1979 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

May 2026 1979 Japan Open Tennis Championships USA Pat DuPré AUS Colin Dibley AUS Rod Frawley PAR Francisco González 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 32 8 Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open 1979 Japan Open Tennis Championships Geoff Masters and Ross Case were the defending champions, although Masters did not participate this year. Case partnered with Kim Warwick, but they lost in the quarterfinals. Pat DuPré and Colin Dibley won the title, defeating Rod Frawley and Francisco González in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1.https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/tokyo/329/1979/draws?matchtype=doubles ATP Tour 2026-05-05 1979 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles Seeds 30em AUS Mark Edmondson / AUS John Marks (semifinals) GBR Buster Mottram / USA Sherwood Stewart (quarterfinals) AUS Ross Case / AUS Kim Warwick (quarterfinals) AUS Paul Kronk / AUS Peter McNamara (semifinals) USA John Sadri / USA Tim Wilkison (second round) USA Victor Amaya / RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale (quarterfinals) USA Pat DuPré / AUS Colin Dibley (champions) AUS Rod Frawley / PAR Francisco González (final) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 AUS Mark EdmondsonAUS John Marks 6 6 1 7 USA Pat DuPréAUS Colin Dibley 7 2 6 4 AUS Paul KronkAUS Peter McNamara 4 1 8 AUS Rod FrawleyPAR Francisco González 6 6 7 USA Pat DuPréAUS Colin Dibley 3 6 6 8 AUS Rod FrawleyPAR Francisco González 6 1 1 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 6 6 IND S MenonRSA 1928 B Mitton 0 2 JPN A KawaguchiJPN A Naguro 3 3 USA J BaileyUSA T Graham 6 6 JPN S NishioJPN S Sakamoto w/o ARG J ClercARG C Gattiker SWE S SimonssonSWE H Simonsson 2 3 6 USA V AmayaRSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 6 3 AUS R CaseAUS K Warwick 6 7 ZIM H IsmailFRG W Popp 1 5 AUT P FeiglUSA G Hardie 6 7 JPN S KatoJPN Y Yamamoto 1 6 CHN C NiCHN Z Xie 1 1 JPN S TatsunoJPN T Yonezawa 6 6 USA M CahillAUS A Gardiner 3 2 7 USA P DuPréAUS C Dibley 6 6 1 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 6 6 USA J BaileyUSA T Graham 4 1 JPN S NishioJPN S Sakamoto 2 2 6 USA V AmayaRSA 1928 C Drysdale 6 6 3 AUS R CaseAUS K Warwick 6 7 AUT P FeiglUSA G Hardie 1 5 JPN S TatsunoJPN T Yonezawa 1 2 7 USA P DuPréAUS C Dibley 6 6 1 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 6 1 6 6 USA V AmayaRSA 1928 C Drysdale 2 6 3 3 AUS R CaseAUS K Warwick 6 7 2 7 USA P DuPréAUS C Dibley 7 5 6 1 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 6 6 1 7 USA P DuPréAUS C Dibley 7 2 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 USA J SadriUSA T Wilkison 6 6 JPN T KuramitsuJPN K Tanabe 2 2 JPN T KanaiJPN N Tamura 2 1 JPN T FukuiJPN J Kamiwazumi 6 6 FRG T FürstJPN S Shiraishi 6 5 6 JPN A MotomuraJPN E Uchiyama 4 7 4 JPN S ItoJPN O Nakamura 0 2 4 AUS P KronkAUS P McNamara 6 6 8 AUS R FrawleyPAR F González 6 6 JPN A MachidoriJPN H Shirato 3 2 AUS J BartlettIND R Krishnan 1 7 6 JPN S NakamuraJPN Y Ohnishi 6 5 3 USA S DentonUSA J Turpin 4 6 6 USA C DelaneyUSA J Delaney 6 4 3 FRG J FassbenderUSA T Moor 3 6 2 GBR B MottramUSA S Stewart 6 7 5 USA J SadriUSA T Wilkison 4 6 JPN T FukuiJPN J Kamiwazumi 6 7 FRG T FürstJPN S Shiraishi 1 2 4 AUS P KronkAUS P McNamara 6 6 8 AUS R FrawleyPAR F González 6 6 AUS J BartlettIND R Krishnan 3 4 USA S DentonUSA J Turpin 2 4 2 GBR B MottramUSA S Stewart 6 6 JPN T FukuiJPN J Kamiwazumi 3 3 4 AUS P KronkAUS P McNamara 6 6 8 AUS R FrawleyPAR F González 6 6 2 GBR B MottramUSA S Stewart 3 2 4 AUS P KronkAUS P McNamara 4 1 8 AUS R FrawleyPAR F González 6 6 References External links 1979 Japan Open men's doubles draw Doubles Category:1979 in tennis Category:Long stubs with short prose