2006 Generali Ladies Linz

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2006 Generali Ladies Linz
Date23–29 October
Edition20th
Category Tier II Series
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money USD $600,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Location Linz, Austria
VenueTipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur
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The 2006 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2006 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from 23 October until 29 October 2006 at the TipsArena Linz. First-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles title.

Contents

Finals

Singles

It was the 5th singles title for Sharapova in the season and the 15th title in her career.

Doubles

It was the 58th title for Raymond and the 15th title for Stubbs in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 8th for the pair during the season.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles195137884925111.756.7541
Doubles1

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$2,465

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 31
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 52
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Patty Schnyder 83
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Nicole Vaidišová 114
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 135
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 146
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anna Chakvetadze 167
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 178

Rankings are as of 16 October 2006

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lisa Raymond Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 192
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ai Sugiyama 233
Flag of France.svg  FRA Nathalie Dechy Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 344

Rankings are as of 16 October 2006

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

During the tournament

References

  1. Wood, Barry (29 October 2006). "Sharapova beats Petrova to claim Linz title". Reuters. Linz. Retrieved 4 February 2017.