2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles

Singles
2006 Qatar Ladies Open
Champion	Nadia Petrova
Runner-up	Amélie Mauresmo
Score	6–3, 7–5

Main article: 2006 Qatar Ladies Open

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to compete.
Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 7–5 in the final.

Main draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Amélie Mauresmo (Final)
2. Nadia Petrova (Champion)
3. Francesca Schiavone (Second Round)
4. Anastasia Myskina (Second Round)
5. Daniela Hantuchová (Second Round)
6. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Quarterfinals)
7. Elena Likhovtseva (First Round)
8. Jelena Janković (First Round)

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6
	WC	Martina Hingis	2	2
								1	Amélie Mauresmo	3	5
								2	Nadia Petrova	6	7
		Ai Sugiyama	1	62
	2	Nadia Petrova	6	7

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	A Mauresmo	6	6
	Q	N Uberoi	0	65					M Bartoli	0	2
		M Bartoli	6	7											1	A Mauresmo	6	6
	Q	S Uberoi	0	1												R Vinci	4	0
		M Vento-Kabchi	6	6					M Vento-Kabchi	2	3
		R Vinci	6	6					R Vinci	6	6
	7	E Likhovtseva	4	4																		1	A Mauresmo	6	6
																						WC	M Hingis	2	2
								3	F Schiavone	1	2
	WC	M Hingis	6	6				WC	M Hingis	6	6
		M Washington	1	2											WC	M Hingis	7	6
		M Kirilenko	6	6											6	S Kuznetsova	67	2
	Q	T Li	2	4					M Kirilenko	6	3	2
		J Zheng	0	1				6	S Kuznetsova	4	6	6
	6	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	J Janković	2	5
		J Schruff	6	7					J Schruff	6	6
		A Bondarenko	7	6					A Bondarenko	3	3
		V Dushevina	61	1												J Schruff	3	2
		A Sugiyama	6	6												A Sugiyama	6	6
	WC	S Sfar	3	3					A Sugiyama	7	66	6
								4	A Myskina	62	7	4
																							A Sugiyama	1	62
	5	D Hantuchová	7	5	6																	2	N Petrova	6	7
		K Peschke	64	7	1			5	D Hantuchová	6	65	1
		V Zvonareva	4	4					N Li	4	7	6
		N Li	6	6												N Li	4	4
	Q	E Daniilidou	6	6											2	N Petrova	6	6
		A Medina Garrigues	4	3				Q	E Daniilidou	1	2
								2	N Petrova	6	6

Qualifying draw

Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Singles.

Seeds

1. Yan Zi (Second Round)
2. Eleni Daniilidou (Qualified)
3. n/a
4. Sun Tiantian (Second Round)
5. Tatiana Poutchek (Qualifying Competition)
6. Kateryna Bondarenko (Qualifying Competition)
7. Anne Kremer (Second Round)
8. Kyra Nagy (Qualifying Competition)
9. Shikha Uberoi (Qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Li Ting
2. Eleni Daniilidou
3. Shikha Uberoi
4. Neha Uberoi

External links

• Results
• wtatour.com website
• iftennis.com website