2006 Generali Ladies Linz


The 2006 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2006 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–29, 2006 at the TipsArena Linz. Maria Sharapova won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Maria Sharapova31
Nadia Petrova52
Patty Schnyder83
Nicole Vaidišová114
Ana Ivanovic135
Jelena Janković146
Anna Chakvetadze167
Francesca Schiavone178

Rankings are as of 16 October 2006

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRankSeed
Lisa RaymondSamantha Stosur21
Květa PeschkeFrancesca Schiavone192
Daniela HantuchováAi Sugiyama233
Nathalie DechyVera Zvonareva344

Rankings are as of 16 October 2006

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following pair received entry as lucky losers:
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Singles

It was the 5th singles title for Sharapova in the season and the 15th title in her career.

Doubles

It was the 58th title for Raymond and the 15th title for Stubbs in their respective doubles careers.
It was also the 8th for the pair during the season.