2006 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2006 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Final
Champions	Anna-Lena Grönefeld; Meghann Shaughnessy
Runners-up	Shinobu Asagoe; Émilie Loit
Score	6–1, 6–3
Details
Draw	16 (1WC/1Q)
Seeds	4
Events

Alina Jidkova and Tatiana Perebiynis were the defending champions, but none entered this year. Perebiynis opted to rest in order to compete at Indian Wells the following week.

Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Shinobu Asagoe and Émilie Loit 6–1, 6–3 in the final.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Meghann Shaughnessy (champions)
Shinobu Asagoe / Émilie Loit (final)
Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a low back dysfunction on Pennetta)
Iveta Benešová / Tathiana Garbin (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

1	AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	6
	E Gagliardi A Serra Zanetti	0	1		1	AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	6
Q	S Errani A Parra Santonja	6	1	7	Q	S Errani A Parra Santonja	1	1
	E Birnerova B Mattek	3	6	5						1	AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	6
4	I Benešová T Garbin	6	6								G Navrátilová V Uhlířová	1	3
	H Šromová B Záhlavová	3	4		4	I Benešová T Garbin	5	3
	Á Szávay J Wöhr	6⁵	2			G Navrátilová V Uhlířová	7	6
	G Navrátilová V Uhlířová	7⁷	6											1	AL Grönefeld M Shaughnessy	6	6
	Z Gubacsi V Sassi	1	2											2	S Asagoe É Loit	1	3
	L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6			L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo
	C Curran L Osterloh	2	2		3	G Dulko F Pennetta	w	/	o
3	G Dulko F Pennetta	6	6								L Domínguez Lino M Sánchez Lorenzo	0	1
WC	E Clarke D Múñoz Gallegos	2	1							2	S Asagoe É Loit	6	6
	C Martínez Granados MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6			C Martínez Granados MJ Martínez Sánchez	4	6	1
	MJ Argeri L Sobral	3	6	3	2	S Asagoe É Loit	6	4	6
2	S Asagoe É Loit	6	4	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Sara Errani / Arantxa Parra Santonja (qualified)
Laura Pous Tió / Anastasiya Yakimova (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Sara Errani / Arantxa Parra Santonja

Qualifying draw

First round			Qualifying competition

1	Sara Errani Arantxa Parra Santonja	8

WC	Marcela Arroyo Melissa Torres Sandoval	5
			1	Sara Errani Arantxa Parra Santonja	7	3	6

			2	Laura Pous Tió Anastasiya Yakimova	5	6	3
	Maret Ani Paula García	1

2	Laura Pous Tió Anastasiya Yakimova	8

References

^ "Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2006 presentado por HSBC (27 de febrero – 4 de marzo)". Abierto Mexicano de Tenis (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021. Shortly after her (singles) victory, Grönefeld returned to the clay court to also win the doubles championship alongside american Meghann Shaughnessy, defesting Émilie Loit (FRA) and Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) 6-1, 6-3. Grönefeld became the first female player on winning the singles and doubles titles in a same edition.
^ Contreras Legaspi, Carlos (19 February 2020). "Todos los campeones del Abierto Mexicano de Tenis" [Every winner of the Mexican Tennis Open]. Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021. Women's doubles - 2006 Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Ale)/Meghann Shaughnessy (EU)

External links

[1] "Abierto Mexicano Telcel 2006 presentado por HSBC (27 de febrero – 4 de marzo)". Abierto Mexicano de Tenis (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021. Shortly after her (singles) victory, Grönefeld returned to the clay court to also win the doubles championship alongside american Meghann Shaughnessy, defesting Émilie Loit (FRA) and Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) 6-1, 6-3. Grönefeld became the first female player on winning the singles and doubles titles in a same edition.

[2] Contreras Legaspi, Carlos (19 February 2020). "Todos los campeones del Abierto Mexicano de Tenis" [Every winner of the Mexican Tennis Open]. Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2021. Women's doubles - 2006 Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Ale)/Meghann Shaughnessy (EU)

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