French Open 1979 / women's doubles

French Open 1979
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
French Open ladies doubles
1978 ◄ 1979 ► 1980
Grand Slams 1979 women's doubles
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This article describes the women's doubles at the 1979 French Open . The defending champions were Mima Jaušovec and Virginia Ruzici .

The final contested Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull against Françoise Dürr and Virginia Wade , which Stöve and Turnbull won in three sets.

Seeding list

It is neither on the ITF website nor on the WTA website how the seeding list was made up or whether there was one at all, as no information can be found there.

Main round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull

6th

7th

Ilana Kloss Betty-Ann Stuart

3

6th

Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull

3

7th

6th

Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade

6th

5

4th

Dianne Fromholtz Marise Kruger

4th

6th

Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade

6th

7th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

B. Stove W. Turnbull

6th

6th

B. Bunge I. Madruga

2

1

B. Stove W. Turnbull

6th

6th

A. Hobbs Y. Vermaak

3

4th

A. Hobbs Y. Vermaak

6th

6th

L. Siegel S. Simmonds

1

0

B. Stove W. Turnbull

6th

6th

G. Lovera Benedetti P. Teeguarden

3

2

D. Porzio F. Thibault

5

5

C. O'Neil M. Wikstedt

7th

7th

C. O'Neil M. Wikstedt

6th

2

1

G. Lovera Benedetti P. Teeguarden

2

6th

6th

C. Doerner L. Forood

2

2

G. Lovera Benedetti P. Teeguarden

6th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

6th

6th

R. Blount V. Gonzalez

4th

4th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

3

6th

S. Acker A. Smith

6th

7th

S. Acker A. Smith

5

6th

6th

L. Allen K. McDaniel

7th

3

4th

S. Acker A. Smith

2

6th

4th

I. Kloss B.-A. Stuart

6th

2

6th

B. Cuypers L. duPont

6th

6th

C. Casabianca E. Rapponi

4th

1

B. Cuypers L. duPont

4th

5

I. Kloss B.-A. Stuart

6th

7th

K. Sands S. Urroz

4th

0

I. Kloss B.-A. Stuart

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

D. Fromholtz, M. Kruger

6th

1

6th

N. Fuchs A. Villagrán

0

6th

1

D. Fromholtz, M. Kruger

6th

6th

P. Bostrom M. Redondo

0

3

P. Bostrom M. Redondo

6th

6th

M.-T. Nasuelli M. Simionescu

2

3

D. Fromholtz, M. Kruger

7th

6th

R. Casals C. Evert-Lloyd

5

3

R. Fox P. Smith

6th

6th

N. Gregory N. Sato

3

1

R. Fox P. Smith

4th

4th

R. Casals C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

6th

D. Beillan B. Simon

1

0

R. Casals C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

H. Mandlíková R. Maršíková

6th

6th

I. Budařová H. Strachoňová

2

2

H. Mandlíková R. Maršíková

6th

6th

D. Evers R. Tomanová

4th

4th

D. Evers R. Tomanová

6th

6th

J. Harrington A. Whitmore

2

0

H. Mandlíková R. Maršíková

6th

1

6th

F. Dürr V. Wade

4th

6th

8th

R. Giscafré J. Stratton

2

0

D. Desfor K. Jordan

6th

6th

D. Desfor K. Jordan

1

4th

F. Dürr V. Wade

6th

6th

P. Delhees E. Vessies

0

1

F. Dürr V. Wade

6th

6th

Web links

• French Open 1979 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• French Open 1979 (English) on the ITF website