# 2006 ECM Prague Open

The 2006 ECM Prague Open, known also as 2006 ECM Prague Open by Ceska Sporitelna for sponsorship reasons, was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic from 8 to 14 May 2006. It was the 15th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2006 ATP Challenger Series and the 5th edition of the women's tournament which was part of the 2006 WTA Tour as a Tier IV tournament.

## Points and prize money

Note: this information was only available for the women's tournament

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 95 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 95 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 1 | — | 6.25 | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | $22,900 | $12,345 | $6,650 | $3,580 | $1,925 | $1,035 | $555 | $300 | $175 |
| Women's doubles * | $6,750 | $3,640 | $1,960 | $1,050 | $565 | — | — | — | — |
$_{*perteam}$

## Men's singles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CZE | Robin Vik | 74 | 1 |
| CZE | Jan Hernych | 80 | 2 |
| CZE | Lukáš Dlouhý | 86 | 3 |
| ARG | Carlos Berlocq | 82 | 4 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | 95 | 5 |
| CZE | Jiří Vaněk | 85 | 6 |
| ESP | Albert Montañés | 99 | 7 |
| PAR | Ramón Delgado | 107 | 8 |
$^1$ Source: ATP

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Dušan Karol
* Michal Navrátil
* Wolfgang Schranz
* Mike Steinherr
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Konstantinos Economidis
* Jan Hájek
* Petr Kralert
* Simone Vagnozzi
The following players received entry as special exempts:
* Marcel Granollers-Pujol (reached the final at Ostrava last week)
* Lamine Ouahab (won in Tunis last week)

## Men's doubles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Seed |
| CZE | Lukáš Dlouhý | CZE | Pavel Vízner | 1 |
| CZE | Petr Pála | CZE | David Škoch | 2 |
| AUS | Ashley Fisher | AUS | Jordan Kerr | 3 |
| RSA | Jeff Coetzee | NED | Rogier Wassen | 4 |

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Martin Damm / Dušan Karol
* Jan Hájek / Dušan Lojda
* Miloslav Navrátil / Filip Zeman
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Florin Mergea / Andrei Pavel

## Women's singles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 27 | 1 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 31 | 2 |
| ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 36 | 3 |
| FRA | Émilie Loit | 50 | 4 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 55 | 5 |
| ITA | Maria Elena Camerin | 59 | 6 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | 64 | 7 |
| UKR | Alona Bondarenko | 69 | 8 |
$^1$ Rankings as of 1 May 2006.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Nikola Fraňková
* Magdaléna Rybáriková
* Barbora Strýcová
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Victoria Azarenka
* Natalie Grandin
* Michaela Paštiková
* Agnieszka Radwańska

## Women's doubles entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Martina Navratilova | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 65 | 1 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 108 | 2 |
| ITA | Maria Elena Camerin | CHN | Peng Shuai | 110 | 3 |
| CZE | Gabriela Navrátilová | CZE | Michaela Paštiková | 141 | 4 |
$^1$ Rankings as of 1 May 2006.

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Nikola Fraňková / Kateřina Vaňková
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Kristina Brandi / Aleke Tsoubanos

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Robin Vik defeated Jan Hajek, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$

### Men's doubles

* Petr Pála / David Škoch defeated Ramón Delgado / Sergio Roitman, 6–0, 6–0

### Women's singles

* Shahar Pe'er defeated Samantha Stosur, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
It was the 2nd singles title for Pe'er in the season and her career.

### Women's doubles

* Marion Bartoli / Shahar Pe'er defeated Ashley Harkleroad / Bethanie Mattek, 6–4, 6–4
It was the 3rd title for Bartoli and the 1st title for Pe'er in their respective doubles careers.