2006 Generali Ladies Linz
2006 Generali Ladies Linz | |
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Date | 23 – 29 October |
Edition | 20th |
Category | Tier II Series |
Prize money | USD $600,000 |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Linz, Austria |
Venue | TipsArena Linz |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Maria Sharapova | |
Doubles | |
Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur |
The 2006 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2006 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–29, 2006 at the TipsArena Linz. Maria Sharapova won the singles title.
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 11.75 | 6.75 | 4 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $95,500 | $51,000 | $27,300 | $14,600 | $7,820 | $4,175 | $2,230 | $1,195 | $640 |
Doubles * | $30,000 | $16,120 | $8,620 | $4,610 | $2,465 | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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RUS | Maria Sharapova | 3 | 1 |
RUS | Nadia Petrova | 5 | 2 |
SUI | Patty Schnyder | 8 | 3 |
CZE | Nicole Vaidišová | 11 | 4 |
SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 13 | 5 |
SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 6 |
RUS | Anna Chakvetadze | 16 | 7 |
ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 17 | 8 |
Rankings are as of 16 October 2006
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Tatiana Golovin → replaced by Michaëlla Krajicek
- Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Mara Santangelo
- Dinara Safina → replaced by Samantha Stosur
Retirements
[edit]- Maria Kirilenko (right hip strain)
- Daniela Hantuchová (right rib injury)
- Mary Pierce (left knee injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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USA | Lisa Raymond | AUS | Samantha Stosur | 2 | 1 |
CZE | Květa Peschke | ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 19 | 2 |
SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 23 | 3 |
FRA | Nathalie Dechy | RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 34 | 4 |
Rankings are as of 16 October 2006
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following pair received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
[edit]Before the tournament
- Maria Kirilenko (right hip strain) → replaced by Müller / Schruff
During the tournament
- Nathalie Dechy (left knee pain due to a tendonitis)
- Daniela Hantuchová (right rib injury)
- Francesca Schiavone (right knee injury)
- Elena Vesnina (low back injury)
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Maria Sharapova defeated Nadia Petrova, 7–5, 6–2.[1]
It was the 5th singles title for Sharapova in the season and the 15th title in her career.
Doubles
[edit]- Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Corina Morariu / Katarina Srebotnik, 6–3, 6–0
It was the 58th title for Raymond and the 15th title for Stubbs in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 8th for the pair during the season.
References
[edit]- ^ Wood, Barry (29 October 2006). "Sharapova beats Petrova to claim Linz title". Reuters. Linz. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2016-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Results Archive (WTA)