Alicia Molik and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but Molik did not compete this year. Schiavone teamed up with Květa Peschke and lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva.
Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Li Ting and Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds
Draw
Draw
Qualifying Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Doubles.
Seeds
Qualifiers Angelika Bachmann / Kira Nagy
Qualifying draw
References ITF Tournament profile Main and Qualifying Draws (WTA)