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.
Seeds The draw allocated unseeded teams at random; as a result three seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
External links 1980 Fischer-Grand Prix Doubles draw