2006 Qatar Ladies Open

2006 Qatar Ladies Open
Date	27 February – 5 March
Edition	6th
Category	WTA Tier II
Draw	28S/16D/32QS/4QD
Prize money	USD $600,000
Surface	Hard, Outdoor
Location	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Khalifa International Tennis Complex
Champions
Singles
Nadia Petrova
Doubles
Daniela Hantuchová / 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.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles

Nadia Petrova defeated Amélie Mauresmo, 6–3, 7–5

• It was the 2nd singles title for Petrova in her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles

Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama defeated Li Ting / Sun Tiantian, 6–4, 6–4

• It was the 7th title for Hantuchová and the 32nd title for Sugiyama in their respective doubles careers.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event1	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 322	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	—	—	—	—

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

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Amélie Mauresmo	2	1
RUS	Nadia Petrova	8	2
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	11	3
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	12	4
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	14	5
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	15	6
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	16	7
SCG	Jelena Janković	21	8

• Rankings are as of February 20, 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Martina Hingis
• Selima Sfar

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Li Ting
• Eleni Daniilidou
• Shikha Uberoi
• Neha Uberoi

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	20	1
CHN	Yan Zi	CHN	Zheng Jie	28	2
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	JPN	Ai Sugiyama	31	3
RSA	Liezel Huber	USA	Martina Navratilova	35	4

• Rankings are as of February 20, 2006.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Antonia Matic / Tatiana Poutchek

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Angelika Bachmann / Kira Nagy

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Květa Peschke / Francesca Schiavone

External links

• Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Results Archive (WTA)