2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg

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2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg
Date25 September – 1 October
Edition11th
Category Tier II
Surface Hard / Indoor
Location Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
Champions
Singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Alona Bondarenko
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke / Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone
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The 2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Fortis Championships Luxembourg, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles195137884925111.756.7541
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
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$2,465N/AN/AN/AN/A

* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Dementieva 61
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 72
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Patty Schnyder 83
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dinara Safina 114
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 145
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  SCG Ana Ivanovic 156
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 167
Flag of France.svg  FRA Mary Pierce 188

1 Rankings as of 18 September 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Lisa Raymond Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 21
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dinara Safina Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 212
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 253
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Liezel Huber 344

1 Rankings as of 18 September 2006.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles

It was the 1st singles title for Bondarenko in her singles career.

Doubles

It was the 7th title for Peschke and the 5th title for Schiavone in their respective doubles careers.

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