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.
Maria Sharapova defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2006 US Open. It was her second major title. She lost just one set during the tournament. By reaching the final, Henin-Hardenne became the eighth woman to reach all four major finals in a calendar year.
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.
Sofia Arvidsson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Meilen Tu.
Defending champion Justine Henin defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final, 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2) to win the singles tennis title at the 2007 Eastbourne International.
Alona Bondarenko was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the first round by Marion Bartoli.
Marion Bartoli was the defending champion, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Zheng Jie.
Venus Williams was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament started due to injury.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but lost to Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.
Aravane Rezaï was the defending champion; however, she was eliminated by Sofia Arvidsson in the first round.
María José Martínez Sánchez was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova.
Petra Kvitová defeated Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first major final and title. Kvitová became the first player born in the 1990s of either gender to win a major, the first Czech woman to win the title since Jana Novotná in 1998, and the first left-handed player to win the title since Martina Navratilova in 1990.
This was the first edition of the tournament.
The women's doubles of the 2007 ECM Prague Open tournament was played on clay in Prague, Czech Republic.
Květa Peschke and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but neither participated in the doubles competition of the tournament. Iveta Benešová and Janette Husárová won the title, defeating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–4 in the final.
The 2006 JPMorgan Chase Open singles statistics are for the 2006 WTA Tour, a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tennis competition.
Émilie Loit and Åsa Svensson were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. While Svensson did not compete this year, Loit teamed up with Marion Bartoli and reached the semifinals before losing to Olga Blahotová and Gabriela Navrátilová.
Marion Bartoli and Anna-Lena Grönefeld were the defending champions, but none competed this year as both were in Paris at the same week.
The women's singles of the 2006 ECM Prague Open tournament was played on clay in Prague, Czech Republic.
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