2006 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

Gisela Dulko and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions, but Kirilenko did not compete this year to only focusing in the singles tournament. Dulko teamed up with Yan Zi and had to withdraw in the quarterfinal match against Natalie Grandin and Camille Pin.

Women's Doubles
2006 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions Vania King
Jelena Kostanić
Runners-up Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung
Final score7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–2
Main article: 2006 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

Vania King and Jelena Kostanić won the title by defeating Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds
  1. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Semifinals, withdrew due to a right calf strain on Suárez)
  2. Gisela Dulko / Yan Zi (Quarterfinals, withdrew)
  3. Eleni Daniilidou / Anabel Medina Garrigues (Withdrew due to a left calf strain on Daniilidou)
  4. Alicia Molik / Meghann Shaughnessy (Withdrew due to a respiratory illness on Shaughnessy)

Draw

Key

Draw
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez 		6 6
A Morigami
A Nakamura 		2 2 1 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez 		3 7 6
M Domachowska
A Jidkova 		6 6 M Domachowska
A Jidkova 		6 5 0
K Taguchi
A Takase 		3 3 1 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
LL K Iijima
J Namigata 		1 6 1 Y-j Chan
C-j Chuang 		w/o
Y-j Chan
C-j Chuang 		6 3 6 Y-j Chan
C-j Chuang 		6 6
M Díaz Oliva
J Schruff 		6 78 M Díaz Oliva
J Schruff 		3 2
Q A Matic
C Wozniacki 		4 66 Y-j Chan
C-j Chuang 		62 7 2
L Dekmeijere
S Uberoi 		7 6 V King
J Kostanić 		77 5 6
E Laine
L Osterloh 		5 4 L Dekmeijere
S Uberoi 		65 2
V King
J Kostanić 		6 4 6 V King
J Kostanić 		77 6
LL Y Sema
M Tanaka 		3 6 1 V King
J Kostanić 		6 6
N Grandin
C Pin 		7 6 N Grandin
C Pin 		3 1
WC M Arai
S Okamoto 		5 2 N Grandin
C Pin 		w/o
C Castaño
J Craybas 		3 2 2 G Dulko
Z Yan
2 G Dulko
Z Yan 		6 6

Qualifying draw

Seeds
  1. Kumiko Iijima / Junri Namigata (First round, Lucky Losers)
  2. Antonia Matic / Caroline Wozniacki (Qualified)

Qualifiers
  1. Antonia Matic / Caroline Wozniacki

Lucky losers
  1. Kumiko Iijima / Junri Namigata
  2. Yurika Sema / Mari Tanaka

Draw
  First Round Qualifying Competition
                     
1 Kumiko Iijima
Junri Namigata		 3  
  Raluca Olaru
Abigail Spears		 8  
      Raluca Olaru
Abigail Spears
  2 Antonia Matic
Caroline Wozniacki		 w/o
WC Yurika Sema
Mari Tanaka		 3
2 Antonia Matic
Caroline Wozniacki		 8  

Raluca Olaru and Abigail Spears withdrew from the qualifying competition, with Spears citing personal reasons.

References
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