1971 Italian Open – Men's doubles

1971 Italian Open AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno GBR Roger Taylor 6–4, 6–4 24 4 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.Laver captures singles net title https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g69OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=twkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5200%2C1818268 Star-News United Press 11 May 1971 12World of Tennis '72 1972 Queen Anne Press London 9780362001037 86035663 127–130 John Barrett1971 Rome – Men's doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/rome/416/1971/draws?matchtype=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Seeds 30em AUS John Newcombe / AUS Tony Roche (champions) NED Tom Okker / USA Marty Riessen (second round) USA Arthur Ashe / USA Dennis Ralston (quarterfinals) AUS Roy Emerson / AUS Rod Laver (semifinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 7 AUS Bob Carmichael AUS Ray Ruffels 3 7 6 4 AUS Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver 2 6 4 1 AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche 6 2 6 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno GBR Roger Taylor 4 4 1 AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche 6 6 Top half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 3 USA Arthur Ashe USA Dennis Ralston 6 7 ITA Ezio Di Matteo ITA Tonino Zugarelli 4 6 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale YUG Nikola Pilić 6 7 EGY 1958 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 4 5 AUS Bob Carmichael AUS Ray Ruffels 7 2 6 USA Bob Lutz USA Charlie Pasarell 6 6 2 ITA Massimo Di Domenico ITA Adriano Panatta 3 6 6 AUS John Alexander AUS Phil Dent 6 3 3 2 NED Tom Okker USA Marty Riessen 3 4 ITA Franco Bartoni ITA Piero Toci 6 6 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno GBR Roger Taylor 2 7 6 AUS Dick Crealy AUS Allan Stone 6 5 4 3 USA Arthur Ashe USA Dennis Ralston 6 3 7 RSA 1928 Cliff Drysdale YUG Nikola Pilić 1 6 6 AUS Bob Carmichael AUS Ray Ruffels 6 3 6 ITA Massimo Di Domenico ITA Adriano Panatta 3 6 1 ITA Franco Bartoni ITA Piero Toci 4 2 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 3 USA Arthur Ashe USA Dennis Ralston 5 6 AUS Bob Carmichael AUS Ray Ruffels 7 7 ESP 1945 Andrés Gimeno GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 7 AUS Bob Carmichael AUS Ray Ruffels 3 7 6 Bottom half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals YUG Boro Jovanović AUS Fred Stolle 6 6 ITA Corrado Barazzutti ITA Vincenzo Franchitti 3 2 ITA Giordano Maioli ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 7 7 GBR Mark Cox GBR Graham Stilwell 5 6 USA Tom Gorman USA Stan Smith 6 6 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan RSA 1928 Bob Maud 3 3 DEN Jan Leschly ITA Sergio Palmieri 2 3 4 AUS Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver 6 6 YUG Boro Jovanović AUS Fred Stolle w/o ITA Giordano Maioli ITA Nicola Pietrangeli USA Tom Gorman USA Stan Smith 2 4 4 AUS Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver 6 6 AUS Bill Bowrey AUS Owen Davidson 6 5 6 YUG Željko Franulović TCH Jan Kodeš 2 7 4 USA Roy Barth DEN Torben Ulrich 1 3 1 AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche 6 6 YUG Boro Jovanović AUS Fred Stolle 3 3 4 AUS Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver 6 6 AUS Bill Bowrey AUS Owen Davidson 2 6 4 1 AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche 6 3 6 4 AUS Roy Emerson AUS Rod Laver 2 6 4 1 AUS John Newcombe AUS Tony Roche 6 2 6 References External links ITF tournament edition details Category:1971 Italian Open (tennis) Category:1971 World Championship Tennis circuit