1978 Swedish Open – Doubles
# 1978 Swedish Open – Doubles

The 1978 Swedish Open – Doubles event was part of the 1978 Swedish Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden between 17 July and 23 July 1973. Mark Edmondson and John Marks were the defending Swedish Open champions but did not compete together in this edition. First-seeded team of Bob Carmichael and Mark Edmondson won the doubles title by defeating Péter Szőke and Balázs Taróczy in the final, 7–5, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Bob Carmichael / Mark Edmondson (champions)
* Álvaro Fillol / Mike Fishbach (quarterfinals)
* Raymond Moore / Jonathan Smith (semifinals)
* François Jauffret / Christophe Roger-Vasselin (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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kjell Johansson Louk Sanders | 4 | 0 | | 1 | Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hans Kary Chris Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | Hans Kary Chris Lewis | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ulf Eriksson Per Hjertquist | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Michael Benson Tony Giammalva | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | 3 | Raymond Moore Jonathan Smith | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Birger Andersson Stanislav Birner | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Michael Benson Tony Giammalva | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Per Larsson Stefan Simonsson | 3 | 1 | | 3 | Raymond Moore Jonathan Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Raymond Moore Jonathan Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | François Jauffret Christophe Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy | 5 | 4 |
| | Ángel Giménez Antonio Muñoz | 4 | 4 | | 4 | François Jauffret Christophe Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ove Bengtson Tenny Svensson | 6 | 6 | | | Ove Bengtson Tenny Svensson | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jim McManus Barry Phillips-Moore | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | François Jauffret Christophe Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy | w/o | | | | | | | | Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Corrado Barazzutti Gianni Ocleppo | | | | | Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jan Norbäck Jan-Eric Palm | 1 | 3 | | 2 | Álvaro Fillol Mike Fishbach | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Álvaro Fillol Mike Fishbach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
