2006 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles
# 2006 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Nadia Petrova was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Maria Sharapova 5–7, 2–6.

This was the final singles career of former World No. 3 Mary Pierce, who had retired in the second set where she was leading 6–5, due to sustaining a knee injury.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Maria Sharapova (champion)
* Nadia Petrova (final)
* Patty Schnyder (semifinals)
* Nicole Vaidišová (semifinals)
* Ana Ivanovic (quarterfinals)
* Jelena Janković (quarterfinals)
* Anna Chakvetadze (second round)
* Francesca Schiavone (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maria Sharapova | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | Patty Schnyder | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| 3 | Patty Schnyder | 5 | 5 | 1 | Maria Sharapova | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Nadia Petrova | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Nicole Vaidišová | 1 | 2 | 2 | Nadia Petrova | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 1 | 2 | | Q | E Daniilidou | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Daniilidou | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | A Ivanovic | $6^3$ | 5 | | | | |
| Q | A Radwańska | 6 | 7 | | Q | A Radwańska | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Krajicek | 1 | $6^2$ | | 5 | A Ivanovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Ivanovic | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Schnyder | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | 3 | P Schnyder | $6^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Dechy | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | N Dechy | $7^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Paszek | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | P Schnyder | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Pierce | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | V Zvonareva | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | $6^3$ | $6^5$ | | | M Pierce | 6 | $6^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Zvonareva | 5 | 6 | 6 | | V Zvonareva | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | F Schiavone | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | J Janković | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bammer | 1 | $7^7$ | 3 | 6 | J Janković | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová | $3^r$ | | | Q | E Vesnina | $7^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Vesnina | 4 | | | | | | | | 6 | J Janković | 7 | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | |
| Q | A Bondarenko | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | N Vaidišová | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | M Santangelo | 6 | 1 | 6 | | M Santangelo | $6^4$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | N Vaidišová | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Vaidišová | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | A Chakvetadze | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 |
| | K Srebotnik | 5 | 2 | | 7 | A Chakvetadze | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stosur | 6 | 3 | | | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko | 4 | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | S Stosur | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Pe'er | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 2 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Bartoli | 3 | $6^4$ | | | S Pe'er | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
