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.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedJelena Janković171 Li Na232 Anna Chakvetadze 273 Anabel Medina Garrigues314 Lourdes Domínguez Lino 415Meghann Shaughnessy426 Elena Vesnina547 Anastasiya Yakimova 568 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
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian defeated Vania King / Jelena Kostanić, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Prize money and points breakdown
Singles Round Money PointsWinner$25,855140Finalist $13,845100Semifinalist$7,30065Quarterfinalist$3,910352nd round$2,105201st round$1,2401
Doubles Round Money PointsWinner$7,260140Finalist $4,050100Semifinalist$2,14065Quarterfinalist$1,160351st round$6301
References
External links Official website 2006 Results on the ITF 2006 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Results A Bondarenko, A Chakvetadze, & E Daniilidou, Champions