1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
# 1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles was the 34th edition of the women's doubles championship. Zhang Li and Zhang Deying defeated Ge Xin'ai and Yan Guili in the final by three sets to nil.

## Results

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pak Yong-ok Yang Ying | 0 | | | | | | |
| Kayo Sugaya Yoshiko Shimauchi | 3 | Sugaya Shimauchi | 2 | | | | |
| Bettine Vriesekoop Marianne Der Vliet | 2 | Perkučin Palatinus | 3 | | | | |
| Gordana Perkučin Erzsébet Palatinus | 3 | | | Perkučin Palatinus | 2 | | |
| Ann-Christin Hellman Marie Lindblad | 2 | | | Ge Xin'ai Yan Guili | 3 | | |
| Marie Hrachová Dana Dubinova | 3 | Hellman Lindblad | 1 | | | | |
| Valentina Popova Narine Antonjan | 1 | Ge Xin'ai Yan Guili | 3 | | | | |
| Ge Xin'ai Yan Guili | 3 | | | | | Ge Xin'ai Yan Guili | 0 |
| Judit Magos Gabriella Szabó | 3 | | | | | Zhang Li Zhang Deying | 3 |
| Karen Senior Alice Leonard | 0 | Magos Szabó | 1 | | | | |
| Ro Jong-suk Li Song-suk | 3 | Ro Jong-suk Li Song-suk | 3 | | | | |
| Maria Alexandru Wei Lijie | 2 | | | Ro Jong-suk Li Song-suk | 1 | | |
| Ilona Uhlíková Blanka Silhanova | 2 | | | Zhang Li Zhang Deying | 3 | | |
| Tong Ling Cao Yanhua | 3 | Tong Ling Cao Yanhua | 0 | | | | |
| Alice Green Kasia Davidowicz | 0 | Zhang Li Zhang Deying | 3 | | | | |
| Zhang Li Zhang Deying | 3 | | | | | | |
