2006 WTA Tier I Series

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

2006 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationJanuary 30 – October 22
Edition17th
Tournaments10
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesRussia Maria Sharapova (3)
Most tournament finalsRussia Maria Sharapova (4)
2005
2007

Tournaments edit

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Jan 30 – Feb 5 $1,340,000
Pacific Life Open United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 6 – 19 $2,100,000
NASDAQ-100 Open United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 20 – Apr 2 $3,450,000
Family Circle Cup United States Charleston Clay (green) Apr 10 – 16 $1,340,000
Qatar Telecom German Open[3] Germany Berlin Clay May 8 – 14 $1,340,000
Telecom Italia Masters[4] Italy Rome Clay May 15 – 21 $1,340,000
Acura Classic United States San Diego Hard Jul 31 – Aug 6 $1,340,000
Rogers Cup Canada Montreal Hard Aug 14 – 20 $1,340,000
Kremlin Cup Russia Moscow Carpet (i) Oct 9 – 15 $1,340,000
Zurich Open[5] Switzerland Zürich Hard (i) Oct 16 – 22 $1,340,000

Results edit

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

SinglesDoubles

  Elena Dementieva   Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–0   Lisa Raymond
  Samantha Stosur
  Cara Black
  Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 6–1
Indian Wells

SinglesDoubles

  Maria Sharapova   Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–2   Lisa Raymond
  Samantha Stosur
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Meghann Shaughnessy
6–2, 7–5
Miami

SinglesDoubles

  Svetlana Kuznetsova   Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3   Lisa Raymond
  Samantha Stosur
  Liezel Huber
  Martina Navratilova
6–4, 7–5
Charleston

SinglesDoubles

  Nadia Petrova   Patty Schnyder 6–3, 4–6, 6–1   Lisa Raymond
  Samantha Stosur
  Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Meghann Shaughnessy
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Berlin

SinglesDoubles

  Nadia Petrova   Justine Henin 4–6, 6–4, 7–5   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
  Elena Dementieva
  Flavia Pennetta
6–2, 6–3
Rome

SinglesDoubles

  Martina Hingis   Dinara Safina 6–2, 7–5   Daniela Hantuchová*   Květa Peschke
  Francesca Schiavone
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
  Ai Sugiyama
San Diego

SinglesDoubles

  Maria Sharapova   Kim Clijsters 7–5, 7–5   Cara Black
  Rennae Stubbs
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  Meghann Shaughnessy
6–2, 6–2
Montréal

SinglesDoubles

  Ana Ivanovic   Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–3   Martina Navratilova
  Nadia Petrova
  Cara Black
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–1, 6–2
Moscow

SinglesDoubles

  Anna Chakvetadze   Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–4   Květa Peschke
  Francesca Schiavone
  Iveta Benešová
  Galina Voskoboeva
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Zürich

SinglesDoubles

  Maria Sharapova   Daniela Hantuchová 6–1, 4–6, 6–3   Cara Black
  Rennae Stubbs
  Liezel Huber
  Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 7–5

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2006 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "2006 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 23 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Berlin 2006 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  5. ^ "2006 Zurich Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.

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