Nadia Petrova and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Navratilova retired from the sport on September 10, 2006, and only Petrova competed that year.
Petrova partnered with Svetlana Kuznetsova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Sun Tiantian.

Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 10–5, against Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6	6
	4	Nathalie Dechy Sun Tiantian	2	3
								1	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4	6	[5]
								2	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6	2	[10]
	3	Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo	2	3
	2	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	C Black L Huber	6	4	[10]
		J Gajdošová B Stewart	3	5					T Garbin S Pe'er	3	6	[8]
		T Garbin S Pe'er	6	7											1	C Black L Huber	6	6
		L Granville J Kostanić Tošić	4	7	[9]											S Foretz S Sfar	1	4
		S Foretz S Sfar	6	65	[11]				S Foretz S Sfar	6	6
	WC	V Tétreault A Wozniak	4	2				7	F Schiavone R Vinci	2	4
	7	F Schiavone R Vinci	6	6																		1	C Black L Huber	6	6
																						4	N Dechy T Sun	2	3
								4	N Dechy T Sun	6	6
		I Benešová G Voskoboeva	6	6					I Benešová G Voksoboeva	3	4
		M Krajicek M Müller	4	3											4	N Dechy T Sun	w/o
		A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	6	6											8	S Kuznetsova N Petrova
		E Gagliardi N Llagostera Vives	1	4					A Bondarenko K Bondarenko	6	2	[3]
		A Jidkova T Poutchek	7	63	[8]			8	S Kuznetsova N Petrova	2	6	[10]
	8	S Kuznetsova N Petrova	5	7	[10]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual	5	3
		ME Camerin G Dulko	7	6					ME Camerin G Dulko	6	6
		A Ehritt-Vanc A Rodionova	6	6					A Ehritt-Vanc A Rodionova	2	4
	WC	S Dubois M-È Pelletier	4	4												ME Camerin G Dulko	4	3
		E Dementieva F Pennetta	6	6											3	A Molik M Santangelo	6	6
		E Daniilidou J Wöhr	1	1					E Dementieva F Pennetta
								3	A Molik M Santangelo	w/o
																						3	A Molik M Santangelo	2	3
	6	S Peng Z Yan	1	7	[10]																	2	K Srebotnik A Sugiyama	6	6
		S Brémond M Kirilenko	6	5	[6]			6	S Peng Z Yan	7	6
		Á Szávay V Uhlířová	6	2	[10]				Á Szávay V Uhlířová	5	1
		C Morariu M Shaughnessy	4	6	[7]										6	S Peng Z Yan	1	5
		E Birnerová L Dekmeijere	62	68											2	K Srebotnik A Sugiyama	6	7
		É Loit M Tu	7	7					É Loit M Tu	3	64
								2	K Srebotnik A Sugiyama	6	7

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