2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International

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2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
Date9–15 January
Edition6th
Category WTA Tier IV
Draw32S/30Q/16D
Prize moneyUS$145,000
Surface Hard (Rebound Ace)
Location Canberra, Australia
Venue Domain Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
Doubles
Flag of Poland.svg Marta Domachowska / Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci
  2005  · Canberra International

The 2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Domain Tennis Centre in Canberra, Australia, from 9 to 15 January 2006. [1]

Contents

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 321
Flag of France.svg  FRA Marion Bartoli [2] 332
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová [3] 423
Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Shahar Pe'er 454
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 515
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Catalina Castaño 546
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marta Domachowska 567
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Sofia Arvidsson 588
Flag of France.svg  FRA Virginie Razzano 599

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Champions

Singles

Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Yoon-jeong, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of Poland.svg Marta Domachowska / Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci defeated Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Claire Curran / Flag of Latvia.svg Līga Dekmeijere, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

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