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 6–1, 6–2 against Heinz Günthardt and Pavel Složil.

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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	6	7	7
	3	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7	6	5
								1	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	6	6
								5	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	1	2
	5	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	7	5	6
		Billy Martin Russell Simpson	6	7	3

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	B Lutz S Smith	6	7
		E Fromm J Hayes	3	6				1	B Lutz S Smith	6	6
									Y Noah P Portes	1	2
															1	B Lutz S Smith	6	6
															7	C Dibley P Kronk	1	4
									H-P Kandler J Průcha	2	3
		P Elter T Waltke	5	6				7	C Dibley P Kronk	6	6
	7	C Dibley P Kronk	7	7																		1	B Lutz S Smith	6	7	7
																						3	B Hewitt F McMillan	7	6	5
								3	B Hewitt F McMillan	w/o
		P Feigl G Ocleppo	6	3	6				P Feigl G Ocleppo
		C Barazzutti H Kary	2	6	3										3	B Hewitt F McMillan	3	6	6
		S Birner N Saviano	6	6												S Birner N Saviano	6	4	3
		S Meister M Ostoja	1	2					S Birner N Saviano	7	7
								6	J Kodeš T Šmíd	5	5

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	H Günthardt P Složil	6	6
		D Carter S Glickstein	2	3				5	H Günthardt P Složil	6	7
									C Freyss Á Giménez	1	6
															5	H Günthardt P Složil	6	6
		B Mitton R Moore	6	6												B Mitton R Moore	4	4
		T Giammalva C Lewis	4	3					B Mitton R Moore	7	6
								4	K Curren S Denton	5	4
																						5	H Günthardt P Složil	7	5	6
	8	Ž Franulović B Taróczy	6	6																			B Martin R Simpson	6	7	3
		I Dupasquier S Giammalva Jr.	3	2				8	Ž Franulović B Taróczy	6	6
									M Doyle C Leeds	4	2
															8	Ž Franulović B Taróczy	6	6	3
																B Martin R Simpson	4	7	6
									B Martin R Simpson	6	4	6
		T Cain E Edwards	w/o						T Cain E Edwards	3	6	3
	2	B Gottfried R Ramírez

• 1980 Fischer-Grand Prix Doubles draw