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.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. • #🇺🇸 Gene Mayer / 🇺🇸 John McEnroe (champions)

• # Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd (final)

• #🇦🇺 Mark Edmondson / 🇦🇺 John Marks (semifinals)

• # Colin Dowdeswell / 🇭🇺 Balázs Taróczy (semifinals)

• #🇬🇧 Robin Drysdale / 🇺🇸 Van Winitsky (second round)

• #🇦🇺 Ross Case / Jaime Fillol (quarterfinals)

• #🇳🇿 Chris Lewis / 🇦🇺 Paul McNamee (second round)

• #🇦🇺 Paul Kronk / 🇦🇺 Peter McNamara (quarterfinals)