# 1979 US Open – Women's doubles

Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but lost in the final 5–7, 3–6 against Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Three seeded teams and 13 unseeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull (champions)
* Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (final)
* Rosie Casals / Chris Evert-Lloyd (semifinals)
* Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura (first round)
* Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade (first round)
* Dianne Fromholtz / Marise Kruger (quarterfinals)
* Ilana Kloss / Betty-Ann Stuart (third round)
* Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (second round)
* Laura duPont / Sharon Walsh (first round)
* Regina Maršíková / Renáta Tomanová (third round)
* Tracy Austin / Kathy May-Teacher (quarterfinals)
* Betsy Nagelsen / Pam Shriver (third 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Diane Desfor Barbara Hallquist | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Diane Desfor Barbara Hallquist | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Rosie Casals Chris Evert-Lloyd | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| 3 | Rosie Casals Chris Evert-Lloyd | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Rosie Casals Chris Evert-Lloyd | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| 6 | Dianne Fromholtz Marise Kruger | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Dianne Fromholtz Marise Kruger | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova | 4 | 3 |
| | Sherry Acker Julie Anthony | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Tracy Austin Kathy May-Teacher | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Tracy Austin Kathy May-Teacher | | | | | Sherry Acker Julie Anthony | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Penny Johnson Paula Smith | 1 | 3 | | 2 | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 2 | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | B Stöve W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gilbert S Gordon | 3 | 3 | | 1 | B Stöve W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B Jordan K Ruddell | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Stöve W Turnbull | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | A Moulton M L Piatek | 7 | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B Bunge W White | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gerulaitis M Simionescu | 2 | 1 | | | A Moulton M L Piatek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Moulton M L Piatek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Stöve W Turnbull | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | K Jordan A Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Desfor B Hallquist | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| | K Shaw-Ziska Linda Siegel | 1 | 2 | | 8 | K Jordan A Smith | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D Porzio F Thibault | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | D Porzio F Thibault | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 9 | L duPont S Walsh | 3 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | D Desfor B Hallquist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | D Desfor B Hallquist | 6 | 5 | 6 | | D Desfor B Hallquist | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C Copeland H Ludloff | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 3 | R Casals C Evert-Lloyd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Saliba M Sawyer | 6 | 7 | | | S Saliba M Sawyer | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Gilchrist B Perry | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 3 | R Casals C Evert-Lloyd | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 12 | B Nagelsen P Shriver | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 12 | B Nagelsen P Shriver | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Chaloner J Nachand | 7 | 5 | 5 | | K Horvath S Mascarin | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Horvath S Mascarin | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Casals C Evert-Lloyd | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | D Fromholtz M Kruger | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Fromholtz M Kruger | 3 | 3 |
| | A-M Fernandez S McInerney | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | D Fromholtz M Kruger | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | R Giscafré J Stratton | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Fromholtz M Kruger | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Sato P Whytcross | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | F Hutnick B Norton | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Doerner L Forood | 7 | 7 | | | C Doerner L Forood | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | F Hutnick B Norton | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | | W Barlow A Tobin | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C O'Neil M Wikstedt | 7 | 6 | | | C O'Neil M Wikstedt | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Allen R Fox | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | C O'Neil M Wikstedt | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | S Acker J Anthony | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | B Bruning C Reynolds | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Acker J Anthony | 6 | 3 | 7 | | S Acker J Anthony | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | F Dürr V Wade | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Acker J Anthony | w/o |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | T Austin K May-Teacher | |
| | | | | | | M Carillo J Russell | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Louie M Redondo | 3 | 1 | | 11 | T Austin K May-Teacher | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | T Austin K May-Teacher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 11 | T Austin K May-Teacher | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | B Cuypers Y Vermaak | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | B Cuypers Y Vermaak | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Collins J DuVall | 6 | 2 | 6 | | S Collins J DuVall | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Barker A Kiyomura | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | P Johnson P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Louie S Urroz | 3 | 2 | | | P Johnson P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | K Mcdaniel N Yeargin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | P Johnson P Smith | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | I Kloss B-A Stuart | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | J Durie D Jevans | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fairbank K Feldman | 3 | 3 | | 7 | I Kloss B-A Stuart | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | I Kloss B-A Stuart | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | P Johnson P Smith | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | BJ King M Navratilova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | S Margolin G Stevens | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Harford A Hobbs | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | R Maršíková R Tomanová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | R Maršíková R Tomanová | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | 10 | R Maršíková R Tomanová | | | | | | |
| | D Morrison A Whitmore | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | BJ King M Navratilova | w/o | | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis D Evers | 7 | 4 | 7 | | L Antonoplis D Evers | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | BJ King M Navratilova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

## Sources

* 1979 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation