title: 2006 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
text: # 2006 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
  
  Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but Santoro did not participate this year. Llodra partnered Thierry Ascione, losing in the first round.
  
  Julien Benneteau and Arnaud Clément won in the final 6–2, $6–7^{(3–7)},$ [10–7], against František Čermák and Jaroslav Levinský.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (withdrew)
  * Martin Damm / Leander Paes (withdrew)
  * Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (quarterfinals)
  * František Čermák / Jaroslav Levinský (final)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alt | A Seppi V Spadea | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Coetzee R Wassen | 7 | 6 | | | J Coetzee R Wassen | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Mahut P-H Mathieu | 6 | 6 | | | N Mahut P-H Mathieu | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | O Patience A Sidorenko | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Coetzee R Wassen | 6 | $6^5$ | [4] | | | | | |
  | 4 | F Čermák J Levinský | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | F Čermák J Levinský | 4 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | |
  | WC | T Ascione M Llodra | 4 | 6 | [7] | 4 | F Čermák J Levinský | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Gicquel F Serra | w/o | | | | M Gicquel F Serra | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Gasquet S Grosjean | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | F Čermák J Levinský | 2 | $7^7$ | [7] |
  | | N Almagro N Massú | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Benneteau A Clément | 6 | $6^3$ | [10] |
  | | J Benneteau A Clément | 6 | 7 | | | J Benneteau A Clément | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Kas O Marach | 3 | 5 | | 3 | J Erlich A Ram | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | J Erlich A Ram | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | J Benneteau A Clément | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | L Friedl M Mertiňák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Hrbatý R Söderling | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
  | | R Ginepri J Kerr | 1 | 3 | | | L Friedl M Mertiňák | 5 | $7^9$ | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Hrbatý R Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | D Hrbatý R Söderling | 7 | $6^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | J Eysseric C Saulnier | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  