1971 French Open – Women's doubles

1971 French Open s FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr AUS Helen GourlayAUS Kerry Harris 6–4, 6–1 34 4 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles The women's doubles tournament at the 1971 French Open was held from 24 May to 6 June 1971 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The first-seeded team of Gail Chanfreau and Françoise Dürr won the title, defeating the unseeded pair of Helen Gourlay and Kerry Harris in the final in straight sets.World of Tennis '72 1972 Queen Anne Press London 9780362001037 86035663 90 John Barrett Seeds 30em FRA Gail Chanfreau / FRA Françoise Dürr (champions) AUS Margaret Court / AUS Evonne Goolagong (semifinal) USSR Olga Morozova / GBR Virginia Wade (third round) USA Nancy Richey / USA Kerry Melville (third round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 AUS Helen GourlayAUS Kerry Harris 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Evonne Goolagong W O 1 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr AUS Lesley BowreyAUS Lesley Hunt 6 4 6 2 1 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr AUS Helen GourlayAUS Kerry Harris 6 4 6 1 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Evonne Goolagong FIN Birgitta LindströmSWE Eva Wennerström 6 0 6 0 ARG Raquel GiscafréARG Ana María Arias GBR Jill CooperGBR M Greenwood W-O ITA Lea PericoliUSA Pam Teeguarden CSK M HolubováHUN Marie Pinterová W O URY Fiorella BonicelliCOL I Fernandez-De Soto USA Tory Ann FretzAUS Wendy Gilchrist 6 4 3 6 7 5 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Evonne Goolagong ARG Raquel GiscafréARG Ana María Arias 6 1 6 3 URY Fiorella BonicelliCOL I Fernandez-De Soto ITA Lea PericoliUSA Pam Teeguarden W O 2 AUS Margaret CourtAUS Evonne Goolagong URY Fiorella BonicelliCOL I Fernandez-De Soto W O Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 IDN Lany KaligisIDN Lita Sugiarto FRA Odile de RoubinSWE Madeleine Pegel 6 3 6 4 3 URS Olga MorozovaGBR Virginia Wade AUT M HollingsworthFRA N Niox-Château W O NLD Marijke SchaarNLD Gertruida Walhof FRA A-M CassaigneFRA Sylvie Rual 6 1 6 0 USA Julie HeldmanUSA Valerie Ziegenfuss JPN Junko SawamatsuJPN Kazuko Sawamatsu 6 0 6 2 AUS Helen GourlayAUS Kerry Harris IDN Lany KaligisIDN Lita Sugiarto 6 3 7 9 7 5 NLD Marijke SchaarNLD Gertruida Walhof 3 URS Olga MorozovaGBR Virginia Wade W O AUS Helen GourlayAUS Kerry Harris USA Julie HeldmanUSA Valerie Ziegenfuss 6 2 6 3 AUS Helen GourlayAUS Kerry Harris NLD Marijke SchaarNLD Gertruida Walhof 6 2 6 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 USA Pam AustinUSA Linda Tuero USA Ching-Ling ChangJPN Yaeko Matsuda 6 2 6 3 FRA Rosie DarmonFRA Janine Lieffrig USA Pam AustinUSA Linda Tuero 3 6 6 4 6 3 AUS Lesley BowreyAUS Lesley Hunt ESP Carmen MandarinoCHL Michelle Rodríguez 6 1 6 2 SWE Ingrid BentzerSWE Christina Sandberg FRA M-C BrochardFRA Nathalie Fuchs 6 3 6 1 4 USA Nancy RicheyAUS Kerry Reid ITA A-M NasuelliITA Daniela Marzano 6 2 6 2 AUS Lesley BowreyAUS Lesley Hunt FRA Rosie DarmonFRA Janine Lieffrig 6 1 6 3 SWE Ingrid BentzerSWE Christina Sandberg 4 USA Nancy RicheyAUS Kerry Reid 3 6 6 4 6 0 AUS Lesley BowreyAUS Lesley Hunt SWE Ingrid BentzerSWE Christina Sandberg 6 8 8 6 6 0 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 RSA 1928 Esmé EmmanuelUSA Cecilia Martinez FRA D BouteleuxFRA Claudine Rouire 6 1 6 1 GBR Winnie ShawNLD Betty Stöve FRA D BeillanFRA Florence Guédy 6 1 6 1 RSA 1928 Brenda KirkRSA 1928 Laura Rossouw USA Shari BarmanUSA Becky Vest 6 3 6 1 1 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr IND K Ranga-RaoFRA C Spinoza W O GBR Winnie ShawNLD Betty Stöve RSA 1928 Esmé EmmanuelUSA Cecilia Martinez 6 3 6 1 1 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr RSA 1928 Brenda KirkRSA 1928 Laura Rossouw 6 0 6 1 1 FRA Gail ChanfreauFRA Françoise Dürr GBR Winnie ShawNLD Betty Stöve 6 3 7 5 References External links Main draw 1971 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles Category:1971 in women's tennis Category:1971 in French women's sport