2006 Qatar Ladies Open

The 2006 Qatar Ladies Open (known as the 2006 Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons), was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from February 27 through March 5, 2007.

2006 Qatar Ladies Open
Date27 February – 5 March
Edition6th
CategoryWTA Tier II
Draw28S/16D/32QS/4QD
Prize moneyUSD $600,000
SurfaceHard, Outdoor
LocationDoha, Qatar
VenueKhalifa International Tennis Complex
Champions
Singles
Russia Nadia Petrova
Doubles
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Japan Ai Sugiyama
← 2005 · Qatar Ladies Open · 2007 →

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event1 W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 1 11.75 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 322 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $95,500 $51,000 $27,300 $14,600 $7,820 $4,175 $2,230 $1,195 $640
Doubles * $30,000 $16,120 $8,620 $4,610 $2,465

1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  FRA Amélie Mauresmo 2 1
  RUS Nadia Petrova 8 2
  ITA Francesca Schiavone 11 3
  RUS Anastasia Myskina 12 4
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 14 5
  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 15 6
  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 16 7
  SCG Jelena Janković 21 8
  • Rankings are as of February 20, 2006.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  RUS Elena Likhovtseva   RUS Vera Zvonareva 20 1
  CHN Yan Zi   CHN Zheng Jie 28 2
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová   JPN Ai Sugiyama 31 3
  RSA Liezel Huber   USA Martina Navratilova 35 4
  • Rankings are as of February 20, 2006.

Other entrants

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The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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During the tournament

Finals

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Singles

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  Nadia Petrova defeated   Amélie Mauresmo, 6–3, 7–5

  • It was the 2nd singles title for Petrova in her career.

Doubles

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  Daniela Hantuchová /   Ai Sugiyama defeated   Li Ting /   Sun Tiantian, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was the 7th title for Hantuchová and the 32nd title for Sugiyama in their respective doubles careers.
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