2006 WTA Tour

Template:Short description Template:Infobox tennis circuit season The 2006 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 2, 2006, and concluded on November 12, 2006, after 61 events.

Justine Henin-Hardenne came out as the winner in a historic three-way battle for the No. 1 ranking at the season-ending WTA Tour Championships, beating out Sharapova and Mauresmo. The Belgian successfully defended her French Open title for her fifth Grand Slam title, and became the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1993 to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams and the WTA Tour Championships. Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, to add to her Wimbledon trophy from 2004. Amélie Mauresmo won her maiden Grand Slam at the Australian Open after a controversial retirement from Henin-Hardenne in the final. However, she later backed it up by winning a rematch with Henin-Hardenne in the Wimbledon final. She was the number one player in the world from March until the final event of the season.

Martina Hingis also made a successful return to the Tour, beginning her comeback at the Gold Coast event in January. She finished the season at No. 6 in the world and won the Tier I title at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.

Summary

Shortly before the beginning of the season former No. 1 Martina Hingis announced that she would return full-time to the tour for the start of the 2006 season, having already made an unsuccessful comeback attempt at an event in 2005.

File:AmelieMauresmoWimbledon2006.jpg

Amélie Mauresmo won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, and followed it with her second at Wimbledon.

Amélie Mauresmo won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open after years of questions about her nerves and mental strength. However, her victory was marred by Henin-Hardenne's controversial retirement in the final due to stomach cramps. Defending champion Serena Williams lost in the third round to Daniela Hantuchová, with some commenting on the "extra weight" that she was carrying.^[1] The loss was the beginning of a season of injury struggles for the American, which saw her at one point drop out of the top 100. In the doubles tournament, Yan Zi and Zheng Jie produced a historic win for Chinese tennis by becoming the first players to win a Grand Slam of any kind for the nation.^[2] Martina Hingis won her first mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi.

Following the Australian Open Kim Clijsters ascended to the No. 1 position after Lindsay Davenport lost her finalist points. She held it until March when she lost her Indian Wells champion points, allowing Mauresmo to return to the position. The Frenchwoman held it until the final event of the season. Mauresmo had continued her strong start to the season with titles in Paris and Antwerp. Elena Dementieva won her biggest career title to that point in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova won the Middle Eastern events in Dubai and Doha.

Maria Sharapova picked up her first title of the season in Indian Wells, beating Dementieva in the final. Svetlana Kuznetsova then won in Miami, her first Tier I title and second biggest overall, after a difficult 2005 season where she failed to back up her breakthrough in 2004 and dropped out the top 10.

The clay court season saw Hingis win in Rome for the biggest title of her comeback, but overall the period was dominated by Nadia Petrova, who went on an impressive 15-match winning streak, leading to titles in Amelia Island, Charleston and Berlin, beating Henin-Hardenne in the final of the latter. Her streak led to her being considered the favourite for the French Open title,^[3] but she suffered an injury and thus bowed out in the first round. Henin-Hardenne eventually defended her title and won her fifth Grand Slam by beating Kuznetsova in the final. Czech teenager Nicole Vaidišová made headlines by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal with victories over Amélie Mauresmo and Venus Williams. The doubles event was won by Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, while Katarina Srebotnik took home the mixed doubles trophy with Nenad Zimonjić.

The third Grand Slam of the year at Wimbledon saw all top four seeds reach the semifinals for only the fifth time in 25 years.^[4] Mauresmo and Henin advanced to the final, a rematch of their Australian Open final earlier in the season, with Mauresmo triumphant once more, becoming the first Frenchwoman in 81 years to win Wimbledon.^[5] Defending champion Venus Williams fell to Jelena Janković, making this year the first since 1999 neither Williams sister featured in the Wimbledon women's singles final. Williams did however make the mixed doubles final, losing to Vera Zvonareva who won her second Grand Slam in mixed doubles, partnering Bob Bryan. Yan Zi and Zheng Jie also won their second Grand Slam titles in the women's doubles event.

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Maria Sharapova won her second Grand Slam at the U.S. Open, and four other events throughout the year.

Serena Williams, Mary Pierce, Lindsay Davenport and Nadia Petrova all returned from injuries during the summer hardcourt season. Clijsters won her fourth Stanford title, before losing to Sharapova in the final of San Diego—the Russian's first ever victory over Clijsters.^[6] Dementieva won the title in Los Angeles, beating Janković in the final. Janković's compatriot Ana Ivanovic went one further the next week in Montréal, and by winning the event over Hingis she became the U.S. Open Series champion for that year.^[7] Sharapova eventually picked up the grand prize, taking the U.S. Open title over Henin-Hardenne in the final. Janković backed up her strong result in Los Angeles with her first Grand Slam semifinal. In the doubles tournament Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva won the title in only their fourth tournament as a team.^[8] Tennis legend Martina Navratilova won the mixed doubles title and then announced her retirement from professional tennis.^[9]

Sharapova continued her strong results following her U.S. Open title in the fall season, winning events in Zurich and Linz. Nadia Petrova won her fifth title of the season in Stuttgart, but lost to the Russian teenager Anna Chakvetadze in the Moscow final. Kuznetsova also enjoyed a successful fall, winning titles in Bali and Beijing, beating Mauresmo in the final of the latter.^[10] Kim Clijsters returned at the end of the season, having missed her title defence at the U.S. Open,^[11] and won the smaller event in Hasselt.

The season climaxed at the WTA Tour Championships with Mauresmo, Sharapova, Henin-Hardenne, Kuznetsova, Petrova, Clijsters, Dementieva and Hingis all qualifying for the event. The tournament saw a three-way battle for the No. 1 position between Mauresmo, Sharapova and Henin-Hardenne,^[12] which was eventually decided when Henin-Hardenne beat Sharapova in the semifinal.^[13] The Belgian went on to defeat Mauresmo in the final. In the doubles event French Open champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur triumphed, consolidating their position as the year-end No. 1 in women's doubles.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2006 WTA Tour schedule.^[14]

Key

Grand Slam events
Year-end championships
Tier I events
Tier II events
Tier III events
Tier IV events
Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Jan	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	Template:Flagu 2–1	Template:Flagu	Round robin losers (Group A) Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Flagu Template:Flagu	Round robin losers (Group B) Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Flagu Template:Flagu Template:Flagu
	MAW Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin Template:Flagicon Nuria Llagostera Vives
		Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli 6–2, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová	Template:Flagicon Kristina Brandi Template:Flagicon Julia Schruff Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko Template:Flagicon Tzipora Obziler
		Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Barbora Strýcová
9 Jan	Medibank International Sydney, Australia Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne 4–6, 7–5, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone	Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic
		Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 5–7, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez
	Richard Luton Properties International Canberra, Australia Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/30Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 0–6, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Cho Yoon-jeong	Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Bychkova Template:Flagicon Aiko Nakamura Template:Flagicon Julia Schruff Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink
		Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	Template:Flagicon Claire Curran Template:Flagicon Līga Dekmeijere
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek 6–2, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová	Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo	Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko Template:Flagicon Laura Granville Template:Flagicon Amy Frazier Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas
		Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Nicole Pratt 6–2, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić
16 Jan 23 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $6,137,580 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 6–1, 2–0 ret.	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis
		Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 2–6,7–6^(9–7), 6–3	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur
		Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva
30 Jan	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Tier I event Carpet (i) – $1,340,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva 6–2, 6–0	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina	Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová
30 Jan		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Feb	Open Gaz de France Paris, France Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 6–1,7–6^(7–2)	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit
		Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs
	Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya, Thailand Tier IV event Hard – $170,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er 6–3, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić	Template:Flagicon Sybille Bammer Template:Flagicon Nuria Llagostera Vives	Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño Template:Flagicon Emma Laine
		Template:Flagicon Li Ting Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian 3–6, 6–1,7–6^(7–5)	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie
13 Feb	Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 3–6, 6–3, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou Template:Flagicon Olga Savchuk Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder
		Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek
	Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open Bangalore, India Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo 3–6,7–6^(7–5), 6–3	Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić	Template:Flagicon Vania King Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink	Template:Flagicon Camille Pin Template:Flagicon Yuliana Fedak Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin
		Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Rodionova Template:Flagicon Elena Vesnina
20 Feb	Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tier II event Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne 7–5, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko
		Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone 3–6,7–6^(7–1), 6–3	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States Tier III event Hard (i) – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Sofia Arvidsson 6–2, 2–6, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska	Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas Template:Flagicon Amy Frazier	Template:Flagicon Lilia Osterloh Template:Flagicon Laura Granville Template:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki Template:Flagicon Shenay Perry
		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 7–6^(7–2), 6–3	Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka Template:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki
	Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolívar Bogotá, Colombia Tier III event Clay – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino 7–6^(7–3), 6–4	Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta	Template:Flagicon María Sánchez Lorenzo Template:Flagicon Ľudmila Cervanová	Template:Flagicon Bethanie Mattek Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko
		Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta 7–6^(7–1), 6–1	Template:Flagicon Ágnes Szávay Template:Flagicon Jasmin Wöhr
27 Feb	Qatar Ladies Open Doha, Qatar Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova 6–3, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Julia Schruff Template:Flagicon Li Na
		Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Li Ting Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian
	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Tier III event Clay – $180,000 – 32S/26Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–1, 4–6, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta	Template:Flagicon Maret Ani Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon María José Martínez Template:Flagicon Laura Pous Tió Template:Flagicon Natalia Gussoni Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy
		Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy 6–1, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Shinobu Asagoe Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Maret Ani Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Mar 13 Mar	Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States Tier I event Hard – $2,100,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
6 Mar 13 Mar		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 6–2, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy
20 Mar 27 Mar	NASDAQ-100 Open Key Biscayne, United States Tier I event Hard – $3,450,000 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie
20 Mar 27 Mar		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Apr	Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, United States Tier II event Clay – $600,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone	Template:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder
3 Apr		Template:Flagicon Shinobu Asagoe Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik 6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza
10 Apr	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States Tier I event Clay – $1,340,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova 6–3, 4–6, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño
10 Apr		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 3–6, 6–1, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy
17 Apr	Fed Cup: Quarterfinals Liège, Belgium, Hard (i) Ettenheim, Germany, Clay Valencia, Spain, Clay Nancy, France, Clay (i)	Quarterfinal winners File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3–2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3–2 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5–0 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4–1	Quarterfinal losers File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Flag of France.svg France

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 May	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland Tier II event Clay – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze	Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic
		Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 6–7^(5–7), 7–5 ret.	Template:Flagicon Li Na	Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou Template:Flagicon Zuzana Ondrášková Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko
		Template:Flagicon Li Ting Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian 6–2, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon María Sánchez Lorenzo
8 May	Qatar Telecom German Open Berlin, Germany Tier I event Clay – $1,340,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–4, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Li Na	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
		Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Li Na
	ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur	Template:Flagicon Kaia Kanepi Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai	Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Magdaléna Rybáriková
		Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Ashley Harkleroad Template:Flagicon Bethanie Mattek	Template:Flagicon Kaia Kanepi Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai
15 May	Telecom Italia Masters Rome, Italy Tier I event Clay – $1,340,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis 6–2, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Romina Oprandi Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva
		Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama 3–6, 6–3, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone
	GP de SAR La Princess Lalla Meryem Rabat, Morocco Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/26Q/14D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Martina Suchá	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko	Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Hana Šromová Template:Flagicon Anne Kremer
		Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 6–1, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Ashley Harkleroad Template:Flagicon Bethanie Mattek	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko
22 May	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey Tier III event Clay – $200,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er 1–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina	Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño Template:Flagicon Anastasiya Yakimova Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo Template:Flagicon Karolina Šprem
		Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko Template:Flagicon Anastasiya Yakimova 6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Tier III event Clay – $175,000 – 30S/30Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová 7–6^(9–7), 6–3	Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai	Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues	Template:Flagicon Martina Müller Template:Flagicon Elena Vesnina Template:Flagicon Li Na Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie
		Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 6–2,7–6^(7–1)	Template:Flagicon Martina Müller Template:Flagicon Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
29 May 5 Jun	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – $6,747,626 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis
		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama
		Template:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 Jun	DFS Classic Birmingham, Great Britain Tier III event Grass – $200,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva 7–6^(14–12), 7–6^(7–5)	Template:Flagicon Jamea Jackson	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Meilen Tu	Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone
12 Jun		Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Li Na 6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber
19 Jun	Hastings Direct Int'l Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Tier II event Grass – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne 4–6, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone
		Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
	Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Tier III event Grass – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou	Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez Template:Flagicon Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
		Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko
26 Jun 3 Jul	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $6,743,737 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond Template:Flagicon Li Na
		Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 6–3, 3–6, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez
		Template:Flagicon Andy Ram Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan Template:Flagicon Venus Williams

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Jul	Fed Cup: Semifinals Ostend, Belgium, Hard (i) Zaragoza, Spain, Clay	Semifinal winners File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 4–1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4–0	Semifinal losers File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
17 Jul	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Mason, United States Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Serena Williams	Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Amy Frazier
		Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko 6–4, 3–6, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza
	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/26Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin	Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci Template:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová	Template:Flagicon Julia Schruff Template:Flagicon Aravane Rezaï Template:Flagicon María José Martínez Sánchez Template:Flagicon Karin Knapp
		Template:Flagicon Janette Husárová Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek 6–0, 6–0	Template:Flagicon Alice Canepa Template:Flagicon Giulia Gabba
24 Jul	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 6–4, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin	Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas
		Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er 6–1, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko
	Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Tier IV event Clay – $145,000 – 32S/27Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova 6–1, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Template:Flagicon Martina Müller Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek	Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová Template:Flagicon Romina Oprandi Template:Flagicon Sara Errani
		Template:Flagicon Janette Husárová Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Lucie Hradecká Template:Flagicon Renata Voráčová
31 Jul	Acura Classic San Diego, United States Tier I event Hard – $1,340,000 – 56S/27Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 7–5, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce
31 Jul		Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Aug	JPMorgan Chase Open Carson, United States Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Serena Williams	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Bethanie Mattek Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy
		Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama
	Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina	Template:Flagicon Sofia Arvidsson Template:Flagicon Tsvetana Pironkova	Template:Flagicon Martina Suchá Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová Template:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki Template:Flagicon Li Na
		Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová Template:Flagicon Jarmila Gajdošová 0–6, 6–4, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie
14 Aug	Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada Tier I event Hard – $1,340,000 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic 6–2, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze	Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik Template:Flagicon Nicole Pratt Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er
14 Aug		Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova 6–1, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld
21 Aug	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–0, 1–0 ret.	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport	Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo
		Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur
	Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills, United States Tier IV event Hard – $74,800 – 16S Singles	Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy 1–6, 6–0, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova	Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin	Template:Flagicon Elena Vesnina Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Martina Suchá Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond
28 Aug 4 Sep	U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $8,332,000 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport
		Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva 7–6^(7–5), 7–5	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
		Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Sep	Fed Cup: Final Charleroi, Belgium, Hard (i)	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3–2	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
	Wismilak International Bali, Indonesia Tier III event Hard – $225,000 – 30S/11Q/13D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–5, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond Template:Flagicon Hana Šromová Template:Flagicon Olga Puchkova Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink
		Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Natalie Grandin Template:Flagicon Trudi Musgrave
18 Sep	China Open Beijing, China Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–0	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama Template:Flagicon Li Na
		Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez 6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze Template:Flagicon Elena Vesnina
	Sunfeast Open Kolkata, India Tier III event Hard (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis 6–0, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Olga Puchkova	Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Iroda Tulyaganova	Template:Flagicon Tamarine Tanasugarn Template:Flagicon Aravane Rezaï Template:Flagicon Alberta Brianti Template:Flagicon Alla Kudryavtseva
		Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–0	Template:Flagicon Yuliya Beygelzimer Template:Flagicon Yuliana Fedak
	Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Template:Flagicon Tamira Paszek 7–5, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin	Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit	Template:Flagicon Martina Suchá Template:Flagicon Martina Müller Template:Flagicon Andreja Klepač Template:Flagicon Jarmila Gajdošová
		Template:Flagicon Lucie Hradecká Template:Flagicon Renata Voráčová Walkover	Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit
25 Sep	Fortis Championships Luxembourg Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko 6–3, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone	Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy
		Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 6–4, 6–1	Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber
	Guangzhou International Guangzhou, China Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze 6–1, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues	Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Tzipora Obziler	Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik Template:Flagicon Olga Puchkova Template:Flagicon Chen Yanchong Template:Flagicon Li Na
		Template:Flagicon Li Na Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian 6–4, 2–6, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Vania King Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić
	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, South Korea Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/27Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou 6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3)	Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli	Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez Template:Flagicon Akiko Morigami Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva
		Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez 6–2, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Chuang Chia-jung Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Oct	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany Tier II event Hard (i) – $650,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova 6–3,7–6^(7–4)	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković
		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs
	Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier III event Hard – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli 2–6, 6–2, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Aiko Nakamura	Template:Flagicon Camille Pin Template:Flagicon Chan Yung-jan	Template:Flagicon Junri Namigata Template:Flagicon Youlia Fedossova Template:Flagicon Jamea Jackson Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama
		Template:Flagicon Vania King Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić 7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Chan Yung-jan Template:Flagicon Chuang Chia-jung
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tier IV event Hard – $145,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian 6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Iroda Tulyaganova	Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka Template:Flagicon Olga Puchkova	Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin Template:Flagicon Anastasia Rodionova Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Kateryna Bondarenko
		Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek Walkover	Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin Template:Flagicon Emmanuelle Gagliardi
9 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Tier I event Carpet (i) – $1,340,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova	Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova
		Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone 6–4,6–7^(4–7), 6–1	Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Galina Voskoboeva
	PTT Bangkok Open Bangkok, Thailand Tier III event Hard – $200,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Vania King 2–6, 6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Tamarine Tanasugarn	Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy	Template:Flagicon Sybille Bammer Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Template:Flagicon Aiko Nakamura
		Template:Flagicon Vania King Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić 7–5, 2–6, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva Template:Flagicon Natalie Grandin
16 Oct	Zurich Open Zürich, Switzerland Tier I event Hard (i) – $1,340,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 6–1, 4–6, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko Template:Flagicon Timea Bacsinszky
16 Oct		Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
23 Oct	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Tier II event Hard (i) – $600,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova 7–5, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová	Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur
23 Oct		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–0	Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
30 Oct	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Tier III event Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli 6–0, 6–0	Template:Flagicon Olga Puchkova	Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond Template:Flagicon Lilia Osterloh	Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Martina Suchá Template:Flagicon Aleksandra Wozniak Template:Flagicon Shenay Perry
		Template:Flagicon Laura Granville Template:Flagicon Carly Gullickson 6–3, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas Template:Flagicon Alina Jidkova
	Gaz de France Stars Hasselt, Belgium Tier III event Hard (i) – $175,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Kaia Kanepi	Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek	Template:Flagicon Sandra Klösel Template:Flagicon Aravane Rezaï Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone
		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou Template:Flagicon Jasmin Wöhr

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Nov	WTA Tour Championships Madrid, Spain Year-end Championship Hard – $3,000,000 – 8S (round robin)/4D Singles – Doubles	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–4, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva
6 Nov		Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur 3–6, 6–3, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs

Calendar and other changes

The French Open main draw began play on Sunday rather than the traditional Monday start, making it a 15-day tournament. Prize money between the men and women was also made equal for the first time.^[15]
Two new events were created: the Bangalore Open in Bangalore, India, replacing the previous event held in Hyderabad; and the Anda Open in Tel Aviv, Israel—later cancelled due to the 2006 Lebanon War.^[16]
The Advanta Championships was removed from the calendar.^[16]
The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was moved from its previous home of Filderstadt to Stuttgart.
The WTA Tour Championships were held in Madrid, Spain for the first time, having spent several years in Los Angeles. It stayed there for the 2007 season.
The four Grand Slam tournaments and Miami were made into mandatory events, meaning all players that qualified by ranking had to play them or they received a "zero-pointer" on their ranking.
Prize money of the standard Tiers was raised slightly: Tier I was now $40,000 higher, Tier II was $15,000 higher, and Tier III and IV both $5,000 higher.^[16]
The previous Tier V category was completely abolished.^[16]
Bonus points, where previously a player could receive extra points in addition to their round points depending on the ranking of the opponent they beat, were also abolished.^[17]
Also in 2006, the WTA began experimenting with on-court coaching, allowing players to call their coach onto the court for advice between sets. It was tested in five events during 2006, and continued in the 2007 season.^[18]
Electronic line calling, or "Hawk-Eye", was premiered during the season. The Sony Ericsson Open was the first event to utilise the new technology.^[19] Later that year, the U.S. Open became the first Grand Slam to use it. It has since been used in every Grand Slam tournament except the French Open (the ball leaves a mark on the clay, therefore it is not thought to be necessary.)

Statistics

List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:

Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne – Sydney, Dubai, French Open, Eastbourne, New Haven and WTA Tour Championships (6)
Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova – Doha, Amelia Island, Charleston, Berlin and Stuttgart (5)
Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova – Indian Wells, San Diego, U.S. Open, Zurich and Linz (5)
Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo – Australian Open, Paris, Antwerp and Wimbledon (4)
Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli – Auckland, Tokyo and Quebec City (3)
Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters – Warsaw, Stanford and Hasselt (3)
Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova – Miami, Bali and Beijing (3)
Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er – Pattaya City, Prague and Istanbul (3)
Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze – Guangzhou and Moscow (2)
Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva – Tokyo and Los Angeles (2)
Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis – Rome and Kolkata (2)
Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek – Hobart and 's-Hertogenbosch (2)
Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues – Canberra and Palermo (2)
Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy – Rabat and Forest Hills (2)
Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie – Estoril and Stockholm (2)
Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva – Birmingham and Cincinnati (2)
Template:Flagicon Sofia Arvidsson – Memphis (1)
Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko – Luxembourg (1)
Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou – Seoul (1)
Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino – Bogotá (1)
Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld – Acapulco (1)
Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic – Montréal (1)
Template:Flagicon Vania King – Bangkok (1)
Template:Flagicon Tamira Paszek – Portorož (1)
Template:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová – Gold Coast (1)
Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo – Bangalore (1)
Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova – Budapest (1)
Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian – Tashkent (1)
Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová – Strasbourg (1)

The following players won their first title:

Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli – Auckland
Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er – Pattaya City
Template:Flagicon Mara Santangelo – Bangalore
Template:Flagicon Sofia Arvidsson – Memphis
Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino – Bogotá
Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld – Acapulco
Template:Flagicon Tamira Paszek – Portorož
Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko – Luxembourg
Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze – Guangzhou
Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian – Tashkent
Template:Flagicon Vania King – Bangkok

Titles won by nation:

Template:Flagu – 18 (Tokyo, Indian Wells, Miami, Amelia Island, Charleston, Berlin, Birmingham, Cincinnati, San Diego, Los Angeles, U.S. Open, Bali, Beijing, Guangzhou, Stuttgart, Moscow, Zurich and Linz)
Template:Flagu – 9 (Sydney, Dubai, Warsaw, French Open, Eastbourne, Stanford, New Haven, Hasselt and WTA Tour Championships)
Template:Flagu – 7 (Auckland, Australian Open, Paris, Antwerp, Wimbledon, Tokyo and Quebec City)
Script error: No such module "flag". – 4 (Pattaya City, Prague, Istanbul and Budapest)
Template:Flagu – 3 (Estoril, Stockholm and Tashkent)
Template:Flagu – 3 (Canberra, Bogotá and Palermo)
Template:Flagu – 3 (Rabat, Forest Hills and Bangkok)
Script error: No such module "flag". – 2 (Gold Coast and Strasbourg)
Template:Flagu – 2 (Hobart and 's-Hertogenbosch)
Template:Flagu – 2 (Rome and Kolkata)
Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Portorož)
Template:Flagu – 1 (Acapulco)
Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Seoul)
Template:Flagu – 1 (Bangalore)
Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Montréal)
Template:Flagu – 1 (Memphis)
Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Luxembourg)

Rankings

Below are the 2006 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:

Singles Year-end Ranking^[20]
No	Player Name	Points	2005	Change
1	Template:Flagathlete	3,998	6	+5
2	Template:Flagathlete	3,532	4	+2
3	Template:Flagathlete	3,391	3	=
4	Template:Flagathlete	2,523	18	+14
5	Template:Flagathlete	2,215	2	-3
6	Template:Flagathlete	2,189	9	+3
7	Template:Flagathlete	2,018	NR	N/A
8	Template:Flagathlete	1,875	8	=
9	Template:Flagathlete	1,578	7	-2
10	Template:Flagathlete	1,391	15	+5
11	Template:Flagathlete	1,390	20	+9
12	Template:Flagathlete	1,211	22	+10
13	Template:Flagathlete	1,144	33	+20
14	Template:Flagathlete	1,053	16	+2
15	Template:Flagathlete	1,032	13	-2
16	Template:Flagathlete	1,000	14	-2
17	Template:Flagathlete	986	19	+2
18	Template:Flagathlete	951	40	+22
19	Template:Flagathlete	922	21	+2
20	Template:Flagathlete	894	45	+25

Doubles Year-end Ranking^[21]
No	Player Name	Points	2005	Change
1	Template:Flagathlete	3,858	3	+2
1	Template:Flagathlete	3,858	2	+1
3	Template:Flagathlete	2,996	30	+27
4	Template:Flagathlete	2,996	31	+27
5	Template:Flagathlete	2,516	1	-4
6	Template:Flagathlete	2,501	5	-1
7	Template:Flagathlete	2,242	25	+18
8	Template:Flagathlete	2,193	16	+8
9	Template:Flagathlete	2,094	34	+25
10	Template:Flagathlete	2,076	4	-6
11	Template:Flagathlete	1,799	11	=
12	Template:Flagathlete	1,772	14	+2
13	Template:Flagathlete	1,766	13	=
14	Template:Flagathlete	1,742	17	+3
15	Template:Flagathlete	1,663	19	+4
16	Template:Flagathlete	1,632	28	+12
17	Template:Flagathlete	1,593	6	-11
18	Template:Flagathlete	1,524	10	-8
19	Template:Flagathlete	1,315	20	+1
20	Template:Flagathlete	1,277	103	+83

Singles number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Template:Flagathlete	Year-End 2005	29 January 2006
Template:Flagathlete	30 January 2006	19 March 2006
Template:Flagathlete	20 March 2006	12 November 2006
Template:Flagathlete	13 November 2006	Year-End 2006

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	700	492	314	174	96	62	38	2	31	25	15	2
Grand Slam (D)	700	492	314	174	96	62	2	–	24	–	–	–
WTA Championships (S)	525	369	235	130	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Championships (D)	525	369	235	130	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tier I $3,000,000 (S)	350	246	157	87	48	31	19	1	15.5	–	7.5	1
Tier I $3,000,000 (D)	350	246	157	87	48	1	–	–	21.5	–	–	–
Tier I $2,000,000 (S)	325	228	146	81	45	28	16	1	11	–	6.25	1
Tier I $2,000,000 (D)	325	228	146	81	45	1	–	–	20	–	–	–
Tier I $1,340,000 (56S)	300	210	135	75	42	25	1	–	10.5	–	5.75	1
Tier I $1,340,000 (28S)	300	210	135	75	42	1	–	–	18.5	10.5	5.75	1
Tier I $1,340,000 (28D)	300	210	135	75	42	1	–	–	18.5	–	–	–
Tier I $1,340,000 (16D)	300	210	135	75	1	–	–	–	19	–	–	–
Tier II $650,000 (28S)	220	154	99	55	29	1	–	–	13.25	7.75	4.5	1
Tier II $650,000 (16D)	220	154	99	55	1	–	–	–	13	–	–	–
Tier II $600,000 (56S)	195	137	88	49	25	14	1	–	6.75	–	4	1
Tier II $600,000 (28/32S)	195	137	88	49	25	1	–	–	11.75	6.75	4	1
Tier II $600,000 (16D)	195	137	88	49	1	–	–	–	11.75	–	–	–
Tier III $225,000 (30S)	145	103	66	37	19	1	–	–	4.5	–	2.75	1
Tier III $225,000 (13D)	145	103	66	37	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tier III $175,000 (56S)	120	85	55	30	16	9	1	–	3.75	–	2.25	1
Tier III $175,000 (30/32S, 32Q)	120	85	55	30	16	1	–	–	7.25	3.75	2.25	1
Tier III $175,000 (30/32S, 16Q)	120	85	55	30	16	1	–	–	3.75	–	2.25	1
Tier III $175,000 (16D)	120	85	55	30	1	–	–	–	7.5	–	–	–
Tier IV $145,000 (32S, 32Q)	95	67	43	24	12	1	–	–	5.5	3.5	2	1
Tier IV $145,000 (32S, 16Q)	95	67	43	24	12	1	–	–	3.5	–	2	1
Tier IV $145,000 (16S, 16D)	95	67	43	24	1	–	–	–	6.25	–	–	–

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