Jean-Louis Haillet and Gilles Moretton were the defending champions but only Moretton competed that year with Dominique Bedel.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1980 Paris Open | |
| 1979 Champions |  Jean-Louis Haillet Gilles Moretton |
| Champions |  Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta |
| Runners-up |  Brian Gottfried  Raymond Moore |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Bedel and Moretton lost in the quarterfinals to Paolo Bertolucci and Adriano Panatta.
Bertolucci and Panatta won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Brian Gottfried and Raymond Moore.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta (champions)
Brian Gottfried / 
Raymond Moore (final)- Tom Cain / Eddie Edwards (semifinals)
Eric Deblicker / Christophe Roger-Vasselin (first round)
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 | P Bertolucci A Panatta
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Dominguez D Naegelen
| 2 | 5 | 1 | P Bertolucci A Panatta
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Bedel G Moretton
| 6 | 6 | D Bedel G Moretton
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Potier T Tulasne
| 4 | 3 | 1 | P Bertolucci A Panatta
| 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | T Cain E Edwards
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | T Cain E Edwards
| 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 M Cox A Jarrett
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | T Cain E Edwards
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 M Mir E Vattuone
| 6 | 6 | 6 | M Mir E Vattuone
| 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Drysdale R Lewis
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Noah P Portes
| 6 | 7 | 2 | Brian Gottfried Raymond Moore
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Doyle F Krajcik
| 4 | 5 | Y Noah P Portes
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Fromm C Leeds
| 6 | 6 | E Fromm C Leeds
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Deblicker C Roger-Vasselin
| 2 | 2 | E Fromm C Leeds
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J López-Maeso G Núñez
| w/o | 2 | B Gottfried R Moore
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Barazzutti I Nastase
| J López-Maeso G Núñez
| 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Fritz H Leconte
| 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | B Gottfried R Moore
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | B Gottfried R Moore
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||