Elena Likhovtseva and Magdalena Maleeva were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Likhovtseva competed in Auckland at the same week, while Maleeva retired from professional tennis in October 2005.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts | |
| Champions |  Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy |
| Runners-up |  Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
| Score | 6–2, 6–3 |
Dinara Safina and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 6–3 in the final.
Seeds edit
Cara Black / 
Rennae Stubbs (final)
Dinara Safina / 
Meghann Shaughnessy (champions)
Anabel Medina Garrigues / 
Flavia Pennetta (semifinals)
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (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 | C Black R Stubbs
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Rodionova E Vesnina
| 4 | 3 | 1 | C Black R Stubbs
| 6 | 64 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Ani N Pratt
| 3 | 6 | 6 | M Ani N Pratt
| 2 | 77 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L McShea B Stewart
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | C Black R Stubbs
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  T Li T Sun
| 1 | 4 | WC |  T Golovin M Hingis
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Golovin M Hingis
| 6 | 6 | WC | T Golovin M Hingis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 T Garbin An Serra Zanetti
| 3 | 5 | E Gagliardi R Vinci
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Gagliardi R Vinci
| 6 | 7 | 1 | C Black R Stubbs
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N Li Z Yan
| 65 | 5 | 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 I Benešová F Schiavone
| 77 | 7 | I Benešová F Schiavone
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C Dellacqua T Musgrave
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 |  A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta
| 2 | 6 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi
| 6 | 6 | 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 3 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  Y Fedak T Poutchek
| 3 | 3 | N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Chládková C Martínez Granados
| 3 | 4 | 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Safina M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||