2006 Hansol Korea Open | |
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Date | 25 September – 1 October |
Edition | 3rd |
Category | WTA Tier IV |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $145,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Seoul, South Korea |
Venue | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Eleni Daniilidou | |
Doubles | |
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez |
The 2006 Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament, and part of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 25 September and 1 October 2006. Unseeded Eleni Daniilidou won the singles title. [1]
Eleni Daniilidou defeated Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Chuang Chia-jung / Mariana Díaz Oliva, 6–2, 6–3
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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SUI | Martina Hingis | 9 | 1 |
RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 25 | 2 |
FRA | Marion Bartoli | 26 | 3 |
JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 28 | 4 |
RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 29 | 5 |
SWE | Sofia Arvidsson | 35 | 6 |
ARG | Gisela Dulko | 39 | 7 |
CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 40 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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ESP | Virginia Ruano Pascual | ARG | Paola Suárez | 26 | 1 |
RUS | Vera Dushevina | RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 65 | 2 |
ARG | Gisela Dulko | FIN | Emma Laine | 107 | 3 |
FRA | Séverine Brémond | GRE | Eleni Daniilidou | 151 | 4 |
Paola Suárez is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascual, and holding the No. 1 doubles ranking for 87 non-consecutive weeks. She was also a singles top ten player and semifinalist at the 2004 French Open.
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) titles as well as reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles.
Eleni Daniilidou is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete.
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