1978 Paris Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1978 Paris Open | |
| 1977 Champions |  Brian Gottfried  Raúl Ramírez |
| Champions | Bruce Manson  Andrew Pattison |
| Runners-up |  Ion Țiriac  Guillermo Vilas |
| Score | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Bruce Manson and Andrew Pattison won the doubles title at the 1978 Paris Open tennis tournament defeating Ion Țiriac and Guillermo Vilas in the final 7–6, 6–2.
Seeds
[edit]Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Robert Lutz / Stan Smith (semifinals)
Ion Țiriac / 
Guillermo Vilas (final)
Ismail El Shafei / 
Raymond Moore (semifinals)
Jean-Louis Haillet / Gilles Moretton (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- 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 | R Lutz S Smith
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 B Fritz C Roger-Vasselin
| 4 | 4 | 1 | R Lutz S Smith
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Dominguez D Naegelen
| 6 | 6 | P Dominguez D Naegelen
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Freyss P Portes
| 3 | 2 | 1 | R Lutz S Smith
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | J-L Haillet G Moretton
| 6 | 7 | B Manson A Pattison
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Jimenez J Soler
| 4 | 5 | 4 | J-L Haillet G Moretton
| 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Manson A Pattison
| 5 | 6 | 6 | B Manson A Pattison
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Feaver J James
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Drysdale R Lewis
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas
| 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Austin G Hardie
| 7 | 6 | J Austin G Hardie
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Bedel P Proisy
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 |  I El Shafei R Moore
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | I El Shafei R Moore
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | I El Shafei R Moore
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Garcia J Sadri
| 7 | 7 | 2 | I Țiriac G Vilas
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 O N Bengtson T Gullikson
| 6 | 5 | T Garcia J Sadri
| 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| É Deblicker Y Noah
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | I Țiriac G Vilas
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | I Țiriac G Vilas
| 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||