The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles was the 30th edition of the women's doubles championship.^[1][2] Lin Huiqing and Zheng Minzhi defeated Mieko Hirano and Reiko Sakamoto in the final by three sets to nil.^[3]

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Zoja Rudnova Svetlana Grinberg	22	21	19	19	21
		Ilona Voštová Alice Grófová	20	7	21	21	8				Rudnova Grinberg	22	21	12	14
		Yukie Ozeki Miho Hamada	19	21	21	21					Ozeki Hamada	24	13	21	21
		Claude Bergeret Sonia Moriceau	21	15	16	16														Ozeki Hamada	19	20	14
		Mieko Fukuno Asako Yamaguchi	21	21	15	21														Lin Huiqing Zheng Minzhi	21	22	21
		Beatrix Kisházi Jill Shirley	8	16	21	16					Fukuno Yamagauchi	10	9	21	17
		Lin Huiqing Zheng Minzhi	21	21	21						Lin Huiqing Zheng Minzhi	21	21	18	21
		Kazuko Ito Emiko Ohba	19	15	14																								Lin Huiqing Zheng Minzhi	21	21	21
		Naoko Motohashi Michiko Sakakibura	17	21	21	21																							Hirano Sakamoto	11	16	10
		Maria Alexandru Eleonora Mihalca	21	13	19	17					Motohashi Sakakibura	21	19	10	24	18
		Setsuko Kobori Yukiko Kawamorita	19	21	22	21					Kobori Kawamorita	14	21	21	22	21
		Diane Schöler Agnes Simon	21	15	20	17														Kobori Kawamorita	12	14	16
		Mieko Hirano Reiko Sakamoto	21	21	17	21														Hirano Sakamoto	21	21	21
		Lena Andersson Marita Neidert	18	13	21	17					Hirano Sakamoto	13	18	21	24	25
		Toshiko Kowada Yasuko Konno									Kowada Konno	21	21	15	22	23
		Carla Tedjasukmana Diana Tedjasukmana

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists