# 2006 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Twelfth-seeded Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated first-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, 2–6, 7–6 (7), 6–3 to win the women's doubles title at the 2006 Australian Open.

## Seeds

* Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (final)
* Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Vera Zvonareva (quarterfinals)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Meghann Shaughnessy (semifinals)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (third round)
* Elena Dementieva / Flavia Pennetta (third round)
* Liezel Huber / Francesca Schiavone (third round)
* Shinobu Asagoe / Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
* Gisela Dulko / Maria Kirilenko (quarterfinals)
* Émilie Loit / Nicole Pratt (third round)
* Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (champions)
* Anastasia Myskina / Dinara Safina (second round)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova / Amélie Mauresmo (third round, withdrew)
* Eleni Daniilidou / Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
* Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (third round)

## 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

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko | 3 | 2 | | 1 | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva | 3 | 3 | | 5 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | 12 | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 12 | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 9 | Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 9 | Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | L Raymond S Stosur | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | L Raymond S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ani A Vanc | 6 | 7 | | | M Ani A Vanc | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang R Fujiwara | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | L Raymond S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Navrátilová M Paštiková | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | 16 | T Li T Sun | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | C Dellacqua T Musgrave | 7 | 2 | 6 | WC | C Dellacqua T Musgrave | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Beygelzimer M Jugić-Salkić | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | T Li T Sun | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | T Li T Sun | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Raymond S Stosur | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | G Dulko M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 10 | G Dulko M Kirilenko | 3 | 2 |
| | D Randriantefy A Smashnova | 2 | 2 | | 10 | G Dulko M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Adamczak C Horiatopoulos | 7 | 3 | 6 | WC | M Adamczak C Horiatopoulos | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | L McShea B Stewart | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 10 | G Dulko M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Li S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | ME Salerni M Sequera | 2 | 3 | | | N Li S Peng | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Strýcová N Vaidišová | 5 | 3 | | 6 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Sekulovski C Watson | 2 | 3 | | 3 | E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | E Laine H Šromová | 4 | 3 | | | V Kutuzova A Rodionova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kutuzova A Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Klösel M Koryttseva | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | S Foretz A Serra Zanetti | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | S Foretz A Serra Zanetti | 6 | 6 | | | S Foretz A Serra Zanetti | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bychkova Z Ondrášková | 4 | 3 | | 13 | A Myskina D Safina | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | A Myskina D Safina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | É Loit N Pratt | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 |
| | A Chakvetadze E Vesnina | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | É Loit N Pratt | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Breadmore D Dominikovic | 1 | 3 | | | K Brandi C Castaño | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Brandi C Castaño | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 11 | É Loit N Pratt | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | J Schruff J Wöhr | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Ferguson C Wheeler | 7 | 6 | | WC | S Ferguson C Wheeler | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Birnerová M Santangelo | 4 | 1 | | 5 | A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | E Dementieva F Pennetta | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Granville A Spears | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | E Dementieva F Pennetta | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | ME Camerin T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | ME Camerin T Garbin | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Koukalová L Šafářová | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | E Dementieva F Pennetta | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | S Arvidsson S Bammer | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 12 | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo | 6 | 6 | | | L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Linetskaya G Voskoboeva | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Z Yan J Zheng | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 14 | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| | S Mirza C Morariu | 2 | 1 | | 14 | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-j Cho A Nakamura | 4 | 2 | | | S Brémond S Sfar | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Brémond S Sfar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas M Tu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | w/o | | | | | | |
| WC | S McDowell J Moore | 3 | 0 | | | J Craybas M Tu | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 4 | 5 | | 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | L Huber F Schiavone | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Benešová J Kostanić | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | L Huber F Schiavone | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi K Šprem | 6 | 3 | 6 | | E Gagliardi K Šprem | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Križan J Russell | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | L Huber F Schiavone | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S-w Hsieh T Tanasugarn | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 9 | S Asagoe K Srebotnik | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Domachowska R Vinci | 5 | 0 | | WC | S-w Hsieh T Tanasugarn | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Chládková V Razzano | 2 | 2 | | 9 | S Asagoe K Srebotnik | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | S Asagoe K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | S Asagoe K Srebotnik | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Black R Stubbs | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| | M Krajicek Á Szávay | 7 | 4 | 6 | | M Krajicek Á Szávay | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Janković S Talaja | 6 | 3 | 3 | | N Dechy T Golovin | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy T Golovin | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Krajicek Á Szávay | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | L Dekmeijere M Díaz Oliva | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 2 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier J Lee | 6 | 6 | | | A Frazier J Lee | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pous Tió M Washington | 2 | 1 | | 2 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |