2006 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles
# 2006 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles

Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together. Paes partnered up with Martin Damm, but they were eliminated by Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Štěpánek in the second round. Zimonjić played alongside Fabrice Santoro and reached the final, where they lost to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.

## Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi (champions)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (second round)
* Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić (final)
* Martin Damm / Leander Paes (second round)
* Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (second round)
* Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry (quarterfinals)
* Leoš Friedl / Julian Knowle (second round)
* Stephen Huss / Pavel Vízner (second round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | Mahesh Bhupathi Radek Štěpánek | 3 | 5 | 1 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | 3 | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić | 3 | $6^2$ |
| 3 | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | 3 | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić | 3 | $6^2$ |
| | José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto | 3 | 1 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| G Coria M García | 3 | 4 | | | C Haggard D Tursunov | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| C Haggard D Tursunov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| X Malisse O Rochus | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | | | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 3 | 6 | [10] | | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | J Erlich A Ram | $6^1$ | 6 | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Bhupathi R Štěpánek | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | 4 | M Damm L Paes | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| F González N Massú | 6 | 4 | [2] | | M Bhupathi R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| M Bhupathi R Štěpánek | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | M Bhupathi R Štěpánek | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| J Levinský Marat Safin | 3 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | Y Allegro R Federer | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Y Allegro R Federer | 6 | 3 | [10] | | Y Allegro R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | S Huss P Vízner | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 7 | L Friedl J Knowle | 4 | 7 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | S Bolelli A Seppi | 7 | 0 | [10] | Alt | S Bolelli A Seppi | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | I Andreev N Davydenko | 5 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | Alt | S Bolelli A Seppi | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | T Berdych J Nieminen | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | 3 | F Santoro N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | T Henman A Murray | 3 | | | WC | T Henman A Murray | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | F Santoro N Zimonjić | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | F Santoro N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Acasuso S Prieto | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 6 | S Aspelin T Perry | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Clément M Llodra | 6 | 6 | | WC | A Clément M Llodra | 6 | 3 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ferrer T Robredo | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | S Aspelin T Perry | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý C Suk | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | J Acasuso S Prieto | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Acasuso S Prieto | $7^7$ | 6 | | | J Acasuso S Prieto | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
