1980 Fischer-Grand Prix – Doubles

Doubles
1980 Fischer-Grand Prix
Champions United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
Runners-up Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Final score 61, 62

Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Bob Lutz and Stan Smith.

Lutz and Smith won in the final 61, 62 against Heinz Günthardt and Pavel Složil.

Seeds

The draw allocated unseeded teams at random; as a result three seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. United States Bob Lutz / United States Stan Smith (Champions)
  2. United States Brian Gottfried / Mexico Raúl Ramírez (Second Round)
  3. South Africa Bob Hewitt / South Africa Frew McMillan (Semifinals)
  4. South Africa Kevin Curren / United States Steve Denton (Second Round)
  5. Switzerland Heinz Günthardt / Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil (Final)
  6. Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš / Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd (Second Round)
  7. Australia Colin Dibley / Australia Paul Kronk (Quarterfinals)
  8. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović / Hungary Balázs Taróczy (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1  United States Bob Lutz
 United States Stan Smith
6 7 7  
3  South Africa Bob Hewitt
 South Africa Frew McMillan
7 6 5  
  1  United States Bob Lutz
 United States Stan Smith
6 6  
  5  Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
 Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
1 2  
5  Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
 Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
7 5 6
     United States Billy Martin
 New Zealand Russell Simpson
6 7 3  

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1  United States B Lutz
 United States S Smith
6 7    
   United States E Fromm
 United States J Hayes
3 6       1  United States B Lutz
 United States S Smith
6 6    
       France Y Noah
 France P Portes
1 2    
      1  United States B Lutz
 United States S Smith
6 6    
      7  Australia C Dibley
 Australia P Kronk
1 4    
       Austria H-P Kandler
 Czechoslovakia J Prucha
2 3  
   West Germany P Elter
 United States T Waltke
5 6       7  Australia C Dibley
 Australia P Kronk
6 6    
7  Australia C Dibley
 Australia P Kronk
7 7         1  United States B Lutz
 United States S Smith
6 7 7
      3  South Africa B Hewitt
 South Africa F McMillan
7 6 5
    3  South Africa B Hewitt
 South Africa F McMillan
w/o      
   Austria P Feigl
 Italy G Ocleppo
6 3 6        Austria P Feigl
 Italy G Ocleppo
       
   Italy C Barazzutti
 Austria H Kary
2 6 3       3  South Africa B Hewitt
 South Africa F McMillan
3 6 6
   Czechoslovakia S Birner
 United States N Saviano
6 6            Czechoslovakia S Birner
 United States N Saviano
6 4 3  
   United States S Meister
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia M Ostoja
1 2          Czechoslovakia S Birner
 United States N Saviano
7 7  
    6  Czechoslovakia J Kodeš
 Czechoslovakia T Šmíd
5 5    
 

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
5  Switzerland H Günthardt
 Czechoslovakia P Složil
6 6    
   Australia D Carter
 Israel S Glickstein
2 3       5  Switzerland H Günthardt
 Czechoslovakia P Složil
6 7    
       France C Freyss
 Spain Á Giménez
1 6    
      5  Switzerland H Günthardt
 Czechoslovakia P Složil
6 6    
   South Africa B Mitton
 South Africa R Moore
6 6            South Africa B Mitton
 South Africa R Moore
4 4    
   United States T Giammalva
 New Zealand C Lewis
4 3          South Africa B Mitton
 South Africa R Moore
7 6  
    4  South Africa K Curren
 United States S Denton
5 4    
      5  Switzerland H Günthardt
 Czechoslovakia P Složil
7 5 6
8  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović
 Hungary B Taróczy
6 6            United States B Martin
 New Zealand R Simpson
6 7 3
   Switzerland I Dupasquier
 United States S Giammalva Jr.
3 2       8  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović
 Hungary B Taróczy
6 6    
       United States M Doyle
 United States C Leeds
4 2    
      8  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ž Franulović
 Hungary B Taróczy
6 6 3
         United States B Martin
 New Zealand R Simpson
4 7 6  
       United States B Martin
 New Zealand R Simpson
6 4 6
   United States T Cain
 South Africa E Edwards
w/o            United States T Cain
 South Africa E Edwards
3 6 3  
2  United States B Gottfried
 Mexico R Ramírez
       

References

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