docherty H Fritz | 3 | 5 | | 8 | C Dibley C Kachel | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Dibley C Kachel | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Ball B Carmichael | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | W Fibak K Warwick | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | W Fibak K Warwick | 7 | 6 |
| | M Anderson M Fancutt | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | W Fibak K Warwick | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Roche P Smylie | 4 | 4 | | | R Simpson J Trickey | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Simpson J Trickey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | W Fibak K Warwick | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | W Maher N Phillips | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | R Ruffels A Stone | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | G Fritz C Stansbury | 2 | 6 | | | W Maher N Phillips | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Krishnan S Menon | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | R Ruffels A Stone | 7 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Ruffels A Stone | 6 | 3 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | R Case G Masters | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Clements T Stone | 0 | 4 | | 6 | R Case G Masters | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Jarrett J Smith | 6 | 6 | | | A Jarrett J Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P McNamara P McNamee | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Jarrett J Smith | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | D Carter T Rocavert | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | I El Shafei B Fairlie | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | P Campbell L Palin | 6 | 6 | | | P Campbell L Palin | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | I El Shafei B Fairlie | 7 | 6 | | | I El Shafei B Fairlie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Edmondson J Marks | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | A Jarrett J Smith | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | B Mitton R Moore | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | P Kronk C Letcher | 6 | 7 |
| | T Gullikson G Hardie | 4 | 7 | 6 | | T Gullikson G Hardie | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | D Crealy B Giltinan | 2 | 7 | 3 | | P Kronk C Letcher | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | P Kronk C Letcher | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | P Kronk C Letcher | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | C Fancutt T Wilkison | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | H Pfister S Stewart | 3 | 2 | | | |
| | V Amaya J James | 3 | 6 | 6 | | V Amaya J James | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Girle A Rae | 0 | 2 | | 2 | H Pfister S Stewart | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H Pfister S Stewart | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |