1979 French Open – Women's doubles

Tennis tournament 1979 French Open s NED Betty StöveAUS Wendy Turnbull FRA Françoise DürrGBR Virginia Wade 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles 1979 French Open Mima Jaušovec and Virginia Ruzici were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Sherry Acker and Anne Smith. Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull won in the final 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Françoise Dürr and Virginia Wade.https://www.larousse.fr/archives/journaux_annee/1979/384/sports Internationaux de France 1979 larousse.fr 2019-01-14 2020-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20200828090606/https://www.larousse.fr/archives/journaux_annee/1979/384/sports dead Seeds 30em NED Betty Stöve / AUS Wendy Turnbull (champions) FRA Françoise Dürr / GBR Virginia Wade (final) YUG Mima Jaušovec / ROU 1965 Virginia Ruzici (second round) USA Rosie Casals / USA Chris Evert (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 NED Betty StöveAUS Wendy Turnbull 6 7 RSA 1928 Ilana KlossUSA Betty Ann Stuart 3 6 AUS Dianne FromholtzRSA 1928 Marise Kruger 4 6 2 FRA Françoise DürrGBR Virginia Wade 6 7 1 NED Betty StöveAUS Wendy Turnbull 3 7 6 2 FRA Françoise DürrGBR Virginia Wade 6 5 4 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 NED B StöveAUS W Turnbull 6 6 FRG B BungeARG I Madruga 2 1 GBR A HobbsRSA 1928 Y Vermaak 6 6 USA L SiegelITA S Simmonds 1 0 ITA D PorzioFRA F Thibault 5 5 AUS C O'NeilSWE M Wikstedt 7 7 AUS C DoernerUSA L Forood 2 2 FRA G LoveraUSA P Teeguarden 6 6 3 YUG M JaušovecROU 1965 V Ruzici 6 6 USA R BlountARG V González 4 4 USA S AckerUSA A Smith 5 6 6 USA L AllenUSA K McDaniel 7 3 4 RSA 1928 B CuypersUSA L duPont 6 6 ARG C CasabiancaARG E Raponi 4 1 USA K SandsCHI S Urroz 4 0 RSA 1928 I KlossUSA BA Stuart 6 6 1 NED B StöveAUS W Turnbull 6 6 GBR A HobbsRSA 1928 Y Vermaak 3 4 AUS C O'NeilSWE M Wikstedt 6 2 1 FRA G LoveraUSA P Teeguarden 2 6 6 3 YUG M JaušovecROU 1965 V Ruzici 3 6 USA S AckerUSA A Smith 6 7 RSA 1928 B CuypersUSA L duPont 4 5 RSA 1928 I KlossUSA BA Stuart 6 7 1 NED B StöveAUS W Turnbull 6 6 FRA G LoveraUSA P Teeguarden 3 2 USA S AckerUSA A Smith 2 6 4 RSA 1928 I KlossUSA BA Stuart 6 2 6 1 NED B StöveAUS W Turnbull 6 7 RSA 1928 I KlossUSA BA Stuart 3 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals AUS D FromholtzRSA 1928 M Kruger 6 1 6 FRA N FuchsARG A Villagrán 0 6 1 USA P BostromUSA M Redondo 6 6 ITA MT NasuelliROU 1965 M Simionescu 2 3 USA R FoxUSA P Smith 6 6 AUS N GregoryJPN N Sato 3 1 FRA D BeillanFRA B Simon 1 0 4 USA R CasalsUSA C Evert 6 6 TCH H MandlíkováTCH R Maršíková 6 6 TCH I BudařováTCH H Strachoňová 2 2 AUS D EversTCH R Tomanová 6 6 USA J HarringtonUSA A Whitmore 2 0 ARG R GiscafréUSA J Stratton 2 0 USA D DesforUSA K Jordan 6 6 SUI P DelheesNED E Vessies 0 1 2 FRA F DürrGBR V Wade 6 6 AUS D FromholtzRSA 1928 M Kruger 6 6 USA P BostromUSA M Redondo 0 3 USA R FoxUSA P Smith 4 4 4 USA R CasalsUSA C Evert 6 6 TCH H MandlíkováTCH R Maršíková 6 6 AUS D EversTCH R Tomanová 4 4 USA D DesforUSA K Jordan 1 4 2 FRA F DürrGBR V Wade 6 6 AUS D FromholtzRSA 1928 M Kruger 7 6 4 USA R CasalsUSA C Evert 5 3 TCH H MandlíkováTCH R Maršíková 6 1 6 2 FRA F DürrGBR V Wade 4 6 8 AUS D FromholtzRSA 1928 M Kruger 4 6 2 FRA F DürrGBR V Wade 6 7 References External links 1979 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles Category:1979 in women's tennis Category:1979 in French women's sport