1978 French Open – Men's doubles

Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gene Mayer and Hank Pfister.

Gene Mayer and Hank Pfister won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 against José Higueras and Manuel Orantes.

Seeds
• #🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried / 🇲🇽 Raúl Ramírez (semifinals)

• #🇦🇺 Phil Dent / Bob Hewitt (second round)

• #🇵🇱 Wojtek Fibak / Tom Okker (semifinals)

• # Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd (quarterfinals)

• #🇦🇺 Colin Dibley / 🇦🇺 Kim Warwick (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe / 🇺🇸 Fred McNair (quarterfinals)

• # Patricio Cornejo / Hans Gildemeister (third round)

• #🇦🇺 Mark Edmondson / 🇦🇺 John Marks (quarterfinals)

• # Jürgen Fassbender / Karl Meiler (second round)

• #🇺🇸 Gene Mayer / 🇺🇸 Henry Pfister (champions)

• #🇪🇸 Antonio Muñoz / 🇮🇹 Antonio Zugarelli (second round)

• #🇺🇸 Tim Gullikson / 🇺🇸 Tom Gullikson (third round)

• #🇪🇸 José Higueras / 🇪🇸 Manuel Orantes (final)

• #🇺🇸 Victor Amaya / 🇺🇸 Terry Moor (third round)

• #🇦🇺 Bob Carmichael / 🇺🇸 Brian Teacher (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Dick Stockton / 🇺🇸 Erik van Dillen (quarterfinals)