2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg

The 2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Fortis Championships Luxembourg, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg.

2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg
Date25 September – 1 October
Edition11th
CategoryTier II
SurfaceHard / Indoor
LocationKockelscheuer, Luxembourg
Champions
Singles
Alona Bondarenko
Doubles
Květa Peschke / Francesca Schiavone

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 1 11.75 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $95,500 $51,000 $27,300 $14,600 $7,820 $4,175 $2,230 $1,195 $640
Doubles * $30,000 $16,120 $8,620 $4,610 $2,465 N/A N/A N/A N/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 1
 RUS Nadia Petrova 7 2
  SUI Patty Schnyder 8 3
 RUS Dinara Safina 11 4
 ITA Francesca Schiavone 14 5
 SCG Ana Ivanovic 15 6
 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 16 7
 FRA Mary Pierce 18 8

1 Rankings as of 18 September 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Lisa Raymond  AUS Samantha Stosur 2 1
 RUS Dinara Safina  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 21 2
 CZE Květa Peschke  ITA Francesca Schiavone 25 3
 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld  RSA Liezel Huber 34 4

1 Rankings as of 18 September 2006.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg – Singles

It was the 1st singles title for Bondarenko in her singles career.

Doubles
Main article: 2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg – Doubles

It was the 7th title for Peschke and the 5th title for Schiavone in their respective doubles careers.

References
  1. "Bondarenko titles at Luxembourg". UPI. Luxembourg City. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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