Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the two-time defending champions, but they were defeated in the second round by Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Vesnina.
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.
Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva defeated Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7-5 to win the women's doubles title at the 2006 US Open.
Yan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions but Zheng did not compete. Yan partnered with Peng Shuai but lost in the quarterfinals to Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo.
Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but did not play together. Stubbs partnered with Lisa Raymond but lost in the first round to Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro and Selima Sfar.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but Suárez did not participate due to injury. Ruano Pascual partnered Conchita Martínez, but lost in the first round to Jennifer Hopkins and Mashona Washington.
Twelfth-seeded Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated first-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, 2–6, 7–6 (7), 6–3 to win the women's doubles title at the 2006 Australian Open.
Nadia Petrova and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Navratilova retired from the sport on September 10, 2006, and only Petrova competed that year.
Petrova partnered with Svetlana Kuznetsova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Sun Tiantian.
The 2007 US Open women's doubles tennis tournament was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City. The event was won by first-time pairings Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina.
Jelena Janković was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams defeated Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–1, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2004 Miami Open.
Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but decided not to defend the title together. Hantuchová chose to play with Nadia Petrova while Sugiyama played with Katarina Srebotnik. Both lost in the second round. Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo won the title by defeating Tathiana Garbin and Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–1 in the final.
Liezel Huber and Magdalena Maleeva were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Huber teamed up with Ai Sugiyama and were eliminated in the quarterfinals, while Maleeva teamed up with Katarina Srebotnik and lost in the first round.
Alicia Molik and Barbara Schett were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Schett retired from professional tennis during this season.
Émilie Loit and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Émilie Loit and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Kim Clijsters and Janette Husárová were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Clijsters decided to focus on the singles tournament, which she ended winning.
The singles Tournament at the 2006 Banka Koper Slovenia Open took place between September 18 and September 24 on outdoor hard courts in Portorož, Slovenia.
Eleni Daniilidou was the two-time defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Mara Santangelo.
The doubles Tournament at the 2006 Gaz de France Stars took place between October 30 and November 5 on indoor hard courts in Hasselt, Belgium.
Émilie Loit 
Katarina Srebotnik 
Michaëlla Krajicek 
Ágnes Szávay 
