2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles

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.[1]

Singles
2006 Qatar Ladies Open
Final
ChampionRussia Nadia Petrova
Runner-upFrance Amélie Mauresmo
Score6–3, 7–5
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Main draw edit

Key edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Seeds edit

  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 edit

Results edit

First qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
1   Yan Zi 1 3  
    Li Ting 6 6       Li Ting 6 6  
WC   Manar Al Jazzaf 2 0       Li Ting 6 6  
    Isha Lakhani 3 4   5   Tatiana Poutchek 3 1  
    Tina Križan 6 6       Tina Križan 2 2  
WC   Martina Gregoric 0 1   5   Tatiana Poutchek 6 6  
5   Tatiana Poutchek 6 6  

Second qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
2   Eleni Daniilidou 4 6 6
    Ekaterina Makarova 6 1 1 WC   Antonia Matic 6 2 2
WC   Antonia Matic 2 6 6 2   Eleni Daniilidou 6 6  
WC   Sara Nael 0 0   8   Kyra Nagy 2 0  
WC   Stephanie Gehrlein 6 6   WC   Stephanie Gehrlein 1 1  
8   Kyra Nagy 6 6  

Third qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
9   Shikha Uberoi 6 6  
    Andreea Vanc 6 6       Andreea Vanc 2 3  
WC   Caroline Schneider 4 1   9   Shikha Uberoi 2 6 6
WC   Vanessa Henke 6 6   6   Kateryna Bondarenko 6 3 3
WC   Samia Medjahdi 1 1   WC   Vanessa Henke 7 5 2
    Angelika Bachmann 6 1 2 6   Kateryna Bondarenko 5 7 6
6   Kateryna Bondarenko 4 6 6

Fourth qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
4   Sun Tiantian 1 4  
    Neha Uberoi 6 6       Neha Uberoi 6 6  
    Ekaterina Dzehalevich 0 2       Neha Uberoi 6 65 6
    Elena Baltacha 6 6       Elena Baltacha 3 7 3
    Adriana Barna 0 3       Elena Baltacha 6 6  
    Shiho Hisamatsu 3 1   7   Anne Kremer 3 0  
7   Anne Kremer 6 6  

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