1979 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's doubles

Gene Mayer returned with John McEnroe to defend the title he had won with Hank Pfister. Top-seeds Mayer and McEnroe defeated No.2 pair Jan Kodeš and Tomáš Šmíd in the final for a prize of $9,200.^[1]

Men's doubles
1979 U.S. Clay Court Championships
Final
Champions	Gene Mayer John McEnroe
Runners-up	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd
Score	6–4, 7–6
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

1.   Gene Mayer /   John McEnroe (champions)
2.   Jan Kodeš /   Tomáš Šmíd (final)
3.   Mark Edmondson /   John Marks (semifinals)
4.   Colin Dowdeswell /   Balázs Taróczy (semifinals)
5.   Robin Drysdale /   Van Winitsky (second round)
6.   Ross Case /   Jaime Fillol (quarterfinals)
7.   Chris Lewis /   Paul McNamee (second round)
8.   Paul Kronk /   Peter McNamara (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
	1	Gene Mayer   John McEnroe	6	6
	3	Mark Edmondson   John Marks	1	4
								1	Gene Mayer   John McEnroe	6	7
								2	Jan Kodeš   Tomáš Šmíd	4	6
	4	Colin Dowdeswell   Balázs Taróczy	3	6	7
	2	Jan Kodeš   Tomáš Šmíd	6	2	9

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	G Mayer   J McEnroe	6	6
		F Buehning   B Nichols	3	2				1	G Mayer   J McEnroe	6	6
		T Mayotte   L Stefanki	1	2					M Cahill   S Krulevitz	4	4
		M Cahill   S Krulevitz	6	6											1	G Mayer   J McEnroe	6	6
		G Hardie   E Teltscher	2	7	7											J Hřebec   P Složil	3	4
		J Hřebec   P Složil	6	5	9				J Hřebec   P Složil	6	3	6
		J Núñez   P Rodríguez	1	6	3			7	C Lewis   P McNamee	3	6	4
	7	C Lewis   P McNamee	6	4	6																	1	G Mayer   J McEnroe	6	6
	3	M Edmondson   J Marks	6	6																		3	M Edmondson   J Marks	1	4
		J Andrew   I Lendl	3	3				3	M Edmondson   J Marks	6	6
		N Callaghan   G Holroyd	4	6					B Drewett   J James	1	2
		B Drewett   J James	6	7											3	M Edmondson   J Marks	7	3	6
		M Greenberg   G Petrovic	1	2											6	R Case   J Fillol	6	6	3
		T Delatte   M Purcell	6	6					T Delatte   M Purcell	3	0
		D Collings   K Warwick	1	3				6	R Case   J Fillol	6	6
	6	R Case   J Fillol	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	P Kronk   P McNamara	6	7
		W Maher   N Phillips	3	6				8	P Kronk   P McNamara	7	6
		JL Clerc   C Gattiker	6	3	6				JL Clerc   C Gattiker	5	3
		J Lapidus   P Rennert	3	6	2										8	P Kronk   P McNamara	6	3	3
		G Martinez   Darryl Shapiro	2	1											4	C Dowdeswell   B Taróczy	4	6	6
		F Dalla Fontana   C Roger-Vasselin	6	6					F Dalla Fontana   C Roger-Vasselin	6	4	2
		J DiLouie   R Van't Hof	4	4				4	C Dowdeswell   B Taróczy	3	6	6
	4	C Dowdeswell   B Taróczy	6	6																		4	C Dowdeswell   B Taróczy	3	6	7
	5	R Drysdale   V Winitsky	6	6																		2	J Kodeš   T Šmíd	6	2	9
		L Bourne   H Ismail	4	2				5	R Drysdale   V Winitsky	2	1
		A Gómez   R Ycaza	6	6	2				J Lloyd   F McNair	6	6
		J Lloyd   F McNair	7	2	6											J Lloyd   F McNair	2	7	3
		J Hayes   C Stansbury	3	2											2	J Kodeš   T Šmíd	6	5	6
		R Crawford   N Saviano	6	6					R Crawford   N Saviano	6	3
		J Eagleton   D Joubert	4	1				2	J Kodeš   T Šmíd	7	6
	2	J Kodeš   T Šmíd	6	6

References

1. Benner, Bill (August 13, 1979). "Vilas Is Jimbo's 4th Clay Pigeon". The Indianapolis Star. p. 19.

External links

• "Doubles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
• "USCC-Indianapolis 1979". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved May 22, 2016.