# 1979 French Open – Mixed doubles

Pavel Složil and Renáta Tomanová were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Bob Hewitt and Wendy Turnbull.
Bob Hewitt and Wendy Turnbull won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 against Ion Țiriac and Virginia Ruzici.

## Seeds

* Ilie Năstase / Françoise Dürr (quarterfinals)
* Bob Hewitt / Wendy Turnbull (champions)
* Pavel Složil / Renáta Tomanová (semifinals)
* Ivan Lendl / Regina Maršíková (quarterfinals)
* Ion Țiriac / Virginia Ruzici (final)
* Éric Deblicker / Gail Lovera (quarterfinals)
* Patrice Beust / Betty Stöve (semifinals)
* Francisco González / Anne Smith (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 | Final |
| 5 | Ion Țiriac Virginia Ruzici | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Patrice Beust Betty Stöve | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7 | Patrice Beust Betty Stöve | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Ion Țiriac Virginia Ruzici | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | Bob Hewitt Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Pavel Složil Renáta Tomanová | 2 | 0 | | 2 | Bob Hewitt Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Bob Hewitt Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | I Năstase F Dürr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Sacomandi C Monteiro | 2 | 0 | | 1 | I Năstase F Dürr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Renoult A Chevalier | | | | | P DuPré D DuPré | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P DuPré D DuPré | w/o | | | | | | | 1 | I Năstase F Dürr | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | E Botto M Voyame | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | I Țiriac V Ruzici | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Ros A-M Cassaigne | 6 | 6 | | | C Ros A-M Cassaigne | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | I Țiriac V Ruzici | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | I Țiriac V Ruzici | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | I Lendl R Maršíková | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | P Beust B Stöve | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| | V Winitsky R Fox | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | I Lendl R Maršíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-B Chanfreau M Redondo | 7 | 6 | | | J-B Chanfreau M Redondo | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Laimina D Beillan | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | I Lendl R Maršíková | 3 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | J Lovera R Darmon | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 7 | P Beust B Stöve | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | P Joly A-M Nasuelli | 7 | 7 | | | P Joly A-M Nasuelli | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cortes P Bostrom | 5 | 4 | | 7 | P Beust B Stöve | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Beust B Stöve | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | É Deblicker G Lovera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ravel M Riley | 1 | 2 | | 6 | É Deblicker G Lovera | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | L Turville L duPont | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | É Deblicker G Lovera | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | N Keller P Medrado | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | P Složil R Tomanová | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Guedes S Urroz | 0 | 3 | | | N Keller P Medrado | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ostoja M Jaušovec | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | P Složil R Tomanová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | P Složil R Tomanová | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Složil R Tomanová | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | F González A Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Hewitt W Turnbull | 6 | 6 |
| | T Bennett P Teeguarden | 1 | 1 | | 8 | F González A Smith | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | J Andrew S Acker | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | F González A Smith | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Thamin N Fuchs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | B Hewitt W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | JC Ayala V Zahri | 1 | 3 | | | J Thamin N Fuchs | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Hewitt W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |