2006 WTA Tour Championships

Template:TennisEventInfo The 2006 WTA Tour Championships, also known as the Sony Ericsson Championships, was a women's round robin tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain. It was the 36th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 31st edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2006 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between 7 November and 12 November 2006. Fourth-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne won the singles event and earned $1,000,000 first-prize money as well as 525 ranking points. With her victory Henin-Hardenne secured her year-end No.1 ranking.

Finals

Singles

Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo, 6–4, 6–3.

Doubles

Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond / Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur defeated Template:Flagicon Cara Black / Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.

Singles Championship Race

Singles

Players in gold have qualified for Madrid. Players in brown withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Madrid.

Rank	Player	Mandatory Events					Best Other Tournaments												Total points	Tourn
		AUS	FRA	WIM	USO	MIA	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne	F 492	W 700	F 492	F 492	R64 1	W 220	F 210	W 195	W 195	W 195	SF 146	SF 135						3,473	12
2	Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova	SF 314	R16 96	SF 314	W 700	F 246	W 325	W 300	W 300	W 195	F 154	SF 135	SF 88	QF 75	SF 55				3,297	14
3	Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo	W 700	R16 96	W 700	SF 314	SF 157	W 195	W 195	F 137	F 137	SF 135	QF 75	QF 75	QF 55	QF 49	R16 1	R16 1		3,022	16
4	Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova	R16 96	F 492	R32 62	R16 96	W 350	W 195	W 145	F 137	SF 135	SF 135	SF 99	SF 99	SF 88	SF 88	SF 88	SF 88	QF 75	2,468	21
5	Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova	QF 174	R128 2	A 0	R32 62	QF 87	W 300	W 300	W 220	F 210	W 195	W 195	F 137	SF 88	QF 49	QF 49	QF 49	SF 43	2,160	22
6	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	SF 314	SF 314	SF 314	A 0	R64 1	F 210	W 195	W 195	F 137	W 120	SF 88	QF 49	R16 42	R32 1				1,980	13
7	Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis	QF 174	QF 174	R32 62	R64 38	R32 31	W 300	F 210	F 210	SF 146	W 120	SF 88	QF 75	QF 75	QF 75	SF 55	QF 55	R16 25	1,913	19
8	Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva	R128 2	R32 62	QF 174	QF 174	R16 48	W 300	F 228	W 195	SF 135	SF 88	SF 88	QF 75	QF 75	SF 55	QF 55	QF 49	QF 49	1,852	20
9	Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder	QF 174	R16 96	R64 38	R16 96	R16 48	F 210	F 137	SF 135	SF 99	SF 88	SF 88	QF 75	QF 75	SF 66	SF 55	QF 49	QF 49	1,578	25
10	Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová	R16 96	SF 314	R16 96	R32 62	A 0	SF 135	SF 135	W 120	SF 88	SF 88	SF 88	QF 75	R16 42	R16 25	R32 25	R32 1	R32 1	1,391	18
11	Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina	R64 38	QF 174	R32 62	QF 174	R64 1	F 210	SF 135	F 85	QF 81	QF 75	QF 75	SF 55	QF 49	QF 49	QF 49	QF 49	R16 29	1,390	21

External links

• WTA tournament draws