1929 French Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1929 French Championships
Champion	René Lacoste; Jean Borotra
Runner-up	Henri Cochet; Jacques Brugnon
Score	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6

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.

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

Seeds

Every but 16 teams (neither the third and four seeds) received a bye into the second round.

Bill Tilden / Frank Hunter (semifinal)
Henri Cochet / Jacques Brugnon (final)
Leonardo Bonzi / Clemente Serventi (second round)
André Roche / Pierre Joba (second round)
René Lacoste / Jean Borotra (champions)
Roderich Menzel / Josef Malacek(third round)
Emmanuel du Plaix / Raymond Rodel (third round)
René de Buzelet / Christian Boussus (Quarterfinal)

Draw

Key

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

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
7	Domingo Torralva-Ponsa Luis Torralva-Ponsa	3	6	7	7									D Torralva-Ponsa L Torralva-Ponsa		3	7	2	3
	Jean Augustin François 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

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 Léonce 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.

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