2006 IBF World Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
at the 2006 IBF World Championships
Women's singles ; at the 2006 IBF World Championships
Venue	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Location	Madrid, Spain
Dates	September 18, 2006 – September 24, 2006
Medalists

The women’s singles tournament at the 2006 IBF World Championships, the 15th edition of the World Badminton Championships, was held from 18 to 24 September 2006 at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. The competition featured 62 players from 34 countries competing in a single-elimination format. Xie Xingfang of China claimed the gold medal by defeating compatriot Zhang Ning in the final, while Xu Huaiwen and Petra Overzier of Germany secured bronze medals as the beaten semi-finalists.

Seeds

Results

Section 1

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Quarter Finals

1	Zhang Ning
	Bye				1	Zhang	21	21
	Rachel Hindley	22	16	12		Xing	8	8
	Xing Aiying	20	21	21					1	Zhang	21	21
13	Wong Mew Choo	18	22	21					13	Wong	13	13
	Chien Yu-chin	21	20	10	13	Wong	21	21
	Jeanine Cicognini	18	17			Ratnasari	19	8
	Fransisca Ratnasari	21	'21										1	Zhang	20	21	21
6	Yao Jie	21	21										10	Hallam	22	10	10
	Yu Hirayama	16	11		6	Yao
	Monthila Meemek	21	21			Meemek	WO	WO
	Maria Ioannou	13	4							Meemek	12	7
10	Tracey Hallam	21	21						10	Hallam	21	21
	Lucia Tavera	6	4		10	Hallam	21	21
	Ella Karachkova	3	21	21		Karachkova	9	8
	Perrine Lebuhanic	16	12

Section 2

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarter Finals

4	Wang Chen
	Bye				4	Wang	21	21
	Tania Luiz	9	8			Rice	17	13
	Anna Rice	21	21							4	Wang	20	21	20
16	Petra Overzier	22	19	21						16	Overzier	22	4	22
	Lee Yun-hwa	20	21	16	16	Overzier	17	21	21
	Linda Zechiri	21	21			Zechiri	21	15	14
	Harriet Johnson	12	17												16	Overzier	21	14	21
8	Kaori Mori	21	21												9	Jiang	18	21	14
	Anu Nieminen	18	11		8	Mori	21	21
	Anne Marie Pedersen	21	8	20		Xin	11	15
	Xin Xu Bing	17	21	22						8	Mori	13	18
9	Jiang Yanjiao	21	21							9	Jiang	21	21
	Saina Nehwal	10	16		9	Jiang	21	21
	Maja Kersnik	17	16			Bergblom	13	11
	Elin Bergblom	21	21

Section 3

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Quarter Finals

	Maja Tvrdy	21	21
	Sutheaswari Mudukasan	18	16			Tvrdy	7	13
	Sara Persson				12	Yip	21	21
12	Yip Pui Yin	WO	WO						12	Yip	20	12
	Nina Weckstrom	10	21	22					5	Pi	22	21
	Simone Prutsch	21	19	24		Prutsch	11	8
	Eva Sladekova	6	7		5	Pi	21	21
5	Pi Hongyan	21	21										5	Pi	17	10
	Agnese Allegrini	20	22	15									3	Xie	21	21
	Kamila Augustyn	22	20	21		Augustyn	18	13
	Cheng Shao-chieh	12	14		14	Rasmussen	21	21
14	Tine Rasmussen	21	21						14	Rasmussen	14	6
	Shannon Pohl	5	12						3	Xie	21	21
	Rachel van Cutsen	21	21			Van Cutsen	13	16
	Kati Tolmoff	14	14		3	Xie	21	21
3	Xie Xingfang	21	21

Section 4

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarter Finals

	Ekaterina Ananina	8	19
	Susan Hughes	21	21			Hughes	21	21
	Julia Mann	10	11		15	Hwang	15	12
15	Hwang Hye-youn	21	21								Hughes	16	21	11
	Charmaine Reid	10	14							7	Nedeltcheva	21	14	21
	Li Li	21	21			Li	21	19	15
	Grace Daniel	3	13		7	Nedeltcheva	13	21	21
7	Petya Nedeltcheva	21	21												7	Nedeltcheva	14	21	16
	Larisa Griga	21	14	19											2	Xu	21	17	21
	Trupti Murgunde	17	21	21		Murgunde	21	16	12
	Salakjit Ponsana	17	17		11	Hirose	6	21	21
11	Eriko Hirose	21	21							11	Hirose	19	10
	Nathalie Descamps	12	20							2	Xu	21	21
	Yoana Martínez	21	22			Martínez	19	18
	Bye				2	Xu	21	21
2	Xu Huaiwen

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

1	Zhang Ning	20	21	21

10	Tracey Hallam	22	10	10
					1	Zhang Ning	21	21

					16	Petra Overzier	19	11
16	Petra Overzier	21	14	21

9	Jiang Yanjiao	18	21	14
									1	Zhang Ning	16	14

									3	Xie Xingfang	21	21
5	Pi Hongyan	17	10

3	Xie Xingfang	21	21
					3	Xie Xingfang	21	21

					2	Xu Huaiwen	12	10
7	Petya Nedeltcheva	14	21	16

2	Xu Huaiwen	21	17	21

References

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Events at the 2006 IBF World Championships

Singles	men	women
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