2006 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but neither of them competed this year.

Women's Doubles
2006 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champions	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone
Runners-up	Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadia Petrova
Final score	3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3

Květa Peschke and Francesca Schiavone won the title by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova 3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3 in the final.

Seeds

1. Elena Likhovtseva / Vera Zvonareva (Quarterfinals)
2. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Quarterfinals)
3. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (Semifinals)
4. 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

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	6	6
	WC	A Rodionova E Vesnina	3	2				1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	6	4	4
	Q	A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	6	6				Q	A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	3	6	6
		V Dushevina J Kostanić	2	2											Q	A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	2	4
	4	L Huber M Navratilova	1	5												K Peschke F Schiavone	6	6
	WC	J Janković N Li	6	7				WC	J Janković N Li	5	4
		T Križan A Vanc	5	3					K Peschke F Schiavone	7	6
		K Peschke F Schiavone	7	6																			K Peschke F Schiavone	3	7^7	6
		M Kirilenko A Myskina	3	4																			S Kuznetsova N Petrova	6	6^1	3
		S Mirza M Vento-Kabchi	6	6					S Mirza M Vento-Kabchi	3	2
		H Nagyová M Washington	4	3				3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6
	3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6											3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	4	6	4
	PR	T Li T Sun	4	6^7												S Kuznetsova N Petrova	6	2	6
		S Kuznetsova N Petrova	6	7^9					S Kuznetsova N Petrova	6	6
		S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar	2	6^2				2	Z Yan J Zheng	2	1
	2	Z Yan J Zheng	6	7^7

References

• Main and Qualifying draws