| 1979 Bridgestone Doubles Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | April 2–8 | |||
| Edition | 5th | |||
| Draw | 8D | |||
| Prize money | $150,000 | |||
| Surface | Carpet / indoor | |||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve | ||||
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The1979 Bridgestone Doubles Championships was a women'stennis tournament played on indoorcarpet courts at theYoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the Colgate Series of the1979 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from April 2 through April 8, 1979.[1][2]
For the first time since its inception, the Doubles Championships was played separately from theWTA Finals which took place two weeks earlier in the United States, although by strange coincidence thedoubles final that year featured the same two pairings, the same outcome and almost the same scoreline (7–6, 7–6).
Françoise Dürr /Betty Stöve defeated
Sue Barker /
Ann Kiyomura 7–5, 7–6(9–7)