1929 French Championships – Men's doubles

1929 French Championships FRA René LacosteFRA Jean Borotra FRA Henri CochetFRA Jacques Brugnon 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6 thumb|right|220px|Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet (up), the runner-up for the event; Jean Borotra (down-left) and René Lacoste (down-right) the triumphant doubles players 1929 French Championships (tennis) Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon were the defending champions but they split up and Borotra teamed up with René Lacoste and Brugnon partnered with Henri Cochet. The final saw the encounter of these teams known all together as the Four Musketeers with the former pair clinching the title. Seeds Every but 16 teams (neither the third and four seeds) received a bye into the second round. 30em United States 1912 Bill Tilden / United States 1912 Frank Hunter (semifinal) FRA Henri Cochet / FRA Jacques Brugnon (final) ITA 1861 Leonardo Bonzi / ITA 1861 Clemente Serventi (second round) FRA André Roche / FRA Pierre Joba (second round) FRA René Lacoste / FRA Jean Borotra (champions) TCH Roderich Menzel / TCH Josef Malacek(third round) FRA Emmanuel du Plaix / FRA Raymond Rodel (third round) FRA René de Buzelet / FRA Christian Boussus (Quarterfinal) Draw Finals 5 y Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 190 1 United States 1912 TildenUnited States 1912 Hunter 3 6 6 6 Hungary 1920 KehrlingWeimar Republic Kleinschroth 6 3 1 4 5 FRA LacosteFRA Borotra 2 6 1 6 6 ITA 1861 De MorpurgoITA 1861 del Bono 6 2 6 4 3 GBR GregoryGBR Collins 6 2 6 6 8 FRA de BuzeletFRA Boussus 3 6 2 3 NED TimmerAUT O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten 2 2 7 2 FRA CochetFRA Brugnon 6 6 9 1 United States 1912 TildenUnited States 1912 Hunter 3 2 6 3 5 FRA LacosteFRA Borotra 6 6 3 6 GBR GregoryGBR Collins 3 4 3 2 FRA CochetFRA Brugnon 6 6 6 5 FRA LacosteFRA Borotra 6 3 6 3 8 2 FRA CochetFRA Brugnon 3 6 3 6 6 Top half Section 1 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 United States 1912 TildenUnited States 1912 Hunter 6 6 6 DEN RasmussenNOR Nielsen 0 1 0 FRA É BorotraUnited States 1912 Coen 6 11 8 Egypt 1922 ZaharEgypt 1922 Danon 2 9 6 Hungary 1920 KehrlingWeimar Republic Kleinschroth w/o GRE old ZerlendisGRE old Zafiropoulo GBR OlliffGBR Austin 8 7 7 3 2 7 FRA du PlaixFRA Rodel 10 5 5 6 6 1 United States 1912 TildenUnited States 1912 Hunter 6 4 6 6 FRA É BorotraUnited States 1912 Coen 1 6 2 2 Hungary 1920 KehrlingWeimar Republic Kleinschroth 2 6 9 6 6 7 FRA du PlaixFRA Rodel 6 1 11 2 4 1 United States 1912 TildenUnited States 1912 Hunter 3 6 6 6 Hungary 1920 KehrlingWeimar Republic Kleinschroth 6 3 1 4 Section 2 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ITA 1861 Umberto De MorpurgoITA 1861 Alberto del Bono 6 6 6 Edmond-BlancFRA Nicolas Magaloff 3 2 4 FRA Henri ReynaudFRA Denis Laurent 6 6 6 SWI Charles AeschlimannSWI Ernst 2 1 3 CHI Domingo Torralva-PonsaCHI Luis Torralva-Ponsa 3 6 7 7 FRA Jean AugustinFRA François Terrier 6 4 5 5 GBR Arthur Wallis MyersHunt 2 2 6 7 1 4 FRA André RocheFRA Pierre Joba 6 6 1 5 6 5 FRA LacosteFRA Borotra 6 6 6 British India FyzeeROM Misu 0 3 2 Weimar Republic MoldenhauerWeimar Republic Prenn 4 6 6 4 6 FRA Benny BerthetFRA Jean Lesueur 6 3 3 6 1 ITA 1861 De MorpurgoITA 1861 del Bono 6 6 6 FRA ReynaudFRA Laurent 3 4 1 CHI D Torralva-PonsaCHI L Torralva-Ponsa 4 2 7 7 6 4 FRA RocheFRA Joba 6 6 5 5 1 5 FRA LacosteFRA Borotra 2 7 5 6 6 Weimar Republic MoldenhauerWeimar Republic Prenn 6 5 7 2 2 ITA 1861 De MorpurgoITA 1861 del Bono 6 5 6 6 CHI D Torralva-PonsaCHI L Torralva-Ponsa 3 7 2 3 5 FRA LacosteFRA Borotra 2 6 1 6 6 ITA 1861 De MorpurgoITA 1861 del Bono 6 2 6 4 3 Bottom half Section 3 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 ITA 1861 Leonardo BonziITA 1861 Clemente Serventi 6 8 6 United States 1912 E. GoldschmidtUnited States 1912 J. Converse 1 6 3 FRA Georges GlasserFRA André Martin-Legeay 1 4 2 GBR Colin GregoryGBR Ian Collins 6 6 6 United States 1912 A.G. RawlinsUnited States 1912 Homer Levinson 7 2 3 4 FRA Paul FéretFRA Marcel Cousin 5 6 6 6 FRA Jean PastréFRA Jacques Deniau 0 4 3 MON René GallepeFRA Léonce Aslangul 6 6 6 3 ITA 1861 BonziITA 1861 Serventi 2 5 13 GBR GregoryGBR Collins 6 7 15 FRA FéretFRA Cousin 2 2 6 6 3 MON GallepeFRA Aslangul 6 6 2 1 6 RSA 1928 RobbinsAUT Salm-Hoogstraeten FRA DanetFRA George w/o Weimar Republic FuchsWeimar Republic Wetzel 4 1 2 8 FRA de BuzeletFRA Boussus 6 6 6 GBR GregoryGBR Collins 6 6 0 6 MON GallepeFRA Aslangul 1 2 6 2 FRA DanetFRA George 5 1 4 8 FRA de BuzeletFRA Boussus 7 6 6 GBR GregoryGBR Collins 6 2 6 6 8 FRA de BuzeletFRA Boussus 3 6 2 3 Section 4 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 TCH MenzelTCH Malaček 6 6 6 FRA ThurneyssenFRA Gentien 1 2 1 BEL de BormanBEL Toussaint NED TimmerAUT O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten w/o MON LandauFRA Broquedis 4 4 1 Egypt 1922 GrandguillotUnited States 1912 Covington 6 6 6 AUT MatejkaAUT Artens 4 4 4 2 FRA CochetFRA Brugnon 6 6 6 6 TCH MenzelTCH Malacek 4 3 3 NED TimmerAUT O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten 6 6 6 Egypt 1922 GrandguillotUnited States 1912 Covington 2 4 4 2 FRA CochetFRA Brugnon 6 6 6 NED TimmerAUT O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten 2 2 7 2 FRA CochetFRA Brugnon 6 6 9 Sources Béla Kehrling, ed. (10 June 1929). "A férfi páros mezőnye [The doubles draw]" (in Hungarian) (pdf). Tennisz és Golf. I (Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor Irod. és Nyomdai RT) 3: 67. Retrieved September 22, 2012. 1929 Category:1929 in French tennis Category:1929 in men's tennis