2006 Qatar Ladies Open

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2006 Qatar Ladies Open
Date27 February – 5 March
Edition6th
Category WTA Tier II
Draw28S/16D/32QS/4QD
Prize money USD $600,000
Surface Hard, Outdoor
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Khalifa International Tennis Complex
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova
Doubles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama
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The 2006 Qatar Ladies Open (known as the 2006 Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons), was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from February 27 through March 5, 2007.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event1WFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles195137884925111.756.7541
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 322Q3Q2Q1
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

1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Amélie Mauresmo 21
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 82
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  ITA Francesca Schiavone 113
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Myskina 124
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 145
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 156
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 167
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  SCG Jelena Janković 218

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 Russia.svg  RUS Elena Likhovtseva Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 201
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yan Zi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 282
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ai Sugiyama 313
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Liezel Huber Flag of the United States.svg USA Martina Navratilova 354

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova defeated Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles

Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama defeated Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ting / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian, 6–4, 6–4

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