2006 WTA Tier I Series

2006 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationJanuary 30 – October 22
Edition17th
Tournaments10
Achievements (singles)
Most titles Maria Sharapova (3)
Most finals Maria Sharapova (4)
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Main article: 2006 WTA Tour

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

Tournaments

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Jan 30 – Feb 5 $1,340,000
Pacific Life Open United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 6 – 19 $2,100,000
NASDAQ-100 Open United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 20 – Apr 2 $3,450,000
Family Circle Cup United States Charleston Clay (green) Apr 10 – 16 $1,340,000
Qatar Telecom German Open[3] Germany Berlin Clay May 8 – 14 $1,340,000
Telecom Italia Masters[4] Italy Rome Clay May 15 – 21 $1,340,000
Acura Classic United States San Diego Hard Jul 31 – Aug 6 $1,340,000
Rogers Cup Canada Montreal Hard Aug 14 – 20 $1,340,000
Kremlin Cup Russia Moscow Carpet (i) Oct 9 – 15 $1,340,000
Zurich Open[5] Switzerland Zürich Hard (i) Oct 16 – 22 $1,340,000

Results

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

Singles – Doubles

Elena Dementieva Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–0 Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur 		Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs 		6–2, 6–1
Indian Wells

Singles – Doubles

Maria Sharapova Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–2 Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur 		Virginia Ruano Pascual
Meghann Shaughnessy 		6–2, 7–5
Miami

Singles – Doubles

Svetlana Kuznetsova Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3 Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur 		Liezel Huber
Martina Navratilova 		6–4, 7–5
Charleston

Singles – Doubles

Nadia Petrova Patty Schnyder 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur 		Virginia Ruano Pascual
Meghann Shaughnessy 		3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Berlin

Singles – Doubles

Nadia Petrova Justine Henin 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		Elena Dementieva
Flavia Pennetta 		6–2, 6–3
Rome

Singles – Doubles

Martina Hingis Dinara Safina 6–2, 7–5 Daniela Hantuchová* Květa Peschke
Francesca Schiavone 		3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Ai Sugiyama
San Diego

Singles – Doubles

Maria Sharapova Kim Clijsters 7–5, 7–5 Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs 		Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Meghann Shaughnessy 		6–2, 6–2
Montréal

Singles – Doubles

Ana Ivanovic Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–3 Martina Navratilova
Nadia Petrova 		Cara Black
Anna-Lena Grönefeld 		6–1, 6–2
Moscow

Singles – Doubles

Anna Chakvetadze Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–4 Květa Peschke
Francesca Schiavone 		Iveta Benešová
Galina Voskoboeva 		6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Zürich

Singles – Doubles

Maria Sharapova Daniela Hantuchová 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs 		Liezel Huber
Katarina Srebotnik 		7–5, 7–5

See also

References

  1. ^ "2006 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "2006 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 23 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Berlin 2006 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  5. ^ "2006 Zurich Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.


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