2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
# 2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International

The 2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Domain Tennis Centre in Canberra, Australia, from 9 to 15 January 2006.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 32 | 1 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 33 | 2 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 42 | 3 |
| ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 45 | 4 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 51 | 5 |
| COL | Catalina Castaño | 54 | 6 |
| POL | Marta Domachowska | 56 | 7 |
| SWE | Sofia Arvidsson | 58 | 8 |
| FRA | Virginie Razzano | 59 | 9 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 2 January 2006

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Sophie Ferguson
* Shayna McDowell

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Eva Hrdinová
* Emma Laine
* Tatiana Poutchek
* Anastasia Rodionova

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

* Emmanuelle Gagliardi
* Yvonne Meusburger

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Marion Bartoli
* Jelena Dokic
* Lucie Šafářová

## Champions

### Singles

Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Cho Yoon-jeong, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4

* It was the 5th career WTA title for Medina Garrigues.

### Doubles

Marta Domachowska / Roberta Vinci defeated Claire Curran / Līga Dekmeijere, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–3

* It was the 1st career WTA doubles title for Domachowska, while Vinci won her third title in the category.
