Don Budge and Gene Mako were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.
Elwood Cooke and Bobby Riggs defeated Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1939 Wimbledon Championship.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
Seeds
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa (second round) Elwood Cooke / Bobby Riggs (champions) Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon (semifinals) Charles Hare / Frank Wilde (final)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
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