1979 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1979 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova
Runners-up	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull
Final score	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Draw	48 (4Q / 2LL)
Seeds	8

Kerry Melville Reid and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Melville Reid teamed up with Anne Smith and lost in third round to Françoise Dürr and Virginia Wade, while Turnbull teamed up with Betty Stöve and lost in the final.

Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova won the title by defeating Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 in the final. It was the 10th Wimbledon title, 15th Grand Slam title for King, and the 2nd Wimbledon title, 5th Grand Slam title for Navratilova, in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds

The top five seeds received a bye into the second round.

Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (Champions)
Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull (Final)
Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade (Semifinals)
Rosemary Casals / Chris Evert Lloyd (Quarterfinals)
Dianne Fromholtz / Marise Kruger (Quarterfinals)
Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici (Semifinals)
Ilana Kloss / Betty Ann Stuart (Quarterfinals)
Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final


1	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	3	6	6

7	Ilana Kloss Betty Ann Stuart	6	3	0
					1	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	6	6

					3	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	2	4
3	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	6	6

5	Dianne Fromholtz Marise Kruger	4	2
									1	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	5	6	6

									2	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	7	3	2
6	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	7	7

4	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert Lloyd	6	5
					6	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	1	5

					2	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	6	7
8	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	3	6	1

2	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	6	1	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Quarterfinals


					1	BJ King M Navratilova	6	4	6
	T Harford A Hobbs	6	6			T Harford A Hobbs	4	6	3
	B Jordan A Moulton	3	2							1	BJ King M Navratilova	6	6
	D Desfor B Hallquist	6	6								D Desfor B Hallquist	3	4
	R Blount R Tomanová	2	2			D Desfor B Hallquist	6	6
						Cathy Drury Belinda Thompson	3	2
														1	BJ King M Navratilova	3	6	6
														7	I Kloss BA Stuart	6	3	0
					Q	Wendy Gilchrist Brenda Perry	6	7
	Patricia Bostrom M Redondo	7	3	6		N Sato P Whytcross	4	6
	N Sato P Whytcross	5	6	8						Q	Wendy Gilchrist Brenda Perry	6	2
										7	I Kloss BA Stuart	7	6
						Ruta Gerulaitis S Walsh	6	2
LL	Annette Coe C Molesworth	0	0		7	I Kloss BA Stuart	7	6
7	I Kloss BA Stuart	6	6

Section 2

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Quarterfinals


					3	F Dürr V Wade	7	6
	B Cuypers L duPont	7	0	6		B Cuypers L duPont	6	3
	K Jordan W White	5	6	4					3	F Dürr V Wade	7	6
										K Reid A Smith	6	2
						S Acker M Carillo	3	2
	K Reid A Smith	6	2	6		K Reid A Smith	6	6
	J Russell K May Teacher	4	6	2									3	F Dürr V Wade	6	6
	Kay McDaniel N Yeargin	6	6										5	D Fromholtz M Kruger	4	2
	Nerida Gregory M Pinterova	3	2			Kay McDaniel N Yeargin	6	6
						H Mandlíková R Maršíková	3	2
										Kay McDaniel N Yeargin	0	1
Q	R Giscafré Jane Stratton	3	6	6					5	D Fromholtz M Kruger	6	6
	C O'Neil Mimi Wikstedt	6	2	2	Q	R Giscafré Jane Stratton	6	1
					5	D Fromholtz M Kruger	7	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Quarterfinals

6	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	6	6	8
	C Doerner L Forood	7	4	6	6	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	7	6
						Marcie Louie P Louie	5	2
										6	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	6	6
	J Durie D Jevans	7	7								J Durie D Jevans	3	1
	Daniela Porzio Frédérique Thibault	6	6			J Durie D Jevans	3	6	8
					LL	S Simmonds Nancy Weigel	6	1	6
														6	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	7	7
														4	R Casals C Evert Lloyd	6	5
						A-M Fernandez Stacy Margolin	4	3
	M Blackwood Kym Ruddell	5	2			L Allen Rayni Fox	6	6
	L Allen Rayni Fox	7	6								L Allen Rayni Fox	2	2
	G Stevens P Teeguarden	6	6							4	R Casals C Evert Lloyd	6	6
	L Charles G Coles	4	3			G Stevens P Teeguarden	7	3	3
					4	R Casals C Evert Lloyd	5	6	6

Section 4

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Quarterfinals

8	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6
	M Tyler Y Vermaak	3	3		8	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6
						Dana Gilbert L Siegel	4	2
									8	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	2	6
									Q	K Sands Andrea Whitmore	2	6	4
					Q	Kaye Hallam Jane Preyer	3	3
Q	K Sands Andrea Whitmore	6	5	6	Q	K Sands Andrea Whitmore	6	6
	Jeanne Duvall Carrie Meyer	4	7	2										8	S Barker A Kiyomura	3	6	1
	Anthea Cooper Jackie Fayter	3	4											2	B Stöve W Turnbull	6	1	6
	L Antonoplis D Evers	6	6			L Antonoplis D Evers	6	6
						B Bunge B Potter	4	2
										L Antonoplis D Evers	2	2
	M Simionescu E Vessies	7	6						2	B Stöve W Turnbull	6	6
	I Budařová H Strachoňová	5	4			M Simionescu E Vessies	2	1
					2	B Stöve W Turnbull	6	6

References

Wimbledon Women's doubles drawsheets
Pre Open Era	1913 1914 1915–1918 (WWI) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1945 (WWII) 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Open Era	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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