1979 Bridgestone Doubles Championships

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1979 Bridgestone Doubles Championships
DateApril 2–8
Edition5th
Draw8D
Prize money$150,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
LocationTokyo, Japan
Venue Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve
  1978  · WTA Doubles Championships ·  1980  

The 1979 Bridgestone Doubles Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the Colgate Series of the 1979 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from April 2 through April 8, 1979. [1] [2]

Contents

Final

Doubles

Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve defeated Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sue Barker / Flag of the United States.svg Ann Kiyomura 7–5, 7–6(9–7)

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 219. ISBN   9780362020120. OCLC   237184610.
  2. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 321, 530.