1981 Paris Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1981 Paris Open | |
| 1980 Champions |  Paolo Bertolucci  Adriano Panatta | 
| Champions | .svg.png) Ilie Năstase  Yannick Noah | 
| Runners-up |  Andrew Jarrett  Jonathan Smith | 
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 | 
| Draw | 16 | 
| Seeds | 4 | 
Paolo Bertolucci and Adriano Panatta were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Jérôme Potier and Thierry Tulasne.
Ilie Năstase and Yannick Noah won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Andrew Jarrett and Jonathan Smith.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
 Paolo Bertolucci / Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta (first round) Adriano Panatta (first round)
.svg.png) Ilie Năstase / Ilie Năstase / Yannick Noah (champions) Yannick Noah (champions)
 Eric Fromm / Eric Fromm / Cary Leeds (quarterfinals) Cary Leeds (quarterfinals)
 Tim Mayotte / Tim Mayotte / Mark Vines (semifinals) Mark Vines (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  P Bertolucci  A Panatta | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|  J Potier  T Tulasne | 6 | 7 |  J Potier  T Tulasne | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|  A Jarrett  J Smith | 6 | 6 |  A Jarrett  J Smith | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|  P Torre .svg.png) J Vanlangendonck | 4 | 1 |  A Jarrett  J Smith | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  T Mayotte  M Vines | 6 | 6 | 4 |  T Mayotte  M Vines | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|  B Fritz  C Roger-Vasselin | 2 | 3 | 4 |  T Mayotte  M Vines | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|  C Freyss  G Núñez | 6 | 6 |  C Freyss  G Núñez | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|  E Deblicker  P Proisy | 1 | 3 |  Andrew Jarrett  Jonathan Smith | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|  L Courteau  H Leconte | 6 | 6 | 2 | .svg.png) Ilie Năstase  Yannick Noah | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|  J-L Haillet  P Portes | 3 | 4 |  L Courteau  H Leconte | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|  J Feaver  R Lewis | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 |  E Fromm  C Leeds | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  E Fromm  C Leeds | 4 | 7 | 6 |  L Courteau  H Leconte | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|  B Gottfried  H Solomon | 6 | 6 | 2 | .svg.png) I Nastase  Y Noah | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|  A Anastopaulo  J van Nostrand | 3 | 1 |  B Gottfried  H Solomon | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|  D Siegler  C Zipf | 3 | 4 | 2 | .svg.png) I Nastase  Y Noah | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | .svg.png) I Nastase  Y Noah | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||