# 2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles

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

* Elena Likhovtseva / Vera Zvonareva (semifinals)
* Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (semifinals)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
* Liezel Huber / Martina Navratilova (first 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

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | 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 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Bachmann K Nagy | 1 | 3 | | PR | T Li T Sun | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | T Li T Sun | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | PR | T Li T Sun | 4 | 4 |
| | J Janković S Sfar | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 |
| | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 6$^5$ | 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

* Ekaterina Dzehalevich / Ekaterina Makarova (qualifying competition)
* Angelika Bachmann / Kira Nagy (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Angelika Bachmann / Kira Nagy

### Qualifying draw

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