# 1971 Italian Open – Men's doubles

The 1971 Italian Open – Men's doubles was an event of the 1971 Italian Open tennis tournament and was played at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy from 3 May through 10 May 1971. The draw comprised 24 teams, four of them were seeded. Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac were the defending doubles champions but did not compete in this edition. First-seeded John Newcombe and Tony Roche won the doubles title, defeating unseeded Andrés Gimeno and Roger Taylor in the final, 6–4, 6–4.

## Seeds

* John Newcombe / Tony Roche (champions)
* Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (second round)
* Arthur Ashe / Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals)
* Roy Emerson / Rod Laver (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Andrés Gimeno Roger Taylor | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 3 | 7 | 6 | | Andrés Gimeno Roger Taylor | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Roy Emerson Rod Laver | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| | | | | | 2 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Franco Bartoni Piero Toci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Franco Bartoni Piero Toci | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Andrés Gimeno Roger Taylor | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Andrés Gimeno Roger Taylor | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dick Crealy Allan Stone | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Andrés Gimeno Roger Taylor | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| | Ezio Di Matteo Tonino Zugarelli | 4 | 6 | | 3 | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Cliff Drysdale Nikola Pilić | 6 | 7 | | | Cliff Drysdale Nikola Pilić | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 3 | Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | Bob Lutz Charlie Pasarell | 6 | 6 | 2 | | Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Massimo Di Domenico Adriano Panatta | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Massimo Di Domenico Adriano Panatta | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | John Alexander Phil Dent | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | Boro Jovanović Fred Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Corrado Barazzutti Vincenzo Franchitti | 3 | 2 | | Boro Jovanović Fred Stolle | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Giordano Maioli Nicola Pietrangeli | 7 | 7 | | Giordano Maioli Nicola Pietrangeli | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mark Cox Graham Stilwell | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | Boro Jovanović Fred Stolle | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | Tom Gorman Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | Roy Emerson Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Frew McMillan Bob Maud | 3 | 3 | | Tom Gorman Stan Smith | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jan Leschly Sergio Palmieri | 2 | 3 | 4 | Roy Emerson Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Roy Emerson Rod Laver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Roy Emerson Rod Laver | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Roy Barth Torben Ulrich | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |