Nuria Llagostera Vives and María Vento-Kabchi were the defending champions, but Llagostera Vives did not compete this year. Vento-Kabchi teamed up with Lourdes Domínguez Lino and lost in the first round to Séverine Brémond and Amélie Mauresmo.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2006 China Open | |
| Champions |  Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
| Runners-up |  Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina |
| Score | 6–2, 6–4 |
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds
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Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (first round)
Virginia Ruano Pascual / 
Paola Suárez (champions)
Eleni Daniilidou / Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
Marion Bartoli / Gisela Dulko (semifinals)
Draw
editKey
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
Draw
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Z Yan J Zheng
| 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Peng V Zvonareva
| 4 | 6 | 6 | S Peng V Zvonareva
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| A Chakvetadze E Vesnina
| 7 | 6 | A Chakvetadze E Vesnina
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
V Dushevina A Yakimova
| 5 | 2 | A Chakvetadze E Vesnina
| 6 | 66 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  M Bartoli G Dulko
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | M Bartoli G Dulko
| 3 | 78 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 J Janković N Li
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | M Bartoli G Dulko
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 J Craybas M Tu
| 3 | 0 | Q | C Ji S Sun
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | C Ji S Sun
| 6 | 6 | A Chakvetadze E Vesnina
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PR |  A Molik A Sugiyama
| 6 | 6 | 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Domachowska M Kirilenko
| 3 | 2 | PR | A Molik A Sugiyama
| 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 E Laine MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 4 | 6 | 7 | E Laine MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues
| 6 | 1 | 5 | E Laine MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Brémond A Mauresmo
| 6 | 6 | 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L Domínguez Lino M Vento-Kabchi
| 4 | 3 | WC | S Brémond A Mauresmo
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC/PR | T Li T Sun
| 64 | 5 | 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 77 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||