Giulia Casoni and Mariya Koryttseva were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Casoni retired from professional tennis during this season, after struggling with a knee injury.[1]
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2006 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo | |
| Champions |  Janette Husárová Michaëlla Krajicek |
| Runners-up |  Alice Canepa Giulia Gabba |
| Score | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Draw | 16 (1WC/1Q/1LL) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Janette Husárová and Michaëlla Krajicek won the title by defeating qualifiers Alice Canepa and Giulia Gabba 6–0, 6–0 in the final.[2]
This tournament saw an unusual event, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in the first round.
Seeds edit
Eleni Daniilidou / 
Jasmin Wöhr (first round)
Yuliana Fedak / 
Anastasiya Yakimova (first round)
Maret Ani / 
Roberta Vinci (first round)
Lourdes Domínguez Lino / 
Stéphanie Foretz (first round)
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 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  E Daniilidou J Wöhr
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  E Cabeza Candela L Pous Tió
| 6 | 6 | LL | E Cabeza Candela L Pous Tió
| 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Z Gubacsi V Sassi
| 3 | 6 | 0 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Parra Santonja
| 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MJ Martínez Sánchez A Parra Santonja
| 6 | 4 | 6 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Parra Santonja
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  M Ani R Vinci
| 5 | 63 | J Husárová M Krajicek
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Husárová M Krajicek
| 7 | 77 | J Husárová M Krajicek
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Müller J Schruff
| 64 | 3 | Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti
| 0r | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti
| 77 | 6 | J Husárová M Krajicek
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Bychkova G Navrátilová
| 7 | 6 | Q | A Canepa G Gabba
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Errani K Knapp
| 5 | 2 | E Bychkova G Navrátilová
| 60 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Canepa G Gabba
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | A Canepa G Gabba
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Domínguez Lino S Foretz
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Q | A Canepa G Gabba
| 7 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 K Jans A Rosolska
| 7 | 3 | 6 | K Jans A Rosolska
| 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Chakhnashvili S Disderi
| 5 | 6 | 0 | K Jans A Rosolska
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Garbin R Oprandi
| 6 | 6 | T Garbin R Oprandi
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Y Fedak A Yakimova
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Bonesi, Davide (25 April 2015). "Giulia, una ferrarese sfidò la mitica Williams" [Giulia, a woman from Ferrara who challenged the legendary Williams] (in Italian). La Nuova Ferrara. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
A career that ended too fast, however, as she retired in 2006 after reaching world No. 51 in doubles and No.83 in singles.
- ^ "Tennis: Krajicek wint in dubbelspel Palermo" [Tennis: Krajicek win in doubles at Palermo] (in Dutch). Palermo: De Volkskrant. Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
External links edit
- Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2018-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Official results archive (WTA)