2006 French Open – Women's Doubles

2006 French Open
Champions   United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur
Runners-up   Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama
Final score   6-3, 6-2
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
Other events
Legends    -45    45+    women
WC Singles    men    women  
WC Doubles    men    women  
French Open
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Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were defending champions, however they lost in the second round to Russian pair of Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Vesnina.
American Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur of Australia won the title, defeating Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama in the final in straight sets. With the victory, Raymond completed the career Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open in 2000 and Wimbledon & the US Open in 2001.

Schedule

Round Dates
First Round May 30, May 31 and June 1, 2006
Second Round June 2 and June 3, 2006
Third Round June 4 and June 5, 2006
Quarterfinals June 7, 2006
Semifinals June 9, 2006
Final June 11, 2006

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                       
  1  United States Lisa Raymond
 Australia Samantha Stosur
65 6 6  
10  Czech Republic Květa Peschke
 Italy Francesca Schiavone
7 1 0  
  1  United States Lisa Raymond
 Australia Samantha Stosur
6 6    
  15  Greece Eleni Daniilidou
 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
2 2    
15  Greece Eleni Daniilidou
 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6 6  
     France Nathalie Dechy
 Russia Vera Zvonareva
1 4    
    1  United States Lisa Raymond
 Australia Samantha Stosur
6 6  
  5  Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
 Japan Ai Sugiyama
3 2  
     Russia Anna Chakvetadze
 Russia Elena Vesnina
6 2 1  
4  China Yan Zi
 China Zheng Jie
4 6 6  
  4  China Yan Zi
 China Zheng Jie
3 6 3
  5  Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
 Japan Ai Sugiyama
6 3 6  
5  Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
 Japan Ai Sugiyama
6 7  
  2  Zimbabwe Cara Black
 Australia Rennae Stubbs
1 65    

Top Half

Section 1

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
1 United States L Raymond
Australia S Stosur
6 6  
  Poland M Domachowska
Germany J Wöhr
1 4   1 United States L Raymond
Australia S Stosur
6 6  
  United States L Granville
United States S Perry
7 2 4   Finland E Laine
Czech Republic V Uhlířová
1 3  
  Finland E Laine
Czech Republic V Uhlířová
5 6 6 1 United States L Raymond
Australia S Stosur
7 62 6
  Russia A Rodionova
Romania A Vanc
3 6 6 16 Russia D Safina
Italy R Vinci
5 7 1
  United States J Craybas
Croatia J Kostanić
6 1 4   Russia A Rodionova
Romania A Vanc
63 7 7
WC France D Brunel
France F Haring
1 1   16 Russia D Safina
Italy R Vinci
7 65 9
16 Russia D Safina
Italy R Vinci
6 6   1 United States L Raymond
Australia S Stosur
65 6 6
10 Czech Republic K Peschke
Italy F Schiavone
3 6 6 10 Czech Republic K Peschke
Italy F Schiavone
7 0 1
  France S Cohen-Aloro
Tunisia S Sfar
6 4 1 10 Czech Republic K Peschke
Italy F Schiavone
w / o
  United States J Jackson
United States M Washington
2 5     China N Li
China S Peng
     
  China N Li
China S Peng
6 7   10 Czech Republic K Peschke
Italy F Schiavone
6 6  
WC France A Cornet
France V Pichet
4 0     Ukraine A Bondarenko
Ukraine Y Fedak
4 3  
  Ukraine A Bondarenko
Ukraine Y Fedak
6 6     Ukraine A Bondarenko
Ukraine Y Fedak
6 3 6
  Czech Republic G Navrátilová
Czech Republic M Paštiková
3 1   7 South Africa L Huber
United States M Navratilova
3 6 4
7 South Africa L Huber
United States M Navratilova
6 6  

Section 2

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
3 Germany A-L Grönefeld
United States M Shaughnessy
3 6 6
  Netherlands M Krajicek
Hungary Á Szávay
6 1 4 3 Germany A-L Grönefeld
United States M Shaughnessy
3 4  
  Slovakia J Husárová
India S Mirza
6 6     Slovakia J Husárová
India S Mirza
6 6  
  Colombia C Castaño
Spain C Martínez Granados
1 3     Slovakia J Husárová
India S Mirza
0 4  
  Austria S Bammer
Germany J Schruff
7 65 6 15 Greece E Daniilidou
Spain A Medina Garrigues
6 6  
  Hungary M Czink
Estonia K Kanepi
63 7 4   Austria S Bammer
Germany J Schruff
1 2  
  France V Razzano
Israel A Smashnova
4 2   15 Greece E Daniilidou
Spain A Medina Garrigues
6 6  
15 Greece E Daniilidou
Spain A Medina Garrigues
6 6   15 Greece E Daniilidou
Spain A Medina Garrigues
6 6  
9 Russia E Dementieva
Italy F Pennetta
0 6 8   France N Dechy
Russia V Zvonareva
1 4  
  Italy ME Camerin
Italy T Garbin
6 1 6 9 Russia E Dementieva
Italy F Pennetta
7 4 4
WC France J Coin
France Y Fedossova
2 1     Estonia M Ani
United States M Tu
64 6 6
  Estonia M Ani
United States M Tu
6 6     Estonia M Ani
United States M Tu
2 60  
  France N Dechy
Russia V Zvonareva
3 6 7   France N Dechy
Russia V Zvonareva
6 7  
  Japan A Morigami
Japan A Nakamura
6 1 5   France N Dechy
Russia V Zvonareva
5 6 6
  Switzerland E Gagliardi
Italy M Santangelo
6 6     Switzerland E Gagliardi
Italy M Santangelo
7 2 1
6 Japan S Asagoe
Slovenia K Srebotnik
3 2  

Bottom Half

Section 3

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
8 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
6 6  
  Czech Republic P Kvitová
Slovakia M Suchá
2 0   8 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
2 6 6
  France S Foretz
Italy A Serra Zanetti
4 3     Russia A Chakvetadze
Russia E Vesnina
6 4 8
  Russia A Chakvetadze
Russia E Vesnina
6 6     Russia A Chakvetadze
Russia E Vesnina
6 6  
  Spain L Domínguez Lino
Spain M Sánchez Lorenzo
6 6   11 Argentina G Dulko
Russia M Kirilenko
3 4  
WC France S Brémond
France S Lefèvre
3 2     Spain L Domínguez Lino
Spain M Sánchez Lorenzo
4 3  
  United States A Harkleroad
United States B Mattek
4 2   11 Argentina G Dulko
Russia M Kirilenko
6 6  
11 Argentina G Dulko
Russia M Kirilenko
6 6     Russia A Chakvetadze
Russia E Vesnina
6 2 1
14 China T Li
China T Sun
7 2 6 4 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
4 6 6
  Canada M Drake
Czech Republic N Vaidišová
5 6 0 14 China T Li
China T Sun
6 63 4
  United States A Frazier
United States V King
6 5 2   Czech Republic I Benešová
Czech Republic B Strýcová
4 7 6
  Czech Republic I Benešová
Czech Republic B Strýcová
4 7 6   Czech Republic I Benešová
Czech Republic B Strýcová
6 4 2
  Serbia and Montenegro J Janković
Slovenia T Križan
3 6 3 4 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
3 6 6
  Argentina ME Salerni
Venezuela M Vento-Kabchi
6 3 6   Argentina ME Salerni
Venezuela M Vento-Kabchi
2 1  
  United States C Gullickson
Australia B Stewart
2 4   4 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 6  
4 China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 6  

Section 4

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
5 Slovakia D Hantuchová
Japan A Sugiyama
6 6  
WC France C Dhenin
France M Johansson
4 3   5 Slovakia D Hantuchová
Japan A Sugiyama
6 6  
  Sweden S Arvidsson
Germany M Müller
6 6     Sweden S Arvidsson
Germany M Müller
1 1  
  Argentina M Díaz-Oliva
Australia A Molik
4 4   5 Slovakia D Hantuchová
Japan A Sugiyama
1 7 6
WC France P Parmentier
France C Pin
1 2     France M Bartoli
Israel S Pe'er
6 62 2
  Latvia L Dekmeijere
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6     Latvia L Dekmeijere
Switzerland P Schnyder
1 3  
  France M Bartoli
Israel S Pe'er
3       France M Bartoli
Israel S Pe'er
6 6  
12 France É Loit
Australia N Pratt
3 r   5 Slovakia D Hantuchová
Japan A Sugiyama
6 7  
13 Russia E Likhovtseva
Russia A Myskina
6 6   2 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia R Stubbs
1 65  
  Ukraine Y Beygelzimer
Czech Republic E Birnerová
1 4   13 Russia E Likhovtseva
Russia A Myskina
7 6  
  Bulgaria T Pironkova
China M Yuan
6 6     Bulgaria T Pironkova
China M Yuan
64 0  
  Belarus T Poutchek
Belarus A Yakimova
3 0   13 Russia E Likhovtseva
Russia A Myskina
4 3  
  Russia V Dushevina
Russia G Voskoboeva
4 3   2 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia R Stubbs
6 6  
  Russia E Bychkova
Bosnia and Herzegovina M Jugić-Salkić
6 6     Russia E Bychkova
Bosnia and Herzegovina M Jugić-Salkić
3 4  
  Czech Republic K Koukalová
Czech Republic L Šafářová
6 4 3 2 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia R Stubbs
6 6  
2 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia R Stubbs
3 6 6