Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but neither of them competed this year.
Women's doubles | |
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2006 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
Champions | Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone |
Runners-up | Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadia Petrova |
Score | 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
Květa Peschke and Francesca Schiavone won the title by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 in the final.
Seeds
edit- Elena Likhovtseva / Vera Zvonareva (quarterfinals)
- Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (quarterfinals)
- Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
- Liezel Huber / Martina Navratilova (first round)
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
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | A Rodionova E Vesnina | 3 | 2 | 1 | E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Q | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 6 | 6 | Q | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
V Dushevina J Kostanić | 2 | 2 | Q | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | L Huber M Navratilova | 1 | 5 | K Peschke F Schiavone | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WC | J Janković N Li | 6 | 7 | WC | J Janković N Li | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T Križan A Vanc | 5 | 3 | K Peschke F Schiavone | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K Peschke F Schiavone | 7 | 6 | K Peschke F Schiavone | 3 | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Kirilenko A Myskina | 3 | 4 | S Kuznetsova N Petrova | 6 | 61 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Mirza M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | S Mirza M Vento-Kabchi | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
H Nagyová M Washington | 4 | 3 | 3 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | 3 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
PR | T Li T Sun | 4 | 67 | S Kuznetsova N Petrova | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Kuznetsova N Petrova | 6 | 79 | S Kuznetsova N Petrova | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 2 | 62 | 2 | Z Yan J Zheng | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 77 |