1979 French Open – Mixed doubles

Pavel Složil and Renáta Tomanová were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Bob Hewitt and Wendy Turnbull.

Mixed doubles
1979 French Open
Final
Champion	Bob Hewitt Wendy Turnbull
Runner-up	Ion Țiriac Virginia Ruzici
Score	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Events
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Bob Hewitt and Wendy Turnbull won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 against Ion Țiriac and Virginia Ruzici.^[1]

Seeds

1.   Ilie Năstase /   Françoise Dürr (quarterfinals)
2.   Bob Hewitt /   Wendy Turnbull (champions)
3.   Pavel Složil /   Renáta Tomanová (semifinals)
4.   Ivan Lendl /   Regina Maršíková (quarterfinals)
5.   Ion Țiriac /   Virginia Ruzici (final)
6.   Éric Deblicker /   Gail Lovera (quarterfinals)
7.   Patrice Beust /   Betty Stöve (semifinals)
8.   Francisco González /   Anne Smith (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Ion Țiriac   Virginia Ruzici	2	6	6
	7	Patrice Beust   Betty Stöve	6	3	0
								5	Ion Țiriac   Virginia Ruzici	3	6	1
								2	Bob Hewitt   Wendy Turnbull	6	2	6
	3	Pavel Složil   Renáta Tomanová	2	0
	2	Bob Hewitt   Wendy Turnbull	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	I Năstase   F Dürr	6	6
		C Sacomandi   C Monteiro	2	0				1	I Năstase   F Dürr	6	6
		B Renoult   A Chevalier							P DuPré   D DuPré	2	0
		P DuPré   D DuPré	w/o												1	I Năstase   F Dürr	4	6	3
		E Botto   M Voyame	1	3											5	I Țiriac   V Ruzici	6	1	6
		C Ros   A-M Cassaigne	6	6					C Ros   A-M Cassaigne	2	1
								5	I Țiriac   V Ruzici	6	6
																						5	I Țiriac   V Ruzici	2	6	6
	4	I Lendl   R Maršíková	5	6	6																	7	P Beust   B Stöve	6	3	0
		V Winitsky   R Fox	7	3	1			4	I Lendl   R Maršíková	6	6
		J-B Chanfreau   M Redondo	7	6					J-B Chanfreau   M Redondo	1	3
		O Laimina   D Beillan	6	3											4	I Lendl   R Maršíková	3	5
		J Lovera   R Darmon	6	5											7	P Beust   B Stöve	6	7
		P Joly   A-M Nasuelli	7	7					P Joly   A-M Nasuelli	1	1
		A Cortes   P Bostrom	5	4				7	P Beust   B Stöve	6	6
	7	P Beust   B Stöve	7	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	É Deblicker   G Lovera	6	6
		J Ravel   M Riley	1	2				6	É Deblicker   G Lovera	6	7
									L Turville   L duPont	3	6
															6	É Deblicker   G Lovera	6	3
		N Keller   P Medrado	6	6											3	P Složil   R Tomanová	7	6
		R Guedes   S Urroz	0	3					N Keller   P Medrado	1	3
		M Ostoja   M Jaušovec	7	3	4			3	P Složil   R Tomanová	6	6
	3	P Složil   R Tomanová	5	6	6																	3	P Složil   R Tomanová	2	0
	8	F González   A Smith	6	6																		2	B Hewitt   W Turnbull	6	6
		T Bennett   P Teeguarden	1	1				8	F González   A Smith	w/o
									J Andrew   S Acker
															8	F González   A Smith	2	4
		J Thamin   N Fuchs	6	6											2	B Hewitt   W Turnbull	6	6
		JC Ayala   V Zahri	1	3					J Thamin   N Fuchs	4	1
								2	B Hewitt   W Turnbull	6	6

References

1. . larousse.fr. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015.

External links

• 1979 French Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation