1979 US Open – Women's doubles

Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but lost in the final 5–7, 3–6 against Betty Stöve and Wendy Turnbull.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Three seeded teams and 13 unseeded teams received byes into the second round.

• # Betty Stöve / 🇦🇺 Wendy Turnbull (champions)

• # 🇺🇸 Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (final)

• # 🇺🇸 Rosie Casals / 🇺🇸 Chris Evert-Lloyd (semifinals)

• # 🇬🇧 Sue Barker / 🇺🇸 Ann Kiyomura (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Françoise Dürr / 🇬🇧 Virginia Wade (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Dianne Fromholtz / Marise Kruger (quarterfinals)

• # Ilana Kloss / 🇺🇸 Betty-Ann Stuart (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Kathy Jordan / 🇺🇸 Anne Smith (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Laura duPont / 🇺🇸 Sharon Walsh (first round)

• # Regina Maršíková /  Renáta Tomanová (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Tracy Austin / 🇺🇸 Kathy May-Teacher (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Betsy Nagelsen / 🇺🇸 Pam Shriver (third round)