1971 French Open – Men's doubles

1971 French Open s USA Arthur AsheUSA Marty Riessen USA Tom GormanUSA Stan Smith 6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9 76 8 1971 French Open Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac were the defending champions but they withdrew from the tournament. Arthur Ashe and Marty Riessen won in the final 6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11–9 against Tom Gorman and Stan Smith.https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/05/archives/australians-gain-final-in-france-misses-gourlay-goolagong-triumph.html AUSTRALIANS GAIN FINAL IN FRANCE nytimes.com Seeds 30em ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase / ROU 1965 Ion Țiriac (withdrew) USA Arthur Ashe / USA Marty Riessen (champions) USA Bob Lutz / USA Charlie Pasarell (quarterfinals) USA Tom Gorman / USA Stan Smith (final) TCH Jan Kodeš / TCH Vladimír Zedník (third round) AUS Dick Crealy / AUS Allan Stone (fourth round) AUS John Alexander / AUS Phil Dent (fourth round) URS Alex Metreveli / USA Cliff Richey (quarterfinals) Draw Finals 5 y Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 2 USA Arthur AsheUSA Marty Riessen 1 7 8 6 CHI Patricio CornejoCHI Jaime Fillol 6 5 6 3 3 USA Bob LutzUSA Charlie Pasarell 4 1 4 NZL Brian FairlieRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 6 6 AUS Bill BowreyRSA 1928 Bob Maud 9 5 2 7 4 4 USA Tom GormanUSA Stan Smith 7 7 6 5 6 8 URS Alex MetreveliUSA Cliff Richey 3 2 2 AUS Bob CarmichaelAUS Ray Ruffels 6 6 6 2 USA Arthur AsheUSA Marty Riessen 6 6 2 3 8 NZL Brian FairlieRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 3 3 6 6 6 4 USA Tom GormanUSA Stan Smith 6 6 6 AUS Bob CarmichaelAUS Ray Ruffels 4 4 4 2 USA Arthur AsheUSA Marty Riessen 6 4 6 6 11 4 USA Tom GormanUSA Stan Smith 8 6 3 4 9 Top half Section 1 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 USA A AsheUSA M Riessen w/o PAK MA IlahiIND J Mukerjea ROU 1965 S DronROU 1965 P Mărmureanu 6 6 6 ITA V FranchittiITA S Palmieri 1 1 4 COL I MolinaCOL J Velasco w/o FRA A BouteleuxFRA M Leclercq ITA M Di DomenicoITA A Panatta 6 6 6 COL W ÁlvarezFRA P Darmon 1 3 1 2 USA A AsheUSA M Riessen 3 8 6 6 ROU 1965 S DronROU 1965 P Mărmureanu 6 6 2 1 COL I MolinaCOL J Velasco 6 6 3 4 6 ITA M Di DomenicoITA A Panatta 4 3 6 6 4 2 USA A AsheUSA M Riessen 6 13 8 COL I MolinaCOL J Velasco 2 11 6 Section 2 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 AUS J AlexanderAUS P Dent 6 6 6 FRA J-C FauvetFRA É Loliée 2 4 3 URS T LejusURS A Volkov 6 1 6 6 7 FRA T BernasconiFRA P Dominguez 8 6 2 1 5 CHI P CornejoCHI J Fillol 7 4 6 6 ITA E Di MatteoITA A Zugarelli 5 6 2 4 AUS I FletcherAUS B Phillips-Moore 6 6 6 HUN P SzőkeHUN G Varga 1 3 2 7 AUS J AlexanderAUS P Dent 6 6 6 URS T LejusURS A Volkov 3 1 1 CHI P CornejoCHI J Fillol w/o AUS I FletcherAUS B Phillips-Moore 7 AUS J AlexanderAUS P Dent 5 1 6 4 CHI P CornejoCHI J Fillol 7 6 3 6 Section 3 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA B LutzUSA C Pasarell 6 6 1 6 AUS A GardinerITA P Marzano 1 3 6 4 AUS J BartlettAUS G Perkins NZL O ParunYUG N Špear w/o DEN J LeschlyRSA 1928 R Moore 6 6 6 BEL E DrossartAUT P Pokorny 3 3 3 JPN K HiraiJPN J Kuki 6 0 3 1 FRA J-C BarclayFRA D Contet 1 6 6 6 3 USA B LutzUSA C Pasarell 3 6 6 6 NZL O ParunYUG N Špear 6 1 3 4 DEN J LeschlyRSA 1928 R Moore 6 3 6 10 FRA J-C BarclayFRA D Contet 4 6 4 8 3 USA B LutzUSA C Pasarell 6 3 10 6 6 DEN J LeschlyRSA 1928 R Moore 8 6 8 4 4 Section 4 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round GRE 1970 N KalogeropoulosCHI JR Pinto Bravo 6 6 8 FRA C BoutardFRA J-P Olivier 3 3 6 AUS S BallAUS G Masters 6 7 6 FRA É DeblickerFRA J Thamin 3 5 1 NZL B FairlieRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 6 6 GBR D SegalUSA J Zwieg 0 0 0 AUS J CooperAUS C Dibley 6 6 6 CAN L GrinnanBRA 1968 LC Moreira 3 2 0 URS P LampURS H Sepp 6 6 6 COL U OquendoBRA 1968 O Piva 1 4 2 USA F FroehlingUSA J McManus 2 6 6 6 USA N PerryECU E Zuleta 6 1 2 2 6 AUS D CrealyAUS A Stone 6 6 6 JPN J KawamoriJPN T Koura 3 3 1 GRE 1970 N KalogeropoulosCHI JR Pinto Bravo 6 6 3 2 4 AUS S BallAUS G Masters 4 4 6 6 6 NZL B FairlieRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 6 6 AUS J CooperAUS C Dibley 3 2 2 URS P LampURS H Sepp 3 9 3 USA F FroehlingUSA J McManus 6 11 6 6 AUS D CrealyAUS A Stone 6 7 6 AUS S BallAUS G Masters 4 5 2 NZL B FairlieRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 6 6 USA F FroehlingUSA J McManus 4 2 3 6 AUS D CrealyAUS A Stone 4 5 6 6 2 NZL B FairlieRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 7 2 4 6 Bottom half Section 5 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA J-P BombardierFRA B De Troye 3 3 3 HUN S BaranyiHUN R Machán 6 6 6 GBR C BovettUSA B Seewagen 2 6 8 6 FRA G GovenFRA P Proisy 6 4 6 4 ITA F BartoniITA P Toci w/o YUG B JovanovićRSA 1928 D Schroder FRA D CharletFRA D Grozdanovitch 4 0 4 YUG Ž FranulovićRSA 1928 T Ryan 6 6 6 FRA J-P CourcolFRA B Montrenaud 6 5 6 6 AUS R CaseAUS F Sedgman 2 7 3 2 AUS B BowreyRSA 1928 B Maud 6 8 6 ESP 1945 J GisbertESP 1945 J Guerrero 2 6 1 HUN S BaranyiHUN R Machán 3 6 5 6 6 GBR C BovettUSA B Seewagen 6 1 7 3 3 ITA F BartoniITA P Toci 0 3 2 YUG Ž FranulovićRSA 1928 T Ryan 6 6 6 FRA J-P CourcolFRA B Montrenaud 6 2 6 2 AUS B BowreyRSA 1928 B Maud 8 6 3 6 INA G WidjojoINA A Wijono 6 3 7 5 5 TCH J KodešTCH V Zedník 4 6 9 7 HUN S BaranyiHUN R Machán 3 4 3 YUG Ž FranulovićRSA 1928 T Ryan 6 6 6 AUS B BowreyRSA 1928 B Maud 3 2 6 6 10 5 TCH J KodešTCH V Zedník 6 6 4 3 8 YUG Ž FranulovićRSA 1928 T Ryan 7 3 4 2 AUS B BowreyRSA 1928 B Maud 5 6 6 6 Section 6 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round TCH J HřebecTCH F Pála 5 6 11 4 FRA P BarthèsFRA J-B Chanfreau 7 2 13 6 GRE 1970 P GavrilidisURS T Kakulia 0 1 4 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 6 6 6 FRA J-P MeyerFRA W N'Godrella 1 3 5 ITA G MajoliITA N Pietrangeli 6 6 7 FRA P BeustFRA B Paul 5 4 2 4 USA T GormanUSA S Smith 7 6 6 FRA P BarthèsFRA J-B Chanfreau 3 6 7 0 8 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 6 3 5 6 6 ITA G MajoliITA N Pietrangeli 3 6 2 10 4 4 USA T GormanUSA S Smith 6 2 6 8 6 FRA P BarthèsFRA J-B Chanfreau 4 3 6 4 USA T GormanUSA S Smith 6 6 8 Section 7 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round RSA 1928 B BertramRSA 1928 W Freer 8 4 6 4 FRA F JauffretFRA J-L Rouyer 10 6 3 6 ROU 1965 S MureșanSUI D Sturdza 4 2 2 AUS T AddisonTCH M Holeček 6 6 6 POL 1928 W GąsiorekPOL 1928 T Nowicki w/o ESP 1945 JL ArillaESP 1945 A Muñoz NED P van MinUSA J Ward 8 URS A MetreveliUSA C Richey w/o FRA F JauffretFRA J-L Rouyer 5 7 5 4 AUS T AddisonTCH M Holeček 7 5 7 6 POL 1928 W GąsiorekPOL 1928 T Nowicki 5 7 9 2 2 8 URS A MetreveliUSA C Richey 7 5 7 6 6 AUS T AddisonTCH M Holeček 4 6 11 1 2 8 URS A MetreveliUSA C Richey 6 2 9 6 6 Section 8 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round ITA C BarazzuttiITA R Lombardi 2 4 8 URS V EgorovURS V Korotkov 6 6 10 FRA F BattegayFRA P Joly 1 5 7 AUS B CarmichaelAUS R Ruffels 6 7 9 RSA 1928 P CramerRHO A Pattison 6 3 4 2 JPN J KamiwazumiJPN T Sakai 2 6 6 6 USA C. SpaldingUSA K West w/o 1 ROU 1965 I NăstaseROU 1965 I Țiriac URS V EgorovURS V Korotkov 3 4 4 AUS B CarmichaelAUS R Ruffels 6 6 6 JPN J KamiwazumiJPN T Sakai 6 6 6 USA C. SpaldingUSA K West 0 2 1 AUS B CarmichaelAUS R Ruffels 6 6 6 JPN J KamiwazumiJPN T Sakai 3 2 2 References External links 1971 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Doubles Men's Doubles 1971