The 2006 İstanbul Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the second edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA Tier III tournaments of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was held in Istanbul from 22 through 28 May 2006. Fourth-seeded Shahar Pe'er won the singles title.

2006 İstanbul Cup
Date22–28 May
Edition2nd
CategoryWTA Tier III
Prize moneyUSD 200,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Israel Shahar Pe'er
Doubles
Ukraine Alona Bondarenko / Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
← 2005 · İstanbul Cup · 2007 →

Points and prize money edit

Point distribution edit

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 120 85 55 30 16 1 7.25 3.75 2.25 1
Doubles 1 7.5

Prize money edit

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $30,500 $16,450 $8,840 $4,745 $2,250 $1,370 $735 $395 $215
Doubles * $9,150 $4,900 $2,625 $1,410 $760

* per team

Singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  RUS Anastasia Myskina 13 1
  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 14 2
  RUS Anna Chakvetadze 27 3
  ISR Shahar Pe'er 32 4
  IND Sania Mirza 35 5
  COL Catalina Castaño 37 6
  ITA Mara Santangelo 40 7
  CRO Jelena Kostanić 53 8

1 Rankings as of 15 May 2006

Other entrants edit

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements edit

Doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld   USA Meghann Shaughnessy 15 1
  ITA Maria Elena Camerin    SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 98 2
  GRE Eleni Daniilidou   GER Jasmin Wöhr 106 3
  USA Ashley Harkleroad   USA Bethanie Mattek 150 4

1 Rankings as of 15 May 2006

Other entrants edit

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

During the tournament

Finals edit

Singles edit

It was the 3rd title for Pe'er in her singles career.

Doubles edit

It was the 1st title for both Bondarenko and Yakimova in their respective doubles careers.

References edit

  1. ^ "Peer upsets Myskina to win Istanbul". Eurosport. Reuters. 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

External links edit