2006 Hansol Korea Open

The 2006 Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament, and part of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, Korea between 25 September and 1 October 2006.[1]

2006 Hansol Korea Open
Date25 September – 1 October
Edition3rd
CategoryWTA Tier IV
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$145,000
SurfaceHard
LocationSeoul, Korea
VenueSeoul Olympic Park Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Doubles
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis 9 1
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 25 2
 FRA Marion Bartoli 26 3
 JPN Ai Sugiyama 28 4
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 29 5
 SWE Sofia Arvidsson 35 6
 ARG Gisela Dulko 39 7
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 40 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 18, 2006

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual  ARG Paola Suárez 26 1
 RUS Vera Dushevina  RUS Vera Zvonareva 65 2
 ARG Gisela Dulko  FIN Emma Laine 107 3
 FRA Séverine Brémond  GRE Eleni Daniilidou 151 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of September 18, 2006

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2006 Hansol Korea Open – Singles

Greece Eleni Daniilidou defeated Japan Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)

  • It was Daniilidou's first title of the year and her fourth overall

Doubles
Main article: 2006 Hansol Korea Open – Doubles

Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez defeated Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung / Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva, 6–2, 6–3

  • It was Ruano Pascual's 3rd title of the year and the 37th of her career; it was Suárez's 3rd title of the year and the 42nd of her career

References
  1. "Daniilidou wins the Korea Open". UPI. October 1, 2006.
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