Alina Jidkova and Tatiana Perebiynis were the defending champions, but none entered this year. Perebiynis opted to rest in order to compete at Indian Wells the following week.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2006 Abierto Mexicano Telcel | |
| Champions |  Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy |
| Runners-up |  Shinobu Asagoe Émilie Loit |
| Score | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 (1WC/1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Shinobu Asagoe and Émilie Loit 6–1, 6–3 in the final.[1][2]
Seeds edit
Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 
Meghann Shaughnessy (champions)
Shinobu Asagoe / 
Émilie Loit (final)
Gisela Dulko / 
Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a low back dysfunction on Pennetta)
Iveta Benešová / Tathiana Garbin (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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
- SR = Special ranking
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Gagliardi A Serra Zanetti
| 0 | 1 | 1 | AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | S Errani A Parra Santonja
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Q | S Errani A Parra Santonja
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 E Birnerova B Mattek
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | I Benešová T Garbin
| 6 | 6 | G Navrátilová V Uhlířová
| 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Šromová B Záhlavová
| 3 | 4 | 4 | I Benešová T Garbin
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Á Szávay J Wöhr
| 65 | 2 | G Navrátilová V Uhlířová
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Navrátilová V Uhlířová
| 77 | 6 | 1 | AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Gubacsi V Sassi
| 1 | 2 | 2 | S Asagoe É Loit
| 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo
| 6 | 6 | L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 C Curran L Osterloh
| 2 | 2 | 3 |  G Dulko F Pennetta
| w | / | o | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G Dulko F Pennetta
| 6 | 6 | L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  E Clarke D Múñoz Gallegos
| 2 | 1 | 2 | S Asagoe É Loit
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Martínez Granados MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 6 | 6 | C Martínez Granados MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MJ Argeri L Sobral
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | S Asagoe É Loit
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Asagoe É Loit
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying edit
Qualifying seeds edit
- Sara Errani /
Arantxa Parra Santonja (qualified) - Laura Pous Tió /
Anastasiya Yakimova (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers edit
Qualifying draw edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||
| 1 | Sara Errani Arantxa Parra Santonja
| 8 | |||||||||
| WC | Marcela Arroyo Melissa Torres Sandoval
| 5 | |||||||||
| 1 | Sara Errani Arantxa Parra Santonja
| 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | Laura Pous Tió Anastasiya Yakimova
| 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
 Maret Ani Paula García
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Laura Pous Tió Anastasiya Yakimova
| 8 | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2006 presentado por HSBC (27 de febrero – 4 de marzo)". Abierto Mexicano de Tenis (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
Shortly after her (singles) victory, Grönefeld returned to the clay court to also win the doubles championship alongside american Meghann Shaughnessy, defesting Émilie Loit (FRA) and Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) 6-1, 6-3. Grönefeld became the first female player on winning the singles and doubles titles in a same edition.
- ^ Contreras Legaspi, Carlos (19 February 2020). "Todos los campeones del Abierto Mexicano de Tenis" [Every winner of the Mexican Tennis Open]. Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
Women's doubles - 2006 Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Ale)/Meghann Shaughnessy (EU)