en 2006 WTA Tier I Series

2006 WTA Tier I Series
Details
Duration	January 30 – October 22
Edition	17th
Tournaments	10
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Maria Sharapova (3)
Most finals	Maria Sharapova (4)
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The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money^[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open	Japan	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Jan 30 – Feb 5	$1,340,000
Pacific Life Open	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 6 – 19	$2,100,000
NASDAQ-100 Open	United States	Key Biscayne	Hard	Mar 20 – Apr 2	$3,450,000
Family Circle Cup	United States	Charleston	Clay (green)	Apr 10 – 16	$1,340,000
Qatar Telecom German Open^[3]	Germany	Berlin	Clay	May 8 – 14	$1,340,000
Telecom Italia Masters^[4]	Italy	Rome	Clay	May 15 – 21	$1,340,000
Acura Classic	United States	San Diego	Hard	Jul 31 – Aug 6	$1,340,000
Rogers Cup	Canada	Montreal	Hard	Aug 14 – 20	$1,340,000
Kremlin Cup	Russia	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Oct 9 – 15	$1,340,000
Zurich Open^[5]	Switzerland	Zürich	Hard (i)	Oct 16 – 22	$1,340,000

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Elena Dementieva	Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–0	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–1
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova	Elena Dementieva	6–1, 6–2	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 7–5
Miami Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–5
Charleston Singles – Doubles	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 4–6, 6–1	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Berlin Singles – Doubles	Nadia Petrova	Justine Henin	4–6, 6–4, 7–5	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	6–2, 6–3
Rome Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Dinara Safina	6–2, 7–5	Daniela Hantuchová*	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Rome Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Dinara Safina	6–2, 7–5	Ai Sugiyama	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
San Diego Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova	Kim Clijsters	7–5, 7–5	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 6–2
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Ana Ivanovic	Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–3	Martina Navratilova Nadia Petrova	Cara Black Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–1, 6–2
Moscow Singles – Doubles	Anna Chakvetadze	Nadia Petrova	6–4, 6–4	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone	Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboeva	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1
Zürich Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova	Daniela Hantuchová	6–1, 4–6, 6–3	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 7–5

References

^ "2006 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
^ "2006 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 23 August 2009.
^ "Berlin 2006 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "2006 Zurich Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.

External links

[1] "2006 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.

[2] "2006 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 23 August 2009.

[3] "Berlin 2006 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.

[collins-4] Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[5] "2006 Zurich Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.

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2006 WTA Tier I Series

Tournaments

Results

See also

References

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