# 2006 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Gisela Dulko and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions, but Kirilenko did not compete this year to focus only on the singles tournament. Dulko teamed up with Yan Zi and had to withdraw in the quarterfinal match against Natalie Grandin and Camille Pin.
Vania King and Jelena Kostanić won the title by defeating Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 5–7, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (semifinals, withdrew due to a right calf strain on Suárez)
* Gisela Dulko / Yan Zi (quarterfinals, withdrew)
* Eleni Daniilidou / Anabel Medina Garrigues (withdrew due to a left calf strain on Daniilidou)
* Alicia Molik / Meghann Shaughnessy (withdrew due to a respiratory illness on Shaughnessy)

## Draw
### Key

* 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Morigami A Nakamura | 2 | 2 | | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Domachowska A Jidkova | 6 | 6 | | | M Domachowska A Jidkova | 6 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Taguchi A Takase | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | | | | | | |
| LL | K Iijima J Namigata | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | Y-j Chan C-j Chuang | w/o | | | | | |
| | Y-j Chan C-j Chuang | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Y-j Chan C-j Chuang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Díaz Oliva J Schruff | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | M Díaz Oliva J Schruff | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Matic C Wozniacki | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | Y-j Chan C-j Chuang | 6$^2$ | 7 | 2 |
| | L Dekmeijere S Uberoi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | V King J Kostanić | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6 |
| | E Laine L Osterloh | 5 | 4 | | | L Dekmeijere S Uberoi | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V King J Kostanić | 6 | 4 | 6 | | V King J Kostanić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Y Sema M Tanaka | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | V King J Kostanić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Grandin C Pin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Grandin C Pin | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | M Arai S Okamoto | 5 | 2 | | | N Grandin C Pin | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Castaño J Craybas | 3 | 2 | | 2 | G Dulko Z Yan | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Dulko Z Yan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying draw
### Seeds

* Kumiko Iijima / Junri Namigata (first round, lucky losers)
* Antonia Matic / Caroline Wozniacki (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Antonia Matic / Caroline Wozniacki

### Lucky losers

* Kumiko Iijima / Junri Namigata
* Yurika Sema / Mari Tanaka

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Kumiko Iijima Junri Namigata | 3 | | | |
| | Raluca Olaru Abigail Spears | 8 | | | |
| | Raluca Olaru Abigail Spears | 8 | | Raluca Olaru Abigail Spears | |
| | | | 2 | Antonia Matic Caroline Wozniacki | w/o |
| WC | Yurika Sema Mari Tanaka | 3 | 2 | Antonia Matic Caroline Wozniacki | w/o |
| 2 | Antonia Matic Caroline Wozniacki | 8 | | | |
Raluca Olaru and Abigail Spears withdrew from the qualifying competition, with Spears citing personal reasons.