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1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Rod Frawley
Paraguay Francisco González
Runners-upIndia Vijay Amritraj
United States Pat Du Pré
ScoreDefault
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1978 · Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships · 1980 →

John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions but only Newcombe competed that year with Vitas Gerulaitis.

Gerulaitis and Newcombe lost in the first round to Rod Frawley and Francisco González.

Frawley and González won the final by default after Vijay Amritraj and Pat Du Pré withdrew.

Seeds

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  1. Romania Ion Țiriac / Argentina Guillermo Vilas (semifinals)
  2. Australia Ross Case / Australia Geoff Masters (quarterfinals)
  3. Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia John Marks (first round)
  4. N/A

Draw

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Key

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Romania I Țiriac
Argentina G Vilas
6 6  
  Austria P Feigl
Mexico E Montaño
3 3   1 Romania I Țiriac
Argentina G Vilas
2 7 7
  United States T Gorman
United States G Hardie
3 2     Australia B Drewett
South Africa C Drysdale
6 6 5
  Australia B Drewett
South Africa C Drysdale
6 6   1 Romania I Țiriac
Argentina G Vilas
d    
LL United States S Denton
United States M Turpin
5 3     India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
     
  India S Menon
United States M Mitchell
7 6     India S Menon
United States M Mitchell
5 6 0
  India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
6 3 6   India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
7 4 6
  Australia C Fancutt
Australia K Rosewall
3 6 1   India V Amritraj
United States P Du Pré
d    
  United States V Gerulaitis
Australia J Newcombe
6 4     Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
     
  Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
7 6     Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
7 4 7
  Australia D Collings
Australia D Crealy
6 6     Australia D Collings
Australia D Crealy
6 6 6
3 Australia M Edmondson
Australia J Marks
1 2     Australia R Frawley
Paraguay F González
7 6  
  Australia P Kronk
Australia C Letcher
7 1 3   Australia J James
Australia C Kachel
6 3  
  Australia J James
Australia C Kachel
6 6 6   Australia J James
Australia C Kachel
7 6  
  Australia S Ball
Australia K Warwick
4 5   2 Australia R Case
Australia G Masters
5 4  
2 Australia R Case
Australia G Masters
6 7  
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