2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg

2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg
Date	25 September – 1 October
Edition	11th
Category	Tier II
Prize money	$600,000
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
Champions
Singles
Alona Bondarenko
Doubles
Květa Peschke / 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.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg – Singles

Alona Bondarenko defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6–3, 6–2 ^[1]

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

Doubles

Main article: 2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg – Doubles

Květa Peschke / Francesca Schiavone defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Liezel Huber, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

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

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	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

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	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	—	—	—	—

_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Elena Dementieva	6	1
RUS	Nadia Petrova	7	2
SUI	Patty Schnyder	8	3
RUS	Dinara Safina	11	4
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	14	5
SCG	Ana Ivanovic	15	6
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	16	7
FRA	Mary Pierce	18	8

¹ Rankings as of 18 September 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Elena Dementieva
• Anne Kremer
• Chanda Rubin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Karin Knapp
• Tatjana Malek
• Agnieszka Radwańska
• Roberta Vinci

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Lisa Raymond	AUS	Samantha Stosur	2	1
RUS	Dinara Safina	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	21	2
CZE	Květa Peschke	ITA	Francesca Schiavone	25	3
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	RSA	Liezel Huber	34	4

¹ Rankings as of 18 September 2006.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kirsten Flipkens / Yanina Wickmayer

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kristina Barrois / Agnieszka Radwańska

References

1. "Bondarenko titles at Luxembourg". UPI. Luxembourg City. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

External links

• Official results archive (ITF)
• Official results archive (WTA)