1929 French Championships – Men's Doubles

Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet (up), the runner-up for the event; Jean Borotra (down-left) and René Lacoste (down-right) the triumphant doubles players

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 altogether 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.

1. Bill Tilden / Frank Hunter (Semifinal)
2. Henri Cochet / Jacques Brugnon (Final)
3. Leonardo Bonzi / Clemente Serventi (Second Round)
4. André Roche / Pierre Joba (Second Round)
5. René Lacoste / Jean Borotra (Champions)
6. Roderich Menzel / Josef Malacek(Third Round)
7. Emanuelle du Plaix / Raymond Rodel (Third Round)
8. René de Buzelet / Christian Boussus (Quarterfinal)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Tilden / Hunter	3	6	6	6
		Kehrling / Kleinschroth	6	3	1	4
										1	Tilden / Hunter	3	2	6	3
										5	Lacoste / Borotra	6	6	3	6
	5	Lacoste / Borotra	2	6	1	6	6
		De Morpurgo / del Bono	6	2	6	4	3
																			5	Lacoste / Borotra	6	3	6	3	8
																			2	Cochet / Brugnon	3	6	3	6	6
		Gregory / Collins	6	2	6	6
	8	de Buzelet / Boussus	3	6	2	3
											Gregory / Collins	3	4	3
										2	Cochet / Brugnon	6	6	6
		Timmer / O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten	2	2	7
	2	Cochet / Brugnon	6	6	9

Top Half

Section 1

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Quarterfinals
									1	Tilden / Hunter	6	6	6
										Rasmussen / Nielsen	0	1	0
																		1	Tilden / Hunter	6	4	6	6
																			É Borotra / Coen	1	6	2	2
										É Borotra / Coen	6	11	8
										Zahar / Danon	2	9	6
																											1	Tilden / Hunter	3	6	6	6
																												Kehrling / Kleinschroth	6	3	1	4
										Kehrling / Kleinschroth	w/o
										Zerlendis / Zafiropoulo
																			Kehrling / Kleinschroth	2	6	9	6	6
																		7	du Plaix / Rodel	6	1	11	2	4
										Olliff / Austin	8	7	7	3	2
									7	du Plaix / Rodel	10	5	5	6	6

Section 2

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Quarterfinals
									5	Lacoste / Borotra	6	6	6
										Fyzee / Misu	0	3	2
																		5	Lacoste / Borotra	2	7	5	6	6
																			Moldenhauer / Prenn	6	5	7	2	2
										Moldenhauer / Prenn	4	6	6	4	6
										Benny Berthet / Jean Lesueur	6	3	3	6	1
																											5	Lacoste / Borotra	2	6	1	6	6
	Umberto De Morpurgo / Alberto del Bono	6	6	6																								De Morpurgo / del Bono	6	2	6	4	3
	Edmond-Blanc / Nicolas Magaloff	3	2	4						De Morpurgo / del Bono	6	6	6
	Henri Reynaud / Denis Laurent	6	6	6						Reynaud / Laurent	3	4	1
	Charles Aeschlimann / Ernst	2	1	3															De Morpurgo / del Bono	6	5	6	6
	Domingo Torralva-Ponsa / Luis Torralva-Ponsa	3	6	7	7														D Torralva-Ponsa / L Torralva-Ponsa	3	7	2	3
	Jean Augustin / Francois Terrier	6	4	5	5					D Torralva-Ponsa / L Torralva-Ponsa	4	2	7	7	6
	Arthur Wallis Myers / Hunt	2	2	6	7	1			4	Roche / Joba	6	6	5	5	1
4	André Roche / Pierre Joba	6	6	1	5	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Quarterfinals
3	Leonardo Bonzi / Clemente Serventi	6	8	6
	E. Goldschmidt / J. Converse	1	6	3					3	Bonzi/Serventi	2	5	13
	Georges Glasser / André Martin-Legeay	1	4	2						Gregory / Collins	6	7	15
	Colin Gregory / Ian Collins	6	6	6															Gregory / Collins	6	6	0	6
	A.G. Rawlins / Homer Levinson	7	2	3	4														Gallepe / Aslangul	1	2	6	2
	Paul Féret / Marcel Cousin	5	6	6	6					Féret / Cousin	2	2	6	6	3
	Jean Pastré / Jacques Deniau	0	4	3						Gallepe / Aslangul	6	6	2	1	6
	René Gallepe / Leonce Aslangul	6	6	6																								Gregory / Collins	6	2	6	6
																											8	de Buzelet / Boussus	3	6	2	3
										Robbins / Salm-Hoogstraeten
										Danet / George	w/o
																			Danet / George	5	1	4
																		8	de Buzelet / Boussus	7	6	6
										Fuchs / Wetzel	4	1	2
									8	de Buzelet / Boussus	6	6	6

Section 4

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Quarterfinals
									6	Menzel / Malaček	6	6	6
										Thurneyssen / Gentien	1	2	1
																		6	Menzel / Malacek	4	3	3
																			Timmer / O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten	6	6	6
										de Borman / Toussaint
										Timmer / O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten	w/o
																												Timmer / O. von Salm-Hoogstraeten	2	2	7
																											2	Cochet / Brugnon	6	6	9
										Landau / Broquedis	4	4	1
										Grandguillot / Covington	6	6	6
																			Grandguillot / Covington	2	4	4
																		2	Cochet / Brugnon	6	6	6
										Matejka / Artens	4	4	4
									2	Cochet / Brugnon	6	6	6

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.