1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Champions   Australia Rod Frawley
Paraguay Francisco González
Runners-up   India Vijay Amritraj
United States Pat Du Pré
Final score   Default
Events
Singles   Doubles

John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions but only Newcombe competed that year with Vitas Gerulaitis.

Gerulaitis and Newcombe lost in the first round to Rod Frawley and Francisco González.

Frawley and González won the final by default after Vijay Amritraj and Pat Du Pré withdrew.

Seeds

  1. Romania Ion Ţiriac / Argentina Guillermo Vilas (Semifinals)
  2. Australia Ross Case / Australia Geoff Masters (Quarterfinals)

  1. Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia John Marks (First Round)
  2. N/A

Draw

Key

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 Romania I Ţiriac
Argentina G Vilas
6 6  
  Austria P Feigl
Mexico E Montano
3 3   1 Romania I Ţiriac
Argentina G Vilas
2 7 7
  United States T Gorman
United States G Hardie
3 2     Australia B Drewett
South Africa C Drysdale
6 6 5
  Australia B Drewett
South Africa C Drysdale
6 6   1 Romania I Ţiriac
Argentina G Vilas
d    
LL United States S Denton
United States M Turpin
5 3     India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
     
  India S Menon
United States M Mitchell
7 6     India S Menon
United States M Mitchell
5 6 0
  India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
6 3 6   India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
7 4 6
  Australia C Fancutt
Australia K Rosewall
3 6 1   India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
d    
  United States V Gerulaitis
Australia J Newcombe
6 4     Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
     
  Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
7 6     Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
7 4 7
  Australia D Collings
Australia D Crealy
6 6     Australia D Collings
Australia D Crealy
6 6 6
3 Australia M Edmondson
Australia J Marks
1 2     Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
7 6  
  Australia P Kronk
Australia C Letcher
7 1 3   Australia J James
Australia C Kachel
6 3  
  Australia J James
Australia C Kachel
6 6 6   Australia J James
Australia C Kachel
7 6  
  Australia S Ball
Australia K Warwick
4 5   2 Australia R Case
Australia G Masters
5 4  
2 Australia R Case
Australia G Masters
6 7  

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