2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2006 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Yan Zi Zheng Jie
Runners-up	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Score	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Draw	64 (4 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships

Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but did not play together. Black partnered with Rennae Stubbs and Huber partnered with Martina Navratilova but both pairs lost to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively.

Yan and Zheng defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. With their loss in the final, Ruano Pascual and Suárez missed the chance of completing the career Grand Slam.

Seeds

01.   Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (Third round)

02.   Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinals)

03.   Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (First round)

04.   Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Champions)

05.   Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Meghann Shaughnessy (Quarterfinals)

06.   Shinobu Asagoe / Katarina Srebotnik (First round)

07.   Liezel Huber / Martina Navratilova (Quarterfinals)

08.   Elena Dementieva / Flavia Pennetta (Third round)

09.   Květa Peschke / Francesca Schiavone (Quarterfinals)

10.   Eleni Daniilidou / Anabel Medina Garrigues (Quarterfinals)

11.   Elena Likhovtseva / Anastasia Myskina (Third round)

12.   Svetlana Kuznetsova / Amélie Mauresmo (Second round)

13.   Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (First round)

14.   Émilie Loit / Nicole Pratt (First round)

15.   Nathalie Dechy / Gisela Dulko (First round)

16.   Marion Bartoli / Shahar Pe'er (Second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying

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							Semifinals							Final
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	64	6	9
	10	Eleni Daniilidou Anabel Medina Garrigues	77	3	7
									Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6	6
								Q	Yuliana Fedak Tatiana Perebiynis	4	3
	Q	Yuliana Fedak Tatiana Perebiynis	63	6	6
	5	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	77	4	4
																Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	3	6	2
															4	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6	3	6
	7	Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova	6	4	0
	4	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	4	6	6
								4	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6	7
								2	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	2	63
	9	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone	6	65	2
	2	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	1	77	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	L Raymond S Stosur	7	6
		A Frazier A Spears	5	2				1	L Raymond S Stosur	6	6
		M Domachowska M Suchá	4	4					M Drake N Vaidišová	4	2
		M Drake N Vaidišová	6	6											1	L Raymond S Stosur	4	4
		V Razzano A Smashnova	2	1												V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6					V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		S Arvidsson M Müller	1	1				16	M Bartoli S Pe'er	4	1
	16	M Bartoli S Pe'er	6	6																			V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	64	6	9
	10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	6	6																		10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	77	3	7
	LL	C-w Chan S-w Hsieh	4	2				10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	6	5	6
		A Rodionova A Vanc	6	6					A Rodionova A Vanc	2	7	4
		A Chakvetadze E Vesnina	3	4											10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	6	77
	WC	S Borwell J O'Donoghue	64	5												M Jugić-Salkić E Laine	4	63
		M Jugić-Salkić E Laine	77	7					M Jugić-Salkić E Laine	6	64	6
		E Gagliardi M Santangelo	77	6					E Gagliardi M Santangelo	2	77	4
	6	S Asagoe K Srebotnik	62	2

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	3	4
		J Gajdošová A Harkleroad	6	6					J Gajdošová A Harkleroad	7	6
		I Benešová B Strýcová	2	6	6				I Benešová B Strýcová	5	4
		G Navrátilová M Paštiková	6	1	3											J Gajdošová A Harkleroad	1	1
	WC	K O'Brien M South	4	4											Q	Y Fedak T Perebiynis	6	6
	Q	Y Fedak T Perebiynis	6	6				Q	Y Fedak T Perebiynis	4	6	6
		M Ani M Tu	6	1	6				M Ani M Tu	6	4	2
	15	N Dechy G Dulko	4	6	3																	Q	Y Fedak T Perebiynis	63	6	6
	12	S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo	4	6	6																	5	A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	77	4	4
		ME Salerni M Vento-Kabchi	6	2	0			12	S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo
	WC	C Curran J Jackson	65	2				Q	L Hradecká H Šromová	w/o
	Q	L Hradecká H Šromová	77	6											Q	L Hradecká H Šromová	4	5
		T Poutchek A Yakimova	2	3											5	A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	7
	LL	M Díaz Oliva N Grandin	6	6				LL	M Díaz Oliva N Grandin	2	65
		L Dekmeijere K Kanepi	2	2				5	A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	77
	5	A-L Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	L Huber M Navratilova	6	6
		A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	3	1				7	L Huber M Navratilova	6	3	6
		J Janković T Križan	6	6					J Janković T Križan	4	6	4
		A Ivanovic M Kirilenko	3	4											7	L Huber M Navratilova	7	6
	WC	A Keen A Keothavong	4	79	3										11	E Likhovtseva A Myskina	5	0
		C Gullickson B Stewart	6	67	6				C Gullickson B Stewart	4	3
		S Sfar J Wöhr	3	4				11	E Likhovtseva A Myskina	6	6
	11	E Likhovtseva A Myskina	6	6																		7	L Huber M Navratilova	6	4	0
	14	É Loit N Pratt	5	77	3																	4	Z Yan J Zheng	4	6	6
		ME Camerin T Garbin	7	63	6				ME Camerin T Garbin	6	6
		L Dominguez-Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	77					L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo	3	3
		L Granville S Perry	3	61												ME Camerin T Garbin	6	2	0
		J Craybas J Kostanić	1	2											4	Z Yan J Zheng	4	6	6
		J Husárová V Zvonareva	6	6					J Husárová V Zvonareva	0	64
	LL	M Czink V King	3	1				4	Z Yan J Zheng	6	77
	4	Z Yan J Zheng	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	8	E Dementieva F Pennetta	6	6
		S Bammer J Schruff	3	3				8	E Dementieva F Pennetta	6	6
		M Krajicek S Mirza	6	4	6				M Krajicek S Mirza	4	2
		S Foretz A Serra Zanetti	3	6	2										8	E Dementieva F Pennetta	5	2
		V Dushevina G Voskoboeva	77	64	8										9	K Peschke F Schiavone	7	6
		A Morigami A Nakamura	64	77	6				V Dushevina G Voskoboeva	6	63	1
		Y Beygelzimer E Birnerová	1	5				9	K Peschke F Schiavone	3	77	6
	9	K Peschke F Schiavone	6	7																		9	K Peschke F Schiavone	6	65	2
	13	T Li T Sun	6	3	2																	2	C Black R Stubbs	1	77	6
		B Mattek M Washington	4	6	6				B Mattek M Washington	3	5
	Q	S Cohen-Aloro MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6				Q	S Cohen-Aloro MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	7
	Q	L Osterloh A Rolle	1	2											Q	S Cohen-Aloro MJ Martínez Sánchez	3	4
		K Koukalová V Uhlířová	3	4											2	C Black R Stubbs	6	6
		N Li S Peng	6	6					N Li S Peng
	WC	R Llewellyn K Paterson	1	3				2	C Black R Stubbs	w/o
	2	C Black R Stubbs	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 2006 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation