Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| 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 |
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
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||