Alicia Molik and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but Molik did not compete this year. Schiavone teamed up with Květa Peschke and lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva.

Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Li Ting and Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	7	6
		T Križan A Vanc	5	2				1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	w	/	o
		K Peschke F Schiavone	6	6					K Peschke F Schiavone
		N Uberoi S Uberoi	2	1											1	E Likhovtseva V Zvonareva	3	4
	4	L Huber M Navratilova	7	3	5										PR	T Li T Sun	6	6
		E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	5	6	7				E Daniilidou A Medina Garrigues	65	4
	Q	A Bachmann K Nagy	1	3				PR	T Li T Sun	77	6
	PR	T Li T Sun	6	6																		PR	T Li T Sun	4	4
		J Janković S Sfar	77	6																		3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6
		A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	65	1					J Janković S Sfar	6	2	0
		J Schruff R Vinci	2	3				3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	3	6	6
	3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	6											3	D Hantuchová A Sugiyama	6	3	6
	WC	A Matic T Poutchek	1	1											2	Z Yan J Zheng	3	6	3
		V Dushevina M Vento-Kabchi	6	6					V Dushevina M Vento-Kabchi	5	3
		M Kirilenko A Myskina	2	2				2	Z Yan J Zheng	7	6
	2	Z Yan J Zheng	6	6

Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Doubles.

1. Angelika Bachmann / Kira Nagy

	First round					Qualifying competition
	1	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Ekaterina Makarova	8
	WC	Manar Al Jazzaf Martina Gregoric	0
						1	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Ekaterina Makarova	6	2	5
						2	Angelika Bachmann Kira Nagy	1	6	7
		Anne Kremer Caroline Schneider	7
	2	Angelika Bachmann Kira Nagy	9

• ITF Tournament profile Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Main and Qualifying Draws (WTA)