Bruce Manson and Andrew Pattison were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1979 Paris Open | |
| 1978 Champions |  Bruce Manson  Andrew Pattison |
| Champions |  Jean-Louis Haillet Gilles Moretton |
| Runners-up |  John Lloyd Tony Lloyd |
| Score | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Jean-Louis Haillet and Gilles Moretton won in the final 7–6, 7–6 against John Lloyd and Tony Lloyd.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Jean-Louis Haillet / Gilles Moretton (champions)
Corrado Barazzutti / Antonio Zugarelli (quarterfinals)- Patrice Dominguez / Denis Naegelen (first round)
- Bernard Fritz /
Keith Richardson (semifinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J-L Haillet G Moretton
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 O N Bengtson T Svensson
| 6 | 6 | 1 | J-L Haillet G Moretton
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J-B Chanfreau G Toulon
| 6 | 7 | 3 | E Deblicker P Proisy
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Deblicker P Proisy
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | J-L Haillet G Moretton
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | B Fritz K Richardson
| 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | B Fritz K Richardson
| 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| G Malin V Van Patten
| 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | B Fritz K Richardson
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Mir R Vizcaino
| 6 | 6 | M Mir R Vizcaino
| 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 F Punčec H Theron
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Jean-Louis Haillet Gilles Moretton
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Glickstein C Leeds
| 4 | 7 | 6 | John Lloyd Tony Lloyd
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J-F Caujolle P Portes
| 6 | 6 | 2 | S Glickstein C Leeds
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Lloyd T Lloyd
| 6 | 6 | J Lloyd T Lloyd
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | P Dominguez D Naegelen
| 4 | 3 | J Lloyd T Lloyd
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G Goven C Roger-Vasselin
| 6 | 3 | 2 | S Krulevitz H Solomon
| 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Krulevitz H Solomon
| 1 | 6 | 6 | S Krulevitz H Solomon
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Fromm L Palin
| 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 |  C Barazzutti A Zugarelli
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | C Barazzutti A Zugarelli
| 7 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||