2006 Qatar Telecom German Open – Doubles

Doubles
2006 Qatar Telecom German Open
Champions	Yan Zi Zheng Jie
Runners-up	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta
Final score	6–2, 6–3

The Doubles Tournament at the 2006 Qatar Telecom German Open took place between May 5 and May 13 on the outdoor clay courts of the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany. Yan Zi and Zheng Jie won the title, defeating Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta in the final.

Seeds

1. Liezel Huber / Elena Likhovtseva (Second round)
2. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)
3. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Champions)
4. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Nadia Petrova (Semifinals)
5. Elena Dementieva / Flavia Pennetta (Final)
6. Gisela Dulko / Maria Kirilenko (Second round)
7. Meilen Tu / Vera Zvonareva (Second round)
8. Eleni Daniilidou / Anabel Medina Garrigues (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Dinara Safina Roberta Vinci	2	0
	3	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6	6				3	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6	6
	4	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Nadia Petrova	3	3				5	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	2	3
	5	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	L Huber   E Likhovtseva	4	6^6
	S Brémond   S Cohen-Aloro	1	5					D Safina   R Vinci	6	7
	D Safina   R Vinci	6	7												D Safina   R Vinci	6	7
	J Janković   T Križan	3	3												V Dushevina   G Voskoboeva	3	5
WC	A Bachmann   V Henke	6	6					A Bachmann   V Henke	1	5
	V Dushevina   G Voskoboeva	7	6					V Dushevina   G Voskoboeva	6	7
7	T Li   T Sun	5	0																			D Safina   R Vinci	2	0
																					3	Z Yan   J Zheng	6	6
							3	Z Yan   J Zheng	6	6
	T Garbin   M Santangelo	7	6					T Garbin   M Santangelo	4	2
WC	S Klösel   K Wörle	5	3											3	Z Yan   J Zheng	7	6
	K Jans   M Jugić-Salkić	6	3	3										8	E Daniilidou   A Medina Garrigues	5	4
	A Rodionova   A Vanc	4	6	6				A Rodionova   A Vanc	3	6	1
	M Tu   V Zvonareva	4	4				8	E Daniilidou   A Medina Garrigues	6	0	6
8	E Daniilidou   A Medina Garrigues	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	G Dulko   M Kirilenko	6	6
	D Klemenschits   S Klemenschits	1	1				6	G Dulko   M Kirilenko	6	6
	I Benešová   M Krajicek	6	6					I Benešová   M Krajicek	3	2
	K Srebotnik   J Wöhr	2	2												I Benešová   M Krajicek	2	1
	C Black   N Dechy	7	3	7										4	AL Grönefeld   N Petrova	6	6
	A Chakvetadze   E Vesnina	5	6	5				C Black   N Dechy	5	3
							4	AL Grönefeld   N Petrova	7	6
																					4	AL Grönefeld   N Petrova	3	3
5	E Dementieva   F Pennetta	6	6																		5	E Dementieva   F Pennetta	6	6
	K Bondarenko   H Šromová	2	3				5	E Dementieva   F Pennetta	6	4	6
Q	E Laine   L Siegemund	6^4	3					ME Salerni   B Stewart	4	6	2
	ME Salerni   B Stewart	7	6											5	E Dementieva   F Pennetta	6	5	3
	C Castaño   J Craybas	4	6	7										2	D Hantuchová   A Sugiyama	0	7	6
	M Müller   J Schruff	6	4	5				C Castaño   J Craybas	6^1	1
							2	D Hantuchová   A Sugiyama	7	6

References

• Main Draw