WTA Tour 2006

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WTA Tour 2006
Period: January - November
Edition: 36
Number of tournaments: 61
Categories: Grand Slam (4)
WTA Championships
Tier I (10)
Tier II (15)
Tier III (17)
Tier IV&V (14)
successes
Most tournament victories: BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin (6)
Most of the finals: BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin (9)
Most prize money: BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin ($ 4,204,810)
Most points: BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin (3998)
Awards
Player of the year: FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo
Double team of the year: United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
Newcomer of the year: SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković
Newcomer of the year: PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska
Returner of the year: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis
The 2006 Grand Slam winners
Amélie Mauresmo at the 2009 US Open 04.jpg
Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships :
Amélie Mauresmo
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French Open :
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Maria Sharapova (United Nations Development Program 2010) .jpg
US Open :
Maria Sharapova


On the WTA Tour 2006 (officially: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 2006 ) in women 's tennis, the Women's Tennis Association held 61 tournaments in 36 countries.

The most successful player of the year was Justine Henin-Hardenne . She won six tournaments (Sydney, Dubai, French Open, Eastbourne, New Haven, Madrid) and also reached the final of all Grand Slam tournaments . Logically, at the end of the year she not only led the world rankings, but also the prize money list. The Russians Nadja Petrowa (Doha, Amelia Island, Charleston, Berlin, Stuttgart) and Marija Sharapowa (Indian Wells, San Diego, US Open, Zurich, Linz) each recorded five tournament victories.

In doubles, the American-Australian combination Raymond / Stosur dominated. A total of ten tournaments (Tokyo, Memphis, Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, French Open, Stuttgart, Linz, Hasselt, Madrid) were victorious for the duo.

In Portoroz, Tamira Paszek not only won a qualifier for the only time in 2006, but also the youngest tournament winner of the year at the age of 15. Anna-Lena Grönefeld in Acapulco, Vania King in Bangkok and Shahar Peer in Prague managed to win singles and doubles at each tournament.

The team competitions Hopman Cup and Fed Cup are not part of the WTA Tour. They are listed here because the top players usually play these tournaments.

Below are all the finals of the year and the 2006 world and money rankings.

Tournament schedule

category
Grand Slam
Tour Championships
Tier I.
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V
Others
Hopman Cup
Fed Cup

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32Q / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32Q = 32 pairings play the qualification
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
02.01. Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF - AU $ 1,000,000 hard court
AustraliaAustralia 

United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Taylor Dent
United StatesUnited States 
NetherlandsNetherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Peter Wessels
NetherlandsNetherlands 
2: 1
ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand Tier IV - $ 145,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
New ZealandNew Zealand 

FranceFrance Marion Bartoli RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova 6: 2, 6: 2
RussiaRussia Elena Lichowzewa Vera Swonaryova
RussiaRussia 
FranceFrance Émilie Loit Barbora Strýcová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 3, 6: 4
Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts Gold Coast , Australia Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
AustraliaAustralia 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 6: 3, 6: 4
RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 6: 3
09.01. Richard Luton Properties Canberra International Canberra , Australia Tier IV - $ 145,000 Hard Court - 32E / 30Q / 16D / 3Q
AustraliaAustralia 

SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Korea SouthSouth Korea Cho Yoon-jeong 6: 4, 0: 6, 6: 4
PolandPoland Marta Domachowska Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Claire Curran Līga Dekmeijere
LatviaLatvia 
7: 6 5 , 6: 3
Medibank International Sydney , Australia Tier II - $ 419,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
AustraliaAustralia 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 4: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 2
Moorilla Hobart International Hobart , Australia Tier IV - $ 145,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
AustraliaAustralia 

NetherlandsNetherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová 6: 2, 6: 1
FranceFrance Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt
AustraliaAustralia 
United StatesUnited States Jill Craybas Jelena Kostanić
CroatiaCroatia 
6: 2, 6: 1
16.01. Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - $ 6,137,500 Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
AustraliaAustralia 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne 6: 1, 2: 0 task
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
2: 6, 7: 6 7 , 6: 3
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi
IndiaIndia 
RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
6: 3, 6: 3
01/30 Toray Pan Pacific Open (Hall) Tokyo , Japan Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Carpet - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
JapanJapan 

RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 6: 2, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 6: 1

February

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.02. Open Gaz de France ( Indoor ) Paris , France Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
FranceFrance 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo FranceFrance Mary Pierce 6: 1, 7: 6 2
FranceFrance Émilie Loit Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 6 5 , 6: 4
Pattaya Women's Open by Yaris Pattaya , Thailand Tier IV - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
ThailandThailand 

IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer CroatiaCroatia Jelena Kostanic 6: 3, 6: 1
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Ting Sun Tiantian
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 5
02/13 Proximus Diamond Games (Hall) Antwerp , Belgium Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
BelgiumBelgium 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
FranceFrance Stéphanie Foretz Michaëlla Krajicek
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 1, 6: 1
Bangalore Open Bangalore , India Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
IndiaIndia 

ItalyItaly Mara Santangelo CroatiaCroatia Jelena Kostanić 3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 3
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
RussiaRussia Anastassija Rodionova Elena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
6: 3, 6: 3
February 20 Cellular South Cup ( Indoor ) Memphis , United States Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard - 32E / 26Q / 16D / 2Q
United StatesUnited States 

SwedenSweden Sofia Arvidsson PolandPoland Marta Domachowska 6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
Belarus 1995Belarus Wiktoryja Asaranko Caroline Wozniacki
DenmarkDenmark 
7: 6 2 , 6: 3
Dubai Duty Free Women´s Open Dubai , United Arab Emirates Tier II - $ 1,000,000 Hard Court - 28E / 26Q / 16D / 4Q
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 7: 5, 6: 2
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznewowa Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
3: 6, 7: 6 1 , 6: 3
Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar Bogotá , Colombia Tier III - $ 200,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
ColombiaColombia 

SpainSpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 7: 6 3 , 6: 4
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly 
HungaryHungary Ágnes Szávay Jasmin Wöhr
GermanyGermany 
7: 6 1 , 6: 1
02/27 Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 28E / 27Q / 16D / 4Q
QatarQatar 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 4, 6: 2
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniel Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Ting Sun Tiantian
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 4, 6: 4
Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco , Mexico Tier III - $ 180,000 Clay (Red) - 32E / 26Q / 16D / 4Q
MexicoMexico 

GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 2
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
FranceFrance Émilie Loit Shinobu Asagoe
JapanJapan 
6: 1, 6: 3

March

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.03. Pacific Life Open Indian Wells , United States Tier I - $ 2,100,000 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 6: 1, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 7: 5
March 20 NASDAQ-100 Open Miami , United States Tier I - $ 3,450,000 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 4, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
6: 4, 7: 5

April

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04/03 Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island , United States Tier II - $ 600,000 Clay (Green) - 56E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 6: 4, 6: 4
JapanJapan Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
6: 2, 6: 4
04/10 Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Clay (Green) - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1

May

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
01.05. Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal Tier IV - $ 145,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
PortugalPortugal 

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zheng Jie China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 6: 7 5 , 7: 5, retirement
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Ting Sun Tiantian
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
ArgentinaArgentina Gisela Dulko Maria Sánchez Lorenzo
SpainSpain 
6: 2, 6: 2
J&S Cup Warsaw , Poland Tier II - $ 600,000 Clay Court (Red) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
PolandPoland 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 7: 5, 6: 2
RussiaRussia Elena Lichowzewa Anastassija Myskina
RussiaRussia 
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 3, 6: 4
08.05. ECM Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic Tier IV - $ 145,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
FranceFrance Marion Bartoli Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael 
United StatesUnited States Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 4
Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin , Germany Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Clay Court (red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly 
6: 2, 6: 3
May 15 Internazionali d'Italia Rome , Italy Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Clay Court (Red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 4Q
ItalyItaly 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 6: 2, 7: 5
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Rabat , Morocco Tier IV - $ 145,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 26Q / 14D
MoroccoMorocco 

United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy SlovakiaSlovakia Martina Suchá 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
United StatesUnited States Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 6: 3
May 22nd Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France Tier III - $ 200,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 30Q / 16D
FranceFrance 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nicole Vaidišová SwitzerlandSwitzerland Peng Shuai 7: 6 7 , 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Martina Müller Andreea Vanc
RomaniaRomania 
6: 2, 7: 6 1
İstanbul Cup Istanbul , Turkey Tier III - $ 200,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
TurkeyTurkey 

IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer RussiaRussia Anastassija Myskina 1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 3
UkraineUkraine Aljona Bondarenko Nastassja Jakimawa
Belarus 1995Belarus 
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Alicia Molik
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 6: 4
05/29 French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 6,747,626 Clay Court (Red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
FranceFrance 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6: 4, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 3, 6: 2
SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro 
RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
6: 3, 6: 4

June

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
12.06. DFS Classic Birmingham , UK Tier III - $ 200,000 Turf - 56E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova United StatesUnited States Jamea Jackson 7: 6 12 , 7: 6 5
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković Li Na
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
United StatesUnited States Jil Craybos Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
6: 2, 6: 4
19.06. Hastings Direct International Championships Eastbourne , UK Tier II - $ 600,000 Lawn - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne RussiaRussia Anastassija Myskina 4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 5
RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
6: 2, 6: 4
Ordina Open’s -Hertogenbosch , The Netherlands Tier III - $ 200,000 Turf - 30E / 16Q / 16D / 4Q
NetherlandsNetherlands 

NetherlandsNetherlands Michaëlla Krajicek RussiaRussia Dinara Safina 6: 3, 6: 4
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Ana Ivanović Marija Kirilenko
RussiaRussia 
3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
26.06. Wimbledon Championships London , UK Grand Slam - $ 6,743,737 Lawn - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 16Q / 64M
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova Andy Ram
IsraelIsrael 
United StatesUnited States Venus Williams Bob Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 2

July

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07/17 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo , Italy Tier IV - $ 145,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 26Q / 16D / 4Q
ItalyItaly 

SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin 6: 4, 6: 4
SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Michaëlla Krajicek
NetherlandsNetherlands 
ItalyItaly Alice Canepa Giulia Gabba
ItalyItaly 
6-0, 6-0
Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati , United States Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 15D
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Vera Swonaryova SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik 6: 2, 6: 4
ItalyItaly Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko
ArgentinaArgentina 
PolandPoland Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
07/24 Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 6: 4, 6: 2
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael 
ItalyItaly Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 1, 6: 4
Budapest Grand Prix Budapest , Hungary Tier IV - $ 145,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 27Q / 16D / 4Q
HungaryHungary 

IsraelIsrael Anna Smaschnowa SpainSpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6: 1, 6: 3
SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Michaëlla Krajicek
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
07/31 Acura Classic San Diego , United States Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Hard Court - 56E / 27Q / 28D / 3Q
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 7: 5, 7: 5
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 2

August

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07.08. JPMorgan Chase Open Carson , United States Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 3, 6: 4
Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm , Sweden Tier IV - $ 145,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SwedenSweden 

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zheng Jie RussiaRussia Anastassija Myskina 6: 4, 6: 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Birnerová Jarmila Gajdošová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
0: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
08/14 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Montreal , Canada Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Hard Court - 56E / 28Q / 48D / 4Q
CanadaCanada 

Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Ana Ivanović SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 6: 2, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Nadja Petrowa
RussiaRussia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Anna-Lena Grönefeld
GermanyGermany 
6: 1, 6: 2
08/21 Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven , United States Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 32E / 28Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 0, 1: 0 task
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 6: 2
Forest Hills Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tennis Classic Forest Hills , United States Tier IV - $ 74,800 Hard Court - 16E
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy IsraelIsrael Anna Smaschnowa 1: 6, 6: 0, 6: 4
08/28 US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 8,332,000 Hard Court - 128E / 128Q / 64D / 32M
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne 6: 4, 6: 4
FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy Vera Swonaryova
RussiaRussia 
RussiaRussia Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
7: 6 5 , 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Bob Bryan
United StatesUnited States 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Martin Damm
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 2, 6: 3

September

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
11.09. Wismilak International Bali , Indonesia Tier III - $ 225,000 Hard Court - 30E / 11Q / 13D
IndonesiaIndonesia 

RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 7: 5, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
South AfricaSouth Africa Natalie Grandin Trudi Musgrave
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 3, 6: 4
Fed Cup Final Charleroi , Belgium Clay Court
BelgiumBelgium 
ItalyItaly Italy BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3: 2
18.09. Beijing China Open , China Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 4, 6: 0
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
RussiaRussia Anna Tschakwetadze Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 6: 4
Banka Koper Slovenia Open ( Indoor ) Portorož , Slovenia Tier IV - $ 145,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 3Q
SloveniaSlovenia 

AustriaAustria Tamira Paszek ItalyItaly Maria Elena Camerin 7: 5, 6: 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Birnerová Émilie Loit
FranceFrance 
without a fight
Sunfeast Open ( Indoor ) Calcutta , India Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D / 2Q
IndiaIndia 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis RussiaRussia Olga Putschkova 6-0, 6-4
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Sanie Mirza
IndiaIndia 
UkraineUkraine Julija Bejhelsymer Juliana Fedak
UkraineUkraine 
6: 4, 6: 0
25.09. FORTIS Championships ( Indoor ) Luxembourg , Luxembourg Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
LuxembourgLuxembourg 

UkraineUkraine Alyona Bondarenko ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 6: 3, 6: 2
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Liezel Huber
South AfricaSouth Africa 
2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
Hansol Korean Open Tennis Championships Seoul , South Korea Tier IV - $ 145,000 Hard Court - 32E / 26Q / 16D
Korea SouthSouth Korea 

GreeceGreece Eleni Daniilidou JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama 6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 6 3
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-young Mariana Diaz-Oliva
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 2, 6: 3
Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou , China Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D / 2Q
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6: 1, 6: 4
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Ting Sun Tiantian
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
United StatesUnited States Vania King Jelena Kostanić
CroatiaCroatia 
6: 4, 2: 6, 7: 5

October

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
02.10. Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Halle) Stuttgart , Germany Tier II - $ 650,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova FranceFrance Tatiana Golovin 6: 3, 7: 6 4
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Renne Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 3, 6: 4
AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo , Japan Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
JapanJapan 

FranceFrance Marion Bartoli JapanJapan Aiko Nakamura 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Vania King Jelena Kostanić
CroatiaCroatia 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Chan Yung-jan
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
7: 6 2 , 5: 7, 6: 2
Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan Tier IV - $ 145,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D / 2Q
UzbekistanUzbekistan 

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Sun Tiantian UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova 6: 2, 6: 4
Belarus 1995Belarus Wiktoryja Asaranka Tazzjana Putschak
Belarus 1995Belarus 
ItalyItaly Maria Elena Camerin Emmanuelle Gagliardi
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
without a fight
07-15.10. Kremlin Cup (Hall) Moscow , Russia Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Carpet - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
RussiaRussia 

RussiaRussia Anna Chakvetadze RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 6: 4, 6: 4
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone
ItalyItaly 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboyeva
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 6: 1
PTT Bangkok Open Bangkok , Thailand Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 20Q / 16D
ThailandThailand 

United StatesUnited States Vania King ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasu yarn 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Vania King Jelena Kostanić
CroatiaCroatia 
ArgentinaArgentina Marina Diaz-Oliva Natalie Grandin
South AfricaSouth Africa 
7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 5
16.10. Zurich Open (Hall) Zurich , Switzerland Tier I - $ 1,340,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
7: 5, 7: 5
23.10. Generali Ladies (Halle) Linz , Austria Tier II - $ 600,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
AustriaAustria 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 7: 5, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 0
10/30 Gaz de France Stars (Halle) Hasselt , Belgium Tier III - $ 200,000 hard court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 2Q
BelgiumBelgium 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters EstoniaEstonia Kaia Kanepi 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
GreeceGreece Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr
GermanyGermany 
6: 2, 6: 3
Challenge Bell ( Indoor ) Québec , Canada Tier III - $ 200,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
CanadaCanada 

FranceFrance Marion Bartoli RussiaRussia Olga Putschkova 6-0, 6-0
United StatesUnited States Laura Granville Carly Gullickson
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States Jill Craybas Alina Shidkova
RussiaRussia 
6: 3, 6: 4

November

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.11. Sony Ericsson Championships Madrid , Spain Tour Championships - $ 3,000,000 Hard Court - 8E / 4D
SpainSpain 

BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin-Hardenne FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 4, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
1 The date marks the beginning of the week

World ranking

The top ten at the end of the year:

rank Previous year Surname nation Points
1 (6) Justine Henin-Hardenne Belgium 3998
2 (4) Maria Sharapova Russia 3532
3 (3) Amélie Mauresmo France 3391
4th (18) Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia 2523
5 (2) Kim Clijsters Belgium 2251
6th (9) Nadia Petrova Russia 2189
7th (-) Martina Hingis Switzerland 2018
8th (8th) Jelena Dementjewa United States 1875
9 (7) Patty Schnyder Switzerland 1578
10 (15) Nicole Vaidišová Czech Republic 1391

Prize money

The top earners of 2006
rank Surname singles Double Mixed total
1 Justine Henin-Hardenne 4,204,810 - - 4,204,810
2 Maria Sharapova 3,799,501 - - 3,799,501
3 Amélie Mauresmo 3,281,737 54.902 1,838 3,469,727
4th Svetlana Kuznetsova 1,904,502 73,802 - 2,018,304
5 Nadia Petrova 1,288,045 91,469 - 1,559,514
6th Kim Clijsters 1,395,542 5,450 - 1,463,492
7th Jelena Dementjewa 1,158,169 58,336 - 1,429,005
8th Martina Hingis 1,103,326 900 55,311 1,159,537
9 Samantha Stosur 300.188 657.675 24,394 982.257
10 Patty Schnyder 746.293 6,142 - 883.685

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).