# 2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to compete. Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 7–5 in the final.

## Main draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Amélie Mauresmo (final)
* Nadia Petrova (champion)
* Francesca Schiavone (second round)
* Anastasia Myskina (second round)
* Daniela Hantuchová (second round)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals)
* Elena Likhovtseva (first round)
* Jelena Janković (first round)

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Amélie Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Martina Hingis | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Martina Hingis | 2 | 2 | 1 | Amélie Mauresmo | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | 2 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 7 |
| | Ai Sugiyama | 1 | 6$^2$ | 2 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 1 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Uberoi | 0 | 6$^5$ | | M Bartoli | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bartoli | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Uberoi | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | R Vinci | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | | M Vento-Kabchi | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Likhovtseva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | M Hingis | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | 3 | F Schiavone | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | WC | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Washington | 1 | 2 | | | | | | WC | M Hingis | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | S Kuznetsova | 6$^7$ | 2 | | | | |
| Q | T Li | 2 | 4 | | M Kirilenko | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Zheng | 0 | 1 | 6 | S Kuznetsova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | J Janković | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Schruff | 6 | 7 | | | J Schruff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bondarenko | 7 | 6 | | | A Bondarenko | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina | 6$^1$ | 1 | | | | | | | | J Schruff | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Sfar | 3 | 3 | | | A Sugiyama | 7 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | A Myskina | 6$^2$ | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Sugiyama | 1 | 6$^2$ |
| 5 | D Hantuchová | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Petrova | 6 | 7 |
| | K Peschke | 6$^4$ | 7 | 1 | 5 | D Hantuchová | 6 | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Zvonareva | 4 | 4 | | | N Li | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Li | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | E Daniilidou | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues | 4 | 3 | | Q | E Daniilidou | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying draw

Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Singles.

### Seeds

* Yan Zi (second round)
* Eleni Daniilidou (qualified)
* n/a
* Sun Tiantian (second round)
* Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition)
* Kateryna Bondarenko (qualifying competition)
* Anne Kremer (second round)
* Kyra Nagy (qualifying competition)
* Shikha Uberoi (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Li Ting
* Eleni Daniilidou
* Shikha Uberoi
* Neha Uberoi

### Results
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 1 | Yan Zi | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Li Ting | 6 | 6 | | Li Ting | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Manar Al Jazzaf | 2 | 0 | | | | | | Li Ting | 6 | 6 |
| | Isha Lakhani | 3 | 4 | | | | | 5 | Tatiana Poutchek | 3 | 1 |
| | Tina Križan | 6 | 6 | | Tina Križan | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Martina Gregoric | 0 | 1 | 5 | Tatiana Poutchek | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Tatiana Poutchek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 2 | Eleni Daniilidou | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ekaterina Makarova | 6 | 1 | 1 | WC | Antonia Matic | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Antonia Matic | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Eleni Daniilidou | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Sara Nael | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 8 | Kyra Nagy | 2 | 0 |
| WC | Stephanie Gehrlein | 6 | 6 | | WC | Stephanie Gehrlein | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Kyra Nagy | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 9 | Shikha Uberoi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Andreea Vanc | 6 | 6 | | | Andreea Vanc | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | Caroline Schneider | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 9 | Shikha Uberoi | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Vanessa Henke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| WC | Samia Medjahdi | 1 | 1 | | WC | Vanessa Henke | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Angelika Bachmann | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Kateryna Bondarenko | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | 4 | Sun Tiantian | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | Neha Uberoi | 6 | 6 | | Neha Uberoi | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | 0 | 2 | | | | | Neha Uberoi | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 |
| | Elena Baltacha | 6 | 6 | | | | | Elena Baltacha | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| | Adriana Barna | 0 | 3 | | Elena Baltacha | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Shiho Hisamatsu | 3 | 1 | 7 | Anne Kremer | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| 7 | Anne Kremer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |