1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Doubles

Doubles
1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament
ChampionUnited States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Runner-upSwitzerland Heinz Günthardt
South Africa 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 ttogether 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. Poland Wojciech Fibak / Netherlands Tom Okker (First round)
  2. United States Peter Fleming / United States John McEnroe (Champions)
  3. South Africa Frew McMillan / United States Fred McNair (First round)
  4. Australia Bob Carmichael / United States Brian Teacher (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker
6 3 6
United States Pat DuPré
United States Gene Mayer
3 6 7 United States Pat DuPré
United States Gene Mayer
6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison
3 6 United Kingdom John Feaver
United Kingdom Buster Mottram
4 2
United Kingdom John Feaver
United Kingdom Buster Mottram
6 7 United States Pat DuPré
United States Gene Mayer
4 2
4 Australia Bob Carmichael
United States Brian Teacher
7 6 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
South Africa Bernard Mitton
6 6
United Kingdom Mark Cox
United Kingdom David Lloyd
6 2 4 Australia Bob Carmichael
United States Brian Teacher
4 6
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
South Africa Bernard Mitton
6 6 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
South Africa Bernard Mitton
6 7
Australia Paul Kronk
Australia Cliff Letcher
2 4 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
South Africa Bernard Mitton
4 4
2 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6 6
Netherlands Louk Sanders
Netherlands Rolf Thung
0 3
India Anand Amritraj
India Vijay Amritraj
6 7 6 India Anand Amritraj
India Vijay Amritraj
6 6
3 South Africa Frew McMillan
United States Fred McNair
7 6 3 India Anand Amritraj
India Vijay Amritraj
6 3 2
United States Steve Wilson
United States Wyatt
2 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
2 6 6
United States Johan Kriek
Australia Geoff Masters
w/o United States Johan Kriek
Australia Geoff Masters
2 3
Republic of Ireland Sean Sorensen
Netherlands Paul van Min
2 4 2 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6 6
2 United States Peter Fleming
United States 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).