# 1971 French Open – Men's doubles

Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac were the defending champions but they withdrew from the tournament.
Arthur Ashe and Marty Riessen won in the final 6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9 against Tom Gorman and Stan Smith.

## Seeds

* Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac (withdrew)
* Arthur Ashe / Marty Riessen (champions)
* Bob Lutz / Charlie Pasarell (quarterfinals)
* Tom Gorman / Stan Smith (final)
* Jan Kodeš / Vladimír Zedník (third round)
* Dick Crealy / Allan Stone (fourth round)
* John Alexander / Phil Dent (fourth round)
* Alex Metreveli / Cliff Richey (quarterfinals)

## 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

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | | 2 | Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Brian Fairlie Frew McMillan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Bob Lutz Charlie Pasarell | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | | Brian Fairlie Frew McMillan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Brian Fairlie Frew McMillan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brian Fairlie Frew McMillan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Tom Gorman Stan Smith | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| | Bill Bowrey Bob Maud | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Tom Gorman Stan Smith | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Tom Gorman Stan Smith | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tom Gorman Stan Smith | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Tom Gorman Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Alex Metreveli Cliff Richey | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 2 | A Ashe M Riessen | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MA Ilahi J Mukerjea | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Ashe M Riessen | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | S Dron P Mărmureanu | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| S Dron P Mărmureanu | S Dron P Mărmureanu | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| V Franchitti S Palmieri | V Franchitti S Palmieri | 1 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Ashe M Riessen | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Molina J Velasco | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| I Molina J Velasco | I Molina J Velasco | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Bouteleux M Leclercq | A Bouteleux M Leclercq | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | I Molina J Velasco | I Molina J Velasco | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | M Di Domenico A Panatta | M Di Domenico A Panatta | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| M Di Domenico A Panatta | M Di Domenico A Panatta | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W Álvarez P Darmon | W Álvarez P Darmon | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 7 | J Alexander P Dent | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-C Fauvet É Loliée | 2 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 7 | J Alexander P Dent | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | T Lejus A Volkov | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| T Lejus A Volkov | T Lejus A Volkov | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Bernasconi P Dominguez | T Bernasconi P Dominguez | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Alexander P Dent | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Cornejo J Fillol | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| P Cornejo J Fillol | P Cornejo J Fillol | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Di Matteo A Zugarelli | E Di Matteo A Zugarelli | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | P Cornejo J Fillol | P Cornejo J Fillol | w/o | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | I Fletcher B Phillips-Moore | I Fletcher B Phillips-Moore | | | | | | | | | |
| I Fletcher B Phillips-Moore | I Fletcher B Phillips-Moore | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Szőke G Varga | P Szőke G Varga | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| 3 | B Lutz C Pasarell | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gardiner P Marzano | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | B Lutz C Pasarell | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | O Parun N Špear | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| J Bartlett G Perkins | J Bartlett G Perkins | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| O Parun N Špear | O Parun N Špear | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Lutz C Pasarell | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Leschly R Moore | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| J Leschly R Moore | J Leschly R Moore | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Drossart P Pokorny | E Drossart P Pokorny | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | J Leschly R Moore | J Leschly R Moore | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | J-C Barclay D Contet | J-C Barclay D Contet | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| K Hirai J Kuki | K Hirai J Kuki | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J-C Barclay D Contet | J-C Barclay D Contet | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| | | | | | | 6 | D Crealy A Stone | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | J Kawamori T Koura | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Crealy A Stone | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| N Kalogeropoulos JR Pinto Bravo | N Kalogeropoulos JR Pinto Bravo | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | S Ball G Masters | 4 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| C Boutard J-P Olivier | C Boutard J-P Olivier | 3 | 3 | 6 | | N Kalogeropoulos JR Pinto Bravo | N Kalogeropoulos JR Pinto Bravo | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S Ball G Masters | S Ball G Masters | 6 | 7 | 6 | | S Ball G Masters | S Ball G Masters | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| É Deblicker J Thamin | É Deblicker J Thamin | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Crealy A Stone | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| B Fairlie F McMillan | B Fairlie F McMillan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Fairlie F McMillan | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| D Segal J Zwieg | D Segal J Zwieg | 0 | 0 | 0 | | B Fairlie F McMillan | B Fairlie F McMillan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Cooper C Dibley | J Cooper C Dibley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | J Cooper C Dibley | J Cooper C Dibley | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| L Grinnan LC Moreira | L Grinnan LC Moreira | 3 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | B Fairlie F McMillan | B Fairlie F McMillan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| P Lamp H Sepp | P Lamp H Sepp | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | F Froehling J McManus | F Froehling J McManus | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| U Oquendo O Piva | U Oquendo O Piva | 1 | 4 | 2 | | P Lamp H Sepp | P Lamp H Sepp | 3 | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F Froehling J McManus | F Froehling J McManus | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | F Froehling J McManus | F Froehling J McManus | 6 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N Perry E Zuleta | N Perry E Zuleta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| J-P Bombardier B De Troye | J-P Bombardier B De Troye | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S Baranyi R Machán | S Baranyi R Machán | 6 | 6 | 6 | | S Baranyi R Machán | S Baranyi R Machán | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Bovett B Seewagen | C Bovett B Seewagen | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | C Bovett B Seewagen | C Bovett B Seewagen | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Goven P Proisy | G Goven P Proisy | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | S Baranyi R Machán | S Baranyi R Machán | 3 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| F Bartoni P Toci | F Bartoni P Toci | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | Ž Franulović T Ryan | Ž Franulović T Ryan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| B Jovanović D Schroder | B Jovanović D Schroder | | | | | F Bartoni P Toci | F Bartoni P Toci | 0 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D Charlet D Grozdanovitch | D Charlet D Grozdanovitch | 4 | 0 | 4 | | Ž Franulović T Ryan | Ž Franulović T Ryan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ž Franulović T Ryan | Ž Franulović T Ryan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ž Franulović T Ryan | Ž Franulović T Ryan | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| J-P Courcol B Montrenaud | J-P Courcol B Montrenaud | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Bowrey B Maud | B Bowrey B Maud | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| R Case F Sedgman | R Case F Sedgman | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | J-P Courcol B Montrenaud | J-P Courcol B Montrenaud | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Bowrey B Maud | B Bowrey B Maud | 6 | 8 | 6 | | B Bowrey B Maud | B Bowrey B Maud | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Gisbert J Guerrero | J Gisbert J Guerrero | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | B Bowrey B Maud | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Kodeš V Zedník | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | G Widjojo A Wijono | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | J Kodeš V Zedník | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 6

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| J Hřebec F Pála | J Hřebec F Pála | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Barthès J-B Chanfreau | P Barthès J-B Chanfreau | 7 | 2 | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | P Barthès J-B Chanfreau | P Barthès J-B Chanfreau | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | T Koch JE Mandarino | T Koch JE Mandarino | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| P Gavrilidis T Kakulia | P Gavrilidis T Kakulia | 0 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Koch JE Mandarino | T Koch JE Mandarino | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Barthès J-B Chanfreau | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Gorman S Smith | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| J-P Meyer W N'Godrella | J-P Meyer W N'Godrella | 1 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Majoli N Pietrangeli | G Majoli N Pietrangeli | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | G Majoli N Pietrangeli | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | T Gorman S Smith | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Beust B Paul | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Gorman S Smith | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 7

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| B Bertram W Freer | B Bertram W Freer | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F Jauffret J-L Rouyer | F Jauffret J-L Rouyer | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | F Jauffret J-L Rouyer | F Jauffret J-L Rouyer | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | T Addison M Holeček | T Addison M Holeček | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| S Mureșan D Sturdza | S Mureșan D Sturdza | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Addison M Holeček | T Addison M Holeček | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Addison M Holeček | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Metreveli C Richey | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| W Gąsiorek T Nowicki | W Gąsiorek T Nowicki | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| JL Arilla A Muñoz | JL Arilla A Muñoz | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | W Gąsiorek T Nowicki | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | A Metreveli C Richey | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | P van Min J Ward | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Metreveli C Richey | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 8

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| C Barazzutti R Lombardi | C Barazzutti R Lombardi | 2 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| V Egorov V Korotkov | V Egorov V Korotkov | 6 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | V Egorov V Korotkov | V Egorov V Korotkov | 3 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B Carmichael R Ruffels | B Carmichael R Ruffels | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| F Battegay P Joly | F Battegay P Joly | 1 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Carmichael R Ruffels | B Carmichael R Ruffels | 6 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | B Carmichael R Ruffels | B Carmichael R Ruffels | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | J Kamiwazumi T Sakai | J Kamiwazumi T Sakai | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| P Cramer A Pattison | P Cramer A Pattison | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Kamiwazumi T Sakai | J Kamiwazumi T Sakai | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | J Kamiwazumi T Sakai | J Kamiwazumi T Sakai | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C. Spalding K West | C. Spalding K West | 0 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | C. Spalding K West | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | I Năstase I Țiriac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |