2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open

The 2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2006 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, China, from September 25 through October 1, 2006. Total prize money for the tournament was $175,000. Anna Chakvetadze won the singles title.[1] [2]

2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open
DateSeptember 25 – October 1
Edition3rd
CategoryTier III event
Prize money$175,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationGuangzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Anna Chakvetadze
Doubles
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SCG Jelena Janković 17 1
 CHN Li Na 23 2
 RUS Anna Chakvetadze 27 3
 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 31 4
 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 41 5
 USA Meghann Shaughnessy 42 6
 RUS Elena Vesnina 54 7
 BLR Anastasiya Yakimova 56 8
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 18, 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Anna Chakvetadze defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–1, 6–4

  • Chakvetadze won the first WTA title of her career.

Doubles
Main article: 2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

Li Ting / Sun Tiantian defeated Vania King / Jelena Kostanić, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

Prize Money and Points Breakdown

Singles
Round Money Points
Winner $25,855 140
Finalist $13,845 100
Semifinalist $7,300 65
Quarterfinalist $3,910 35
2nd Round $2,105 20
1st Round $1,240 1

Doubles
Round Money Points
Winner $7,260 140
Finalist $4,050 100
Semifinalist $2,140 65
Quarterfinalist $1,160 35
1st Round $630 1

References
  1. 2006 Results on the ITF
  2. 2006 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Results A Bondarenko, A Chakvetadze, & E Daniilidou, Champions



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