2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

April 2022 2006 Wimbledon Championships s CHN Yan Zi CHN Zheng Jie ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual ARG Paola Suárez 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 64 (4 Q Qualifiers / 5 WC Wildcards) 16 2006 Wimbledon Championships 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. 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.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4thhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jul/10/wimbledon2006.wimbledon10 Yan and Zheng's historic title emphasises China's burgeoning reputation The Guardian 25 July 2025 With their loss in the final, Ruano Pascual and Suárez missed the chance of completing the career Grand Slam. Seeds 1 1 USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Samantha Stosur (third round) 2 4 ZIM Cara Black / AUS Rennae Stubbs (semifinals) 3 2 SVK Daniela Hantuchová / JPN Ai Sugiyama (first round) 4 3 CHN Yan Zi / CHN Zheng Jie (champions) 5 2 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals) 6 1 JPN Shinobu Asagoe / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (first round) 7 3 RSA Liezel Huber / USA Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals) 8 4 RUS Elena Dementieva / ITA Flavia Pennetta (third round) 9 4 CZE Květa Peschke / ITA Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals) 10 1 GRE Eleni Daniilidou / ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues (quarterfinals) 11 3 RUS Elena Likhovtseva / RUS Anastasia Myskina (third round) 12 2 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / FRA Amélie Mauresmo (second round) 13 4 CHN Li Ting / CHN Sun Tiantian (first round) 14 3 FRA Émilie Loit / AUS Nicole Pratt (first round) 15 2 FRA Nathalie Dechy / ARG Gisela Dulko (first round) 16 1 FRA Marion Bartoli / ISR Shahar Pe'er (second round) Qualifying 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 64 6 9 10 GRE Eleni DaniilidouESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 77 3 7 Q UKR Yuliana FedakUKR Tatiana Perebiynis 63 6 6 5 GER Anna-Lena GrönefeldUSA Meghann Shaughnessy 77 4 4 7 RSA Liezel HuberUSA Martina Navratilova 6 4 0 4 CHN Yan ZiCHN Zheng Jie 4 6 6 9 CZE Květa PeschkeITA Francesca Schiavone 6 65 2 2 ZIM Cara BlackAUS Rennae Stubbs 1 77 6 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 Q UKR Yuliana FedakUKR Tatiana Perebiynis 4 3 4 CHN Yan ZiCHN Zheng Jie 6 7 2 ZIM Cara BlackAUS Rennae Stubbs 2 63 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 3 6 2 4 CHN Yan ZiCHN Zheng Jie 6 3 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA L RaymondAUS S Stosur 7 6 USA A FrazierUSA A Spears 5 2 POL M DomachowskaSVK M Suchá 4 4 CAN M DrakeCZE N Vaidišová 6 6 FRA V RazzanoISR A Smashnova 2 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 SWE S ArvidssonGER M Müller 1 1 16 FRA M BartoliISR S Pe'er 6 6 10 GRE E DaniilidouESP A Medina Garrigues 6 6 LL TPE C-w ChanTPE S-w Hsieh 4 2 RUS A RodionovaROM A Vanc 6 6 RUS A ChakvetadzeRUS E Vesnina 3 4 WC GBR S BorwellGBR J O'Donoghue 64 5 BIH M Jugić-SalkićFIN E Laine 77 7 SUI E GagliardiITA M Santangelo 77 6 6 JPN S AsagoeSLO K Srebotnik 62 2 1 USA L RaymondAUS S Stosur 6 6 CAN M DrakeCZE N Vaidišová 4 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 16 FRA M BartoliISR S Pe'er 4 1 10 GRE E DaniilidouESP A Medina Garrigues 6 5 6 RUS A RodionovaROM A Vanc 2 7 4 BIH M Jugić-SalkićFIN E Laine 6 64 6 SUI E GagliardiITA M Santangelo 2 77 4 1 USA L RaymondAUS S Stosur 4 4 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 10 GRE E DaniilidouESP A Medina Garrigues 6 77 BIH M Jugić-SalkićFIN E Laine 4 63 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 64 6 9 10 GRE E DaniilidouESP A Medina Garrigues 77 3 7 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 SVK D HantuchováJPN A Sugiyama 3 4 SVK J GajdošováUSA A Harkleroad 6 6 CZE I BenešováCZE B Strýcová 2 6 6 CZE G NavrátilováCZE M Paštiková 6 1 3 WC GBR K O'BrienGBR M South 4 4 Q UKR Y FedakUKR T Perebiynis 6 6 EST M AniUSA M Tu 6 1 6 15 FRA N DechyARG G Dulko 4 6 3 12 RUS S KuznetsovaFRA A Mauresmo 4 6 6 ARG ME SalerniVEN M Vento-Kabchi 6 2 0 WC GBR C CurranUSA J Jackson 65 2 Q CZE L HradeckáCZE H Šromová 77 6 BLR 1995 T PoutchekBLR 1995 A Yakimova 2 3 LL ARG M Díaz OlivaRSA N Grandin 6 6 LAT L DekmeijereEST K Kanepi 2 2 5 GER A-L GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 6 6 SVK J GajdošováUSA A Harkleroad 7 6 CZE I BenešováCZE B Strýcová 5 4 Q UKR Y FedakUKR T Perebiynis 4 6 6 EST M AniUSA M Tu 6 4 2 12 RUS S KuznetsovaFRA A Mauresmo Q CZE L HradeckáCZE H Šromová w/o LL ARG M Díaz OlivaRSA N Grandin 2 65 5 GER A-L GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 6 77 SVK J GajdošováUSA A Harkleroad 1 1 Q UKR Y FedakUKR T Perebiynis 6 6 Q CZE L HradeckáCZE H Šromová 4 5 5 GER A-L GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 6 7 Q UKR Y FedakUKR T Perebiynis 63 6 6 5 GER A-L GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 77 4 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 RSA L HuberUSA M Navratilova 6 6 UKR A BondarenkoUKR K Bondarenko 3 1 SRB J JankovićSLO T Križan 6 6 SRB A IvanovicRUS M Kirilenko 3 4 WC GBR A KeenGBR A Keothavong 4 79 3 USA C GullicksonAUS B Stewart 6 67 6 TUN S SfarGER J Wöhr 3 4 11 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS A Myskina 6 6 14 FRA É LoitAUS N Pratt 5 77 3 ITA ME CamerinITA T Garbin 7 63 6 ESP L Dominguez-LinoESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 6 77 USA L GranvilleUSA S Perry 3 61 USA J CraybasCRO J Kostanić 1 2 SVK J HusárováRUS V Zvonareva 6 6 LL HUN M CzinkUSA V King 3 1 4 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 6 6 7 RSA L HuberUSA M Navratilova 6 3 6 SRB J JankovićSLO T Križan 4 6 4 USA C GullicksonAUS B Stewart 4 3 11 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS A Myskina 6 6 ITA ME CamerinITA T Garbin 6 6 ESP L Domínguez LinoESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 3 3 SVK J HusárováRUS V Zvonareva 0 64 4 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 6 77 7 RSA L HuberUSA M Navratilova 7 6 11 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS A Myskina 5 0 ITA ME CamerinITA T Garbin 6 2 0 4 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 4 6 6 7 RSA L HuberUSA M Navratilova 6 4 0 4 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 4 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 RUS E DementievaITA F Pennetta 6 6 AUT S BammerGER J Schruff 3 3 NED M KrajicekIND S Mirza 6 4 6 FRA S ForetzITA A Serra Zanetti 3 6 2 RUS V DushevinaRUS G Voskoboeva 77 64 8 JPN A MorigamiJPN A Nakamura 64 77 6 UKR Y BeygelzimerCZE E Birnerová 1 5 9 CZE K PeschkeITA F Schiavone 6 7 13 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 6 3 2 USA B MattekUSA M Washington 4 6 6 Q FRA S Cohen-AloroESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 6 Q USA L OsterlohUSA A Rolle 1 2 CZE K KoukalováCZE V Uhlířová 3 4 CHN N LiCHN S Peng 6 6 WC GBR R LlewellynGBR K Paterson 1 3 2 ZIM C BlackAUS R Stubbs 6 6 8 RUS E DementievaITA F Pennetta 6 6 NED M KrajicekIND S Mirza 4 2 RUS V DushevinaRUS G Voskoboeva 6 63 1 9 CZE K PeschkeITA F Schiavone 3 77 6 USA B MattekUSA M Washington 3 5 Q FRA S Cohen-AloroESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 7 CHN N LiCHN S Peng 2 ZIM C BlackAUS R Stubbs w/o 8 RUS E DementievaITA F Pennetta 5 2 9 CZE K PeschkeITA F Schiavone 7 6 Q FRA S Cohen-AloroESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 3 4 2 ZIM C BlackAUS R Stubbs 6 6 9 CZE K PeschkeITA F Schiavone 6 65 2 2 ZIM C BlackAUS R Stubbs 1 77 6 References External links 2006 LD 2006 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's doubles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships