1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
# 1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

John Newcombe and Tony Roche were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Mark Edmondson and John Marks.

## Seeds

* Fred McNair / Raúl Ramírez (first round)
* John Alexander / Phil Dent (first round)
* Syd Ball / Allan Stone (first round)
* Colin Dibley / Kim Warwick (semifinals)

## Draw

### Key

* 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
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| 1 | F McNair R Ramírez | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Edmondson J Marks | 6 | 6 | | | M Edmondson J Marks | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stewart B Walts | 6 | 6 | | | S Stewart B Walts | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Du Pré P McNamara | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Edmondson J Marks | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | |
| 4 | C Dibley K Warwick | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | C Dibley K Warwick | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | |
| | D Crealy B Giltinan | 5 | 2 | | 4 | C Dibley K Warwick | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Gorman H Pfister | 7 | 6 | | | T Gorman H Pfister | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Saviano E Teltscher | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Edmondson J Marks | 4 | 3 |
| | B Drewett T Rocavert | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Newcombe T Roche | 6 | 6 |
| | J Newcombe T Roche | 6 | 7 | | | J Newcombe T Roche | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ashe K Rosewall | 7 | 6 | | | A Ashe K Rosewall | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Ball A Stone | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Newcombe T Roche | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Kachel S Menon | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | C Kachel S Menon | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Hall R Kelly | 3 | 6 | | | C Kachel S Menon | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Case G Masters | 6 | 6 | 6 | | R Case G Masters | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Alexander P Dent | 2 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
