2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

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.

Doubles
2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts
Champions	Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy
Runners-up	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
Final score	6–2, 6–3

Dinara Safina and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds

1. Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs (Final)
2. Dinara Safina / Meghann Shaughnessy (Champions)
3. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flavia Pennetta (Semifinals)
4. Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (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

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	6^4	6
		M Ani N Pratt	3	6	6				M Ani N Pratt	2	7^7	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	6^5	5																		2	D Safina M Shaughnessy	6	6
		I Benešová F Schiavone	7^7	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	6^7
		N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi	6	6											2	D Safina M Shaughnessy	6	3	7^9
	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

References

• Main and Qualifying Draws