2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open

2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Date	September 25 – October 1
Edition	3rd
Category	Tier III event
Prize money	$175,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Guangzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Anna Chakvetadze
Doubles
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian

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]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	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

• Chen Yanchong
• Li Ting
• Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Hao Jie
• Ren Jing
• Sun Shengnan
• Elise Tamaëla

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". Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2018-09-24.

External links

• Official website
• 2006 Results on the ITF Archived 2021-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
• 2006 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Results A Bondarenko, A Chakvetadze, & E Daniilidou, Champions