2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts | |
| Champions | Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy |
| Runners-up | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
| Score | 6–2, 6–3 |
Elena Likhovtseva and Magdalena Maleeva were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Likhovtseva competed in Auckland at the same week, while Maleeva retired from professional tennis in October 2005.
Dinara Safina and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 6–3 in the final.
Seeds
- Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs (final)
- Dinara Safina / Meghann Shaughnessy (champions)
- Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flavia Pennetta (semifinals)
- Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Rodionova E Vesnina | 4 | 3 | 1 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 64 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Ani N Pratt | 3 | 6 | 6 | M Ani N Pratt | 2 | 77 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L McShea B Stewart | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | C Black R Stubbs | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | T Li T Sun | 1 | 4 | WC | T Golovin M Hingis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Golovin M Hingis | 6 | 6 | WC | T Golovin M Hingis | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Garbin An Serra Zanetti | 3 | 5 | E Gagliardi R Vinci | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Gagliardi R Vinci | 6 | 7 | 1 | C Black R Stubbs | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N Li Z Yan | 65 | 5 | 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I Benešová F Schiavone | 77 | 7 | I Benešová F Schiavone | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C Dellacqua T Musgrave | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 2 | 6 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy | 6 | 3 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | Y Fedak T Poutchek | 3 | 3 | N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Chládková C Martínez Granados | 3 | 4 | 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||