1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Doubles

Doubles
1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament
Champion Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
Runner-up Heinz Günthardt
Bernard Mitton
Score6–4, 6–4
Draw15
Seeds4

The 1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Doubles was an event of the 1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands, between 2 April and 8 April 1979. The draw consisted of 15 teams and four of them were seeded. Fred McNair and Raúl Ramírez were the defending Milan Indoor doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. The second-seeded team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won the doubles title after a win in the final against unseeded pairing Heinz Günthardt and Bernard Mitton, 6–4, 6–4.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. Wojciech Fibak / Tom Okker (First round)
  2. Peter Fleming / John McEnroe (Champions)
  3. Frew McMillan / Fred McNair (First round)
  4. Bob Carmichael / Brian Teacher (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Wojciech Fibak
Tom Okker
6 3 6
Pat DuPré
Gene Mayer
3 6 7 Pat DuPré
Gene Mayer
6 6
Željko Franulović
Andrew Pattison
3 6 John Feaver
Buster Mottram
4 2
John Feaver
Buster Mottram
6 7 Pat DuPré
Gene Mayer
4 2
4 Bob Carmichael
Brian Teacher
7 6 Heinz Günthardt
Bernard Mitton
6 6
Mark Cox
David Lloyd
6 2 4 Bob Carmichael
Brian Teacher
4 6
Heinz Günthardt
Bernard Mitton
6 6 Heinz Günthardt
Bernard Mitton
6 7
Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher
2 4 Heinz Günthardt
Bernard Mitton
4 4
2 Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
6 6
Louk Sanders
Rolf Thung
0 3
Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj
6 7 6 Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj
6 6
3 Frew McMillan
Fred McNair
7 6 3 Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj
6 3 2
Steve Wilson
Wyatt
2 Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
2 6 6
Johan Kriek
Geoff Masters
w/o Johan Kriek
Geoff Masters
2 3
Sean Sorensen
Paul van Min
2 4 2 Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
6 6
2 Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
6 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 26–27, 181. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
  2. ^ "1979 Rotterdam – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).