2006 WTA Tour Championships

2006 WTA Tour Championships 7–12 November 36th Year-end championships 8S (round robin) / 4D $3,000,000 Hard/indoor Madrid, Spain Madrid Arena BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Samantha Stosur WTA Finals The 2006 WTA Tour Championships, also known as the Sony Ericsson Championships, was a women's round robin tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain. It was the 36th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 31st edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2006 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between 7 November and 12 November 2006. Fourth-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne won the singles event and earned $1,000,000 first-prize money as well as 525 ranking points. With her victory Henin-Hardenne secured her year-end No.1 ranking.Paul Logothetis Henin-Hardenne beats Mauresmo for first WTA Championships title http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2006-11-12-wta-championships_x.htm USA Today 12 November 2006Awesome Henin seals Madrid title https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6141580.stm news.bbc.co.uk BBC 12 November 2006Henin-Hardenne crowns a great year http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/11/12/tennis.henin/ CNN CNN 12 November 2006 Finals Singles 2006 WTA Tour Championships – Singles BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated FRA Amélie Mauresmo, 6–4, 6–3. Doubles 2006 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Samantha Stosur defeated ZIM Cara Black / AUS Rennae Stubbs, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. Singles Championship Race Singles Players in gold have qualified for Madrid. Players in brown withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Madrid. Rank Player Mandatory Events Best Other Tournaments Total points Tourn AUS FRA WIM USO MIA1234567891011121BEL Justine Henin-HardenneF492W700F492F492R641W220F210W195W195W195SF146SF1353,473122RUS Maria SharapovaSF314R1696SF314W700F246W325W300W300W195F154SF135SF88QF75SF553,297143 FRA Amélie MauresmoW700R1696W700SF314SF157W195W195F137F137SF135QF75QF75QF55QF49R161R1613,022164RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaR1696F492R3262R1696W350W195W145F137SF135SF135SF99SF99SF88SF88SF88SF88QF752,668214RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaQF75QF75QF49R1612,668215RUS Nadia PetrovaQF174R1282A0R3262QF87W300W300W220F210W195W195F137SF88QF49QF49QF49SF432,166225RUS Nadia PetrovaR321R321R321R321R161R1612,166226BEL Kim ClijstersSF314SF314SF314A0R641F210W195W195F137W120SF88QF49R1642R3211,980137RUS Elena DementievaR1282R3262QF174QF174R1648W300F228W195SF135SF88SF88QF75QF75SF55QF55QF49QF491,944207RUS Elena DementievaQF49R1642R1611,944208SUI Martina HingisQF174QF174R3262R6438R3231W300F210F210SF146W120SF88QF75QF75QF75SF55QF55R16251,926198SUI Martina HingisR1612R3211,926199SUI Patty SchnyderQF174R1696R6438R1696R1648F210F137SF135SF99SF88SF88QF75QF75SF66SF55QF49QF491,704259SUI Patty SchnyderQF49R1642QF30R161R161R161R321R3211,7042510RUS Dinara Safina R6438QF174R3262QF174R641F210SF135F85QF81QF75QF75SF55QF49QF49QF49QF49R16291,4422110RUS Dinara Safina R1625R1625R641R3211,4422111CZE Nicole VaidišováR1696SF314R1696R3262A0SF135SF135W120SF88SF88SF88QF75R1642R1625R3225R321R3211,3931811CZE Nicole VaidišováR321R1611,39318 References External links http://www.wtafinals.com WTA tournament draws WTA Tour Championships 2006 WTA WTA Category:2006 in Madrid