1979 French Open – Men's doubles

Gene Mayer and Henry Pfister were the defending champions but only Gene Mayer competed that year.

Gene Mayer teamed up with his brother Sandy Mayer and successfully defended his title by defeating Ross Case and Phil Dent 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

Seeds
• #🇵🇱 Wojtek Fibak / Tom Okker (second round)

• # Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd (semifinals)

• #🇺🇸 Sandy Mayer / 🇺🇸 Gene Mayer (champions)

• #🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried / 🇲🇽 Raúl Ramírez (quarterfinals)

• # Víctor Pecci / 🇭🇺 Balázs Taróczy (withdrew)

• # Heinz Günthardt / Bob Hewitt (third round)

• #🇷🇴 Ilie Năstase / 🇷🇴 Ion Țiriac (second round)

• #🇦🇺 Mark Edmondson / 🇦🇺 John Marks (first round)

• #🇺🇸 Peter Fleming / 🇦🇺 Kim Warwick (third round)

• #🇦🇺 Ross Case / 🇦🇺 Phil Dent (final)

• #🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe / 🇺🇸 Dick Stockton (semifinals)

• #🇺🇸 Tim Gullikson / 🇺🇸 Tom Gullikson (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Pat DuPré / 🇺🇸 Stan Smith (quarterfinals)

• # Željko Franulović / Hans Gildemeister (second round)

• #🇮🇳 Anand Amritraj / Ray Moore (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Bruce Manson / Andrew Pattison (quarterfinals)