2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but did not play together. Black partnered with Rennae Stubbs and Huber partnered with Martina Navratilova but both pairs lost to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively.

Women's doubles
2006 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsChina Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
Runners-upSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Score6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw64 (4 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women seniors
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Yan and Zheng defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.[1] With their loss in the final, Ruano Pascual and Suárez missed the chance of completing the career Grand Slam.

Seeds edit

01.     Lisa Raymond /   Samantha Stosur (third round)
02.     Cara Black /   Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
03.     Daniela Hantuchová /   Ai Sugiyama (first round)
04.     Yan Zi /   Zheng Jie (champions)
05.     Anna-Lena Grönefeld /   Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
06.     Shinobu Asagoe /   Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
07.     Liezel Huber /   Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)
08.     Elena Dementieva /   Flavia Pennetta (third round)
09.     Květa Peschke /   Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals)
10.     Eleni Daniilidou /   Anabel Medina Garrigues (quarterfinals)
11.     Elena Likhovtseva /   Anastasia Myskina (third round)
12.     Svetlana Kuznetsova /   Amélie Mauresmo (second round)
13.     Li Ting /   Sun Tiantian (first round)
14.     Émilie Loit /   Nicole Pratt (first round)
15.     Nathalie Dechy /   Gisela Dulko (first round)
16.     Marion Bartoli /   Shahar Pe'er (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
64 6 9
10   Eleni Daniilidou
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
77 3 7
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
6 6
Q   Yuliana Fedak
  Tatiana Perebiynis
4 3
Q   Yuliana Fedak
  Tatiana Perebiynis
63 6 6
5   Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Meghann Shaughnessy
77 4 4
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
3 6 2
4   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
6 3 6
7   Liezel Huber
  Martina Navratilova
6 4 0
4   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
4 6 6
4   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
6 7
2   Cara Black
  Rennae Stubbs
2 63
9   Květa Peschke
  Francesca Schiavone
6 65 2
2   Cara Black
  Rennae Stubbs
1 77 6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   L Raymond
  S Stosur
7 6
  A Frazier
  A Spears
5 2 1   L Raymond
  S Stosur
6 6
  M Domachowska
  M Suchá
4 4   M Drake
  N Vaidišová
4 2
  M Drake
  N Vaidišová
6 6 1   L Raymond
  S Stosur
4 4
  V Razzano
  A Smashnova
2 1   V Ruano Pascual
  P Suárez
6 6
  V Ruano Pascual
  P Suárez
6 6   V Ruano Pascual
  P Suárez
6 6
  S Arvidsson
  M Müller
1 1 16   M Bartoli
  S Pe'er
4 1
16   M Bartoli
  S Pe'er
6 6   V Ruano Pascual
  P Suárez
64 6 9
10   E Daniilidou
  A Medina Garrigues
6 6 10   E Daniilidou
  A Medina Garrigues
77 3 7
LL   C-w Chan
  S-w Hsieh
4 2 10   E Daniilidou
  A Medina Garrigues
6 5 6
  A Rodionova
  A Vanc
6 6   A Rodionova
  A Vanc
2 7 4
  A Chakvetadze
  E Vesnina
3 4 10   E Daniilidou
  A Medina Garrigues
6 77
WC   S Borwell
  J O'Donoghue
64 5   M Jugić-Salkić
  E Laine
4 63
  M Jugić-Salkić
  E Laine
77 7   M Jugić-Salkić
  E Laine
6 64 6
  E Gagliardi
  M Santangelo
77 6   E Gagliardi
  M Santangelo
2 77 4
6   S Asagoe
  K Srebotnik
62 2

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   D Hantuchová
  A Sugiyama
3 4
  J Gajdošová
  A Harkleroad
6 6   J Gajdošová
  A Harkleroad
7 6
  I Benešová
  B Strýcová
2 6 6   I Benešová
  B Strýcová
5 4
  G Navrátilová
  M Paštiková
6 1 3   J Gajdošová
  A Harkleroad
1 1
WC   K O'Brien
  M South
4 4 Q   Y Fedak
  T Perebiynis
6 6
Q   Y Fedak
  T Perebiynis
6 6 Q   Y Fedak
  T Perebiynis
4 6 6
  M Ani
  M Tu
6 1 6   M Ani
  M Tu
6 4 2
15   N Dechy
  G Dulko
4 6 3 Q   Y Fedak
  T Perebiynis
63 6 6
12   S Kuznetsova
  A Mauresmo
4 6 6 5   A-L Grönefeld
  M Shaughnessy
77 4 4
  ME Salerni
  M Vento-Kabchi
6 2 0 12   S Kuznetsova
  A Mauresmo
WC   C Curran
  J Jackson
65 2 Q   L Hradecká
  H Šromová
w/o
Q   L Hradecká
  H Šromová
77 6 Q   L Hradecká
  H Šromová
4 5
  T Poutchek
  A Yakimova
2 3 5   A-L Grönefeld
  M Shaughnessy
6 7
LL   M Díaz Oliva
  N Grandin
6 6 LL   M Díaz Oliva
  N Grandin
2 65
  L Dekmeijere
  K Kanepi
2 2 5   A-L Grönefeld
  M Shaughnessy
6 77
5   A-L Grönefeld
  M Shaughnessy
6 6

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7   L Huber
  M Navratilova
6 6
  A Bondarenko
  K Bondarenko
3 1 7   L Huber
  M Navratilova
6 3 6
  J Janković
  T Križan
6 6   J Janković
  T Križan
4 6 4
  A Ivanovic
  M Kirilenko
3 4 7   L Huber
  M Navratilova
7 6
WC   A Keen
  A Keothavong
4 79 3 11   E Likhovtseva
  A Myskina
5 0
  C Gullickson
  B Stewart
6 67 6   C Gullickson
  B Stewart
4 3
  S Sfar
  J Wöhr
3 4 11   E Likhovtseva
  A Myskina
6 6
11   E Likhovtseva
  A Myskina
6 6 7   L Huber
  M Navratilova
6 4 0
14   É Loit
  N Pratt
5 77 3 4   Z Yan
  J Zheng
4 6 6
  ME Camerin
  T Garbin
7 63 6   ME Camerin
  T Garbin
6 6
  L Dominguez-Lino
  M Sánchez Lorenzo
6 77   L Domínguez Lino
  M Sánchez Lorenzo
3 3
  L Granville
  S Perry
3 61   ME Camerin
  T Garbin
6 2 0
  J Craybas
  J Kostanić
1 2 4   Z Yan
  J Zheng
4 6 6
  J Husárová
  V Zvonareva
6 6   J Husárová
  V Zvonareva
0 64
LL   M Czink
  V King
3 1 4   Z Yan
  J Zheng
6 77
4   Z Yan
  J Zheng
6 6

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8   E Dementieva
  F Pennetta
6 6
  S Bammer
  J Schruff
3 3 8   E Dementieva
  F Pennetta
6 6
  M Krajicek
  S Mirza
6 4 6   M Krajicek
  S Mirza
4 2
  S Foretz
  A Serra Zanetti
3 6 2 8   E Dementieva
  F Pennetta
5 2
  V Dushevina
  G Voskoboeva
77 64 8 9   K Peschke
  F Schiavone
7 6
  A Morigami
  A Nakamura
64 77 6   V Dushevina
  G Voskoboeva
6 63 1
  Y Beygelzimer
  E Birnerová
1 5 9   K Peschke
  F Schiavone
3 77 6
9   K Peschke
  F Schiavone
6 7 9   K Peschke
  F Schiavone
6 65 2
13   T Li
  T Sun
6 3 2 2   C Black
  R Stubbs
1 77 6
  B Mattek
  M Washington
4 6 6   B Mattek
  M Washington
3 5
Q   S Cohen-Aloro
  MJ Martínez Sánchez
6 6 Q   S Cohen-Aloro
  MJ Martínez Sánchez
6 7
Q   L Osterloh
  A Rolle
1 2 Q   S Cohen-Aloro
  MJ Martínez Sánchez
3 4
  K Koukalová
  V Uhlířová
3 4 2   C Black
  R Stubbs
6 6
  N Li
  S Peng
6 6   N Li
  S Peng
WC   R Llewellyn
  K Paterson
1 3 2   C Black
  R Stubbs
w/o
2   C Black
  R Stubbs
6 6

References edit

  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links edit