2006 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

The 2006 WTA Tour Championships – Singles was the singles event of the 2006 WTA Tour Championships, a season-ending tennis tournament held in November that featured the eight players who had collected the most ranking points during that year's WTA Tour season.

Singles
2006 WTA Tour Championships
Champion Justine Henin-Hardenne
Runner-up Amélie Mauresmo
Final score6–4, 6–3

Justine Henin-Hardenne won the tournament, defeating the defending champion Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–3 in the final. Henin-Hardenne also secured the WTA year-end No. 1 ranking after her semifinal victory over Maria Sharapova.[1]

Seeds

* As of October 30, 2006.

  1. Amélie Mauresmo (Final)
  2. Maria Sharapova (Semifinals)
  3. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Champion)
  4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Round Robin)
  5. Nadia Petrova (Round Robin)
  6. Kim Clijsters (Semifinals)
  7. Elena Dementieva (Round Robin)
  8. Martina Hingis (Round Robin)

Alternates

  1. Patty Schnyder (not used)
  2. Dinara Safina (not used)

Draw

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Amélie Mauresmo 6 3 6
6 Kim Clijsters 2 6 3
1 Amélie Mauresmo 4 3
3 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6 6
2 Maria Sharapova 2 65
3 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6 77

Red Group

  Sharapova Kuznetsova Clijsters Dementieva RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2 Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4 6–4, 6–4 6–1, 6–4 3–0 6–0 1
4 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–6, 4–6 1–6, 1–6 7–5, 6–3 1–2 2–4 3
6 Kim Clijsters 4–6, 4–6 6–1, 6–1 6–4, 6–0 2–1 4–2 2
7 Elena Dementieva 1–6, 4–6 5–7, 3–6 4–6, 0–6 0–3 0–6 4

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

Yellow Group

  Mauresmo Henin-Hardenne Petrova Hingis RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1 Amélie Mauresmo 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 2–6, 2–6 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 2–1 4–4 1
3 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6 6–4, 6–4 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 2–1 5–3 2
5 Nadia Petrova 6–2, 6–2 4–6, 4–6 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 1–2 3–4 4
8 Martina Hingis 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 1–2 4–5 3

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

See also

References

  1. "Henin-Hardenne seals year-end top spot". 11 November 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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