1971 Australian Open – Women's doubles
# 1971 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court defeated Jill Emmerson and Lesley Hunt 6–0, 6–0 in the final to win the women's doubles title at the 1971 Australian Open.

## Seeds

The first and second seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Margaret Court / Evonne Goolagong (champions)
* Patricia Coleman / Winnie Shaw (semifinals)
* Helen Gourlay / Kerry Harris (semifinals)
* Jill Emmerson / Lesley Hunt (final)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | M Court E Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S O'Connor C Sieler | 3 | 0 | | | J O'Neill C Zeeman | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J O'Neill C Zeeman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Court E Goolagong | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | H Gourlay K Harris | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | H Gourlay K Harris | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Coleman M Tesch | 0 | 4 | | 3 | H Gourlay K Harris | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hogan S Walsh | 6 | 6 | | | P Hogan S Walsh | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Hole V Lancaster | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Court E Goolagong | 6 | 6 |
| | A Avis N Eastburn | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Emmerson L Hunt | 0 | 0 |
| | J Fallis J Young | 6 | 4 | 7 | | J Fallis J Young | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Edwards S Walsham | 3 | 1 | | 4 | J Emmerson L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Emmerson L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | J Emmerson L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Hawcroft H Kayser | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | P Coleman W Shaw | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | L Bowrey N Marsh | 4 | 4 | | | B Hawcroft H Kayser | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | P Coleman W Shaw | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
