1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament | |
| Champion | Peter Fleming John McEnroe |
| Runner-up | Heinz Günthardt Bernard Mitton |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Draw | 15 |
| Seeds | 4 |
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
- Wojciech Fibak / Tom Okker (First round)
- Peter Fleming / John McEnroe (Champions)
- Frew McMillan / Fred McNair (First round)
- Bob Carmichael / Brian Teacher (Quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| 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
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 26–27, 181. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
- ^ "1979 Rotterdam – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).