2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles

Doubles
2006 Qatar Ladies Open
Champions	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
Runners-up	Li Ting Sun Tiantian
Score	6–4, 6–4

Main article: 2006 Qatar Ladies Open

Alicia Molik and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but Molik did not compete this year. Schiavone teamed up with Květa Peschke and lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva.

Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Li Ting and Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

Seeds

1. Elena Likhovtseva / Vera Zvonareva (semifinals)
2. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (semifinals)
3. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
4. Liezel Huber / Martina Navratilova (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	7	6
		T Križan A Vanc	5	2				1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	w	/	o
		K Peschke F Schiavone	6	6					K Peschke F Schiavone
		N Uberoi S Uberoi	2	1											1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	3	4
	4	L Huber M Navratilova	7	3	5										PR	T Li T Sun	6	6
		E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	5	6	7				E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	65	4
	Q	A Bachmann K Nagy	1	3				PR	T Li T Sun	77	6
	PR	T Li T Sun	6	6																		PR	T Li T Sun	4	4
		J Janković S Sfar	77	6																		3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	65	1					J Janković S Sfar	6	2	0
		J Schruff R Vinci	2	3				3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	3	6	6
	3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6											3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	3	6
	WC	A Matic T Poutchek	1	1											2	Z Yan J Zheng	3	6	3
		V Dushevina M Vento-Kabchi	6	6					V Dushevina M Vento-Kabchi	5	3
		M Kirilenko A Myskina	2	2				2	Z Yan J Zheng	7	6
	2	Z Yan J Zheng	6	6

Qualifying

Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Doubles.

Seeds

1. Ekaterina Dzehalevich / Ekaterina Makarova (qualifying competition)
2. Angelika Bachmann / Kira Nagy (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Angelika Bachmann / Kira Nagy

Qualifying draw

	First round					Qualifying competition
	1	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Ekaterina Makarova	8
	WC	Manar Al Jazzaf Martina Gregoric	0
						1	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Ekaterina Makarova	6	2	5
						2	Angelika Bachmann Kira Nagy	1	6	7
		Anne Kremer Caroline Schneider	7
	2	Angelika Bachmann Kira Nagy	9

References

• ITF Tournament profile Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Main and Qualifying Draws (WTA)