2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles

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

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]

Main draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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	6^2
	2	Nadia Petrova	6	7

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	A Mauresmo	6	6
Q	N Uberoi	0	6^5					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	6^7	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	6^1	1												J Schruff	3	2
	A Sugiyama	6	6												A Sugiyama	6	6
WC	S Sfar	3	3					A Sugiyama	7	6^6	6
							4	A Myskina	6^2	7	4
																						A Sugiyama	1	6^2
5	D Hantuchová	7	5	6																	2	N Petrova	6	7
	K Peschke	6^4	7	1			5	D Hantuchová	6	6^5	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

Results

First Qualifier

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

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

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

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	6^5	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

References

1. 'Nadia Petrova: singles champion Doha 2006'

External links

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