2006 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Gisela Dulko and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions, but Kirilenko did not compete this year to only focusing in the singles tournament. Dulko teamed up with Yan Zi and had to withdraw in the quarterfinal match against Natalie Grandin and Camille Pin.

Women's doubles
2006 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Vania King
Croatia Jelena Kostanić
Runners-upChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Score7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–2
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Vania King and Jelena Kostanić won the title by defeating Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds

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  1.   Virginia Ruano Pascual /   Paola Suárez (semifinals, withdrew due to a right calf strain on Suárez)
  2.   Gisela Dulko /   Yan Zi (quarterfinals, withdrew)
  3.   Eleni Daniilidou /   Anabel Medina Garrigues (withdrew due to a left calf strain on Daniilidou)
  4.   Alicia Molik /   Meghann Shaughnessy (withdrew due to a respiratory illness on Shaughnessy)

Draw

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Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   V Ruano Pascual
  P Suárez
6 6
  A Morigami
  A Nakamura
2 2 1   V Ruano Pascual
  P Suárez
3 7 6
  M Domachowska
  A Jidkova
6 6   M Domachowska
  A Jidkova
6 5 0
  K Taguchi
  A Takase
3 3 1   V Ruano Pascual
  P Suárez
LL   K Iijima
  J Namigata
1 6 1   Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
w/o
  Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
6 3 6   Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
6 6
  M Díaz Oliva
  J Schruff
6 78   M Díaz Oliva
  J Schruff
3 2
Q   A Matic
  C Wozniacki
4 66   Y-j Chan
  C-j Chuang
62 7 2
  L Dekmeijere
  S Uberoi
7 6   V King
  J Kostanić
77 5 6
  E Laine
  L Osterloh
5 4   L Dekmeijere
  S Uberoi
65 2
  V King
  J Kostanić
6 4 6   V King
  J Kostanić
77 6
LL   Y Sema
  M Tanaka
3 6 1   V King
  J Kostanić
6 6
  N Grandin
  C Pin
7 6   N Grandin
  C Pin
3 1
WC   M Arai
  S Okamoto
5 2   N Grandin
  C Pin
w/o
  C Castaño
  J Craybas
3 2 2   G Dulko
  Z Yan
2   G Dulko
  Z Yan
6 6

Qualifying draw

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Seeds

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  1.   Kumiko Iijima /   Junri Namigata (first round, lucky losers)
  2.   Antonia Matic /   Caroline Wozniacki (qualified)

Qualifiers

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  1.   Antonia Matic /   Caroline Wozniacki

Lucky losers

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Draw

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First round Qualifying competition
        
1   Kumiko Iijima
  Junri Namigata
3
    Raluca Olaru
  Abigail Spears
8
    Raluca Olaru
  Abigail Spears
2   Antonia Matic
  Caroline Wozniacki
w/o
WC   Yurika Sema
  Mari Tanaka
3
2   Antonia Matic
  Caroline Wozniacki
8

Raluca Olaru and Abigail Spears withdrew from the qualifying competition, with Spears citing personal reasons.

References

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