2006 Qatar Ladies Open Explained

The 2006 Qatar Ladies Open (known as the 2006 Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons), was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from February 27 through March 5, 2007.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event¹	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	195	137	88	49	25	1	11.75	6.75	4	1
Doubles	195	137	88	49	1		11.75

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32²	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	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

¹ Points per the WTA.² Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
France	Amélie Mauresmo	2	1
Russian Federation	Nadia Petrova	8	2
Italy	Francesca Schiavone	11	3
Russian Federation	Anastasia Myskina	12	4
Slovakia	Daniela Hantuchová	14	5
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova	15	6
Russian Federation	Elena Likhovtseva	16	7
	Jelena Janković	21	8

Rankings are as of February 20, 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Russian Federation	Elena Likhovtseva	Russian Federation	Vera Zvonareva	20	1
China	Yan Zi	China	Zheng Jie	28	2
Slovakia	Daniela Hantuchová	Japan	Ai Sugiyama	31	3
	Liezel Huber		Martina Navratilova	35	4