1929 French Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1929 French Championships
Champion	René Lacoste Jean Borotra
Runner-up	Henri Cochet Jacques Brugnon
Final score	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6
Events
Singles men women Doubles men
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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 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.

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	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	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
											Nielsen	0	1	0
																			1	Tilden Hunter	6	4	6	6
																				Coen	1	6	2	2
											Coen	6	11	8
												2	9	6
																												1	Tilden Hunter	3	6	6	6
																													Kehrling Kleinschroth	6	3	1	4
											Kehrling Kleinschroth	w/o
											Zerlendis
																				Kehrling Kleinschroth	2	6	9	6	6
																			7		6	1	11	2	4
											Olliff Austin	8	7	7	3	2
										7		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
												6	3	3	6	1
																												5	Lacoste Borotra	2	6	1	6	6
		Umberto De Morpurgo	6	6	6																								De Morpurgo	6	2	6	4	3
		Edmond-Blanc	3	2	4						De Morpurgo	6	6	6
			6	6	6							3	4	1
		Charles Aeschlimann Ernst	2	1	3															De Morpurgo	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	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		6	6	5	5	1
	4		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
			7	2	3	4															1	2	6	2
		Paul Féret Marcel Cousin	5	6	6	6					Féret Cousin	2	2	6	6	3
		Jean Pastré	0	4	3							6	6	2	1	6
			6	6	6																								Gregory Collins	6	2	6	6
																												8	de Buzelet Boussus	3	6	2	3
											Salm-Hoogstraeten
												w/o
																					5	1	4
																			8	de Buzelet Boussus	7	6	6
											Fuchs	4	1	2
										8	de Buzelet Boussus	6	6	6

Section 4[]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										6	Menzel	6	6	6
											Gentien	1	2	1
																			6	Menzel	4	3	3
																				Timmer	6	6	6
											Timmer	w/o
																													Timmer	2	2	7
																												2	Cochet Brugnon	6	6	9
											Landau	4	4	1
												6	6	6
																					2	4	4
																			2	Cochet Brugnon	6	6	6
												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.