2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2006 Wimbledon Championships
2005 Champion	Cara Black Liezel Huber
Champion	Yan Zi Zheng Jie
Runner-up	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Final score	6–3, 3–6, 6–2

This page displays the progress of the Women's Doubles competition at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.

Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions but did not compete together to defend their title. Huber partnered Martina Navratilova and lost in the quarterfinals to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie. Black reached the semifinals alongside Rennae Stubbs before also losing to Yan and Zheng.

The Chinese pair went on to defeat Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in the final by the score of 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.

Seeds

The seeded pairs are listed below. Those in bold are still in the Championship, others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1. Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (Third Round)
2. Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinal)
3. Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (First Round)
4. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (Champions)
5. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Meghann Shaughnessy (Quarterfinal)
6. Shinobu Asagoe / Katarina Srebotnik (First Round)
7. Liezel Huber / Martina Navratilova (Quarterfinal)
8. Elena Dementieva / Flavia Pennetta (Third Round)
9. Květa Peschke / Francesca Schiavone (Quarterfinal)
10. Eleni Daniilidou / Anabel Medina Garrigues (Quarterfinal)
11. Elena Likhovtseva / Anastasia Myskina (Third Round)
12. Svetlana Kuznetsova / Amélie Mauresmo (Second Round)
13. Ting Li / Sun Tiantian (First Round)
14. Émilie Loit / Nicole Pratt (First Round)
15. N/A
16. Nathalie Dechy / Gisela Dulko (First Round)
17. Marion Bartoli / Shahar Pe'er (Second Round)

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	6	6	9
	10	Eleni Daniilidou   Anabel Medina Garrigues	7	3	7
									Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	6	6
								Q	Yuliana Fedak   Tatiana Perebiynis	4	3
	Q	Yuliana Fedak   Tatiana Perebiynis	6	6	6
	5	Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Meghann Shaughnessy	7	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	6^3
	9	Květa Peschke   Francesca Schiavone	6	6	2
	2	Cara Black   Rennae Stubbs	1	7	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
		Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6					V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		S Arvidsson M Müller	1	1				17	M Bartoli S Pe'er	4	1
	17	M Bartoli S Pe'er	6	6																			V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6	9
	10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	6	6																		10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	7	3	7
	LL	Chan Cw Hsieh Sw	4	2				10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	6	5	6
		A Rodionova A Vanc	6	6					A Rodionova A Vanc	2	7
		A Chakvetadze E Vesnina	3	4											10	E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	6	7
	WC	S Borwell J O'Donoghue	6	5												M Jugić-Salkić E Laine	4	6
		M Jugić-Salkić E Laine	7	7					M Jugić-Salkić E Laine	6	6	6
		E Gagliardi M Santangelo	7	6					E Gagliardi M Santangelo	2	7	4
	6	S Asagoe K Srebotnik	6	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
	WC	K O'Brien M South	4	4												Y Fedak T Perebiynis
	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
	16	N Dechy G Dulko	4	6	3																	Q	Y Fedak T Perebiynis	6	6	6
	12	S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo	4	6	6																	5	Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	7	4	4
		ME Salerni M Vento-Kabchi	6	2	0			12	S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo	w	/	o
	WC	C Curran J Jackson	6	2				Q	L Hradecká H Šromová
	Q	L Hradecká H Šromová	7	6											Q	L Hradecká H Šromová	4	5
		T Poutchek A Yakimova	2	3											5	AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	7
	LL	M Díaz-Oliva N Grandin	6	6				LL	M Díaz-Oliva N Grandin	2	6
		L Dekmeijere K Kanepi	2	2				5	AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	7
	5	AL 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	7	3										11	E Likhovtseva A Myskina	5	0
		C Gullickson B Stewart	6	6	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	7	3																	4	Yan Z Zheng J	4	6	6
		ME Camerin T Garbin	7	6	6				ME Camerin T Garbin	6	6
		L Dominguez-Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	7					L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo	3	3
		L Granville S Perry	3	6												ME Camerin T Garbin	6	2	0
		J Craybas J Kostanić	1	2											4	Yan Z Zheng J	4	6	6
		J Husárová V Zvonareva	6	6					J Husárová V Zvonareva	0	6
	LL	M Czink V King	3	1				4	Yan Z Zheng J	6	7
	4	Yan Z Zheng J	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	7	6	8										9	K Peschke F Schiavone	7	6
		A Morigami A Nakamura	6	7	6				V Dushevina G Voskoboeva	6	6	1
		Y Beygelzimer E Birnerová	1	5				9	K Peschke F Schiavone	3	7	6
	9	K Peschke F Schiavone	6	7																		9	K Peschke F Schiavone	6	6	2
	13	Li T Sun T	6	3	2																	2	C Black R Stubbs	1	7	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
		Li N Peng S	6	6					Li N Peng S	w	/	o
	WC	R Llewellyn K Paterson	1	3				2	C Black R Stubbs
	2	C Black R Stubbs	6	6

References

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