# 1971 Australian Open – Men's doubles

John Newcombe and Tony Roche defeated Tom Okker and Marty Riessen 6–2, 7–6 in the final to win the men's doubles title at the 1971 Australian Open.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* John Newcombe / Tony Roche (champions)
* Roy Emerson / Rod Laver (quarterfinals)
* Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle (quarterfinals)
* Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (final)
* Arthur Ashe / Dennis Ralston (semifinals)
* William Bowrey / Owen Davidson (quarterfinals)
* Andrés Gimeno / Roger Taylor (first round)
* Cliff Drysdale / Greg Perkins (first round)

## 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston | 4 | 3 | 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | 4 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen | 7 | 7 | 4 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen | 2 | 6 |
| | Robert Lutz Charlie Pasarell | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Newcombe T Roche | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pollard R Wilson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | G Pollard R Wilson | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Maud F McMillan | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | J Newcombe T Roche | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Cooper C Dibley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Doerner B Phillips-Moore | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | J Feaver E McCabe | 1 | 4 | | | J Cooper C Dibley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Doerner B Phillips-Moore | 6 | 6 | | | P Doerner B Phillips-Moore | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Drysdale G Perkins | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Newcombe T Roche | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | A Ashe D Ralston | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Ashe D Ralston | 4 | 3 |
| | A Shapter C Stubs | 2 | 4 | | 5 | A Ashe D Ralston | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Carmichael R Ruffels | 3 | 5 | | | J Alexander P Dent | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Alexander P Dent | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | A Ashe D Ralston | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | R Case G Masters | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | K Rosewall F Stolle | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Gardiner J Ward | 2 | 2 | | | R Case G Masters | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | K Rosewall F Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 4 | T Okker M Riessen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Anderson R Moore | 4 | 5 | | | I El Shafei B Fairlie | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | I El Shafei B Fairlie | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | T Okker M Riessen | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Ball B Giltinan | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | 6 | W Bowrey O Davidson | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Barth T Ulrich | 3 | 6 | 3 | | S Ball B Giltinan | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Wright J Zwieg | w/o | | | 6 | W Bowrey O Davidson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | W Bowrey O Davidson | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Okker M Riessen | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | A Gimeno R Taylor | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | R Lutz C Pasarell | 6 | 6 |
| | D Crealy A Stone | 6 | 6 | | | D Crealy A Stone | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Thomson K Warwick | 4 | 1 | | | R Lutz C Pasarell | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Lutz C Pasarell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Lutz C Pasarell | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Cox G Stilwell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | R Emerson R Laver | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Rose F Sedgman | 3 | 2 | | | M Cox G Stilwell | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | R Emerson R Laver | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |