2006 İstanbul Cup

2006 İstanbul Cup
Date	22–28 May
Edition	2nd
Category	WTA Tier III
Prize money	USD 200,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Shahar Pe'er
Doubles
Alona Bondarenko / Anastasiya Yakimova
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The 2006 İstanbul Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the second edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA Tier III tournaments of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was held in Istanbul from 22 through 28 May 2006. Fourth-seeded Shahar Pe'er won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	120	85	55	30	16	1	7.25	3.75	2.25	1
Doubles					1	—	7.5	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$30,500	$16,450	$8,840	$4,745	$2,250	$1,370	$735	$395	$215
Doubles *	$9,150	$4,900	$2,625	$1,410	$760	—	—	—	—

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	13	1
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	14	2
RUS	Anna Chakvetadze	27	3
ISR	Shahar Pe'er	32	4
IND	Sania Mirza	35	5
COL	Catalina Castaño	37	6
ITA	Mara Santangelo	40	7
CRO	Jelena Kostanić	53	8

¹ Rankings as of 15 May 2006

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Irina Kotkina
• Alicia Molik
• İpek Şenoğlu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Tamira Paszek
• Urszula Radwańska
• Magdaléna Rybáriková
• Angelique Widjaja

Retirements

• Melinda Czink (gastroenteritis)
• Eleni Daniilidou (left abdominal strain)
• Irina Kotkina (right elbow inflammation)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	15	1
ITA	Maria Elena Camerin	SUI	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	98	2
GRE	Eleni Daniilidou	GER	Jasmin Wöhr	106	3
USA	Ashley Harkleroad	USA	Bethanie Mattek	150	4

¹ Rankings as of 15 May 2006

Other entrants

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Agnieszka Radwańska / Urszula Radwańska

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• Vasilisa Davydova / Olga Panova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Melinda Czink (gastroenteritis) → replaced by Davydova/Panova

During the tournament

• Ashley Harkleroad (right shoulder inflammation)
• Meghann Shaughnessy (right ankle sprain)

Finals

Singles

• Shahar Pe'er defeated Anastasia Myskina, 1–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)[1]

It was the 3rd title for Pe'er in her singles career.

Doubles

• Alona Bondarenko / Anastasiya Yakimova defeated Sania Mirza / Alicia Molik, 6–2, 6–4

It was the 1st title for both Bondarenko and Yakimova in their respective doubles careers.

References

External links

• Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Results Archive (WTA)