2006 Qatar Ladies Open

2006 Qatar Ladies Open 27 February – 5 March 6th WTA Tier II 28S/16D/32QS/4QD USD600,000 Doha, Qatar Khalifa International Tennis Complex Hard, Outdoor RUS Nadia Petrova SVK Daniela Hantuchová / JPN Ai Sugiyama 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. Finals Singles 2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles RUS Nadia Petrova defeated FRA Amélie Mauresmo, 6–3, 7–5 It was the 2nd singles title for Petrova in her career. Doubles 2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles SVK Daniela Hantuchová / JPN Ai Sugiyama defeated CHN Li Ting / CHN Sun Tiantian, 6–4, 6–4 It was the 7th title for Hantuchová and the 32nd title for Sugiyama in their respective doubles careers. Points and prize money Point distribution Event1WFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles195137884925111.756.7541Doubles1 Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 322Q3Q2Q1Singles$95,500$51,000$27,300$14,600$7,820$4,175$2,230$1,195$640Doubles *$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 Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedFRAAmélie Mauresmo21RUSNadia Petrova82ITA 2003Francesca Schiavone113RUSAnastasia Myskina124SVKDaniela Hantuchová145RUSSvetlana Kuznetsova156RUSElena Likhovtseva167SCGJelena Janković218 Rankings are as of February 20, 2006. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: SUI Martina Hingis TUN Selima Sfar The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: CHN Li Ting GRE Eleni Daniilidou IND Shikha Uberoi USA Neha Uberoi Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedRUSElena LikhovtsevaRUSVera Zvonareva201CHNYan ZiCHNZheng Jie282SVKDaniela HantuchováJPNAi Sugiyama313RSALiezel HuberUSAMartina Navratilova354 Rankings are as of February 20, 2006. Other entrants The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw: GER Antonia Matic / BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: GER Angelika Bachmann / HUN Kira Nagy Withdrawals During the tournament CZE Květa Peschke / ITA 2003 Francesca Schiavone External links Official Results Archive (ITF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170101232243/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100013738 2017-01-01 Official Results Archive (WTA) Qatar Ladies Open Category:Qatar Ladies Open Category:2006 in Qatari sport