2006 Fortis Championships Luxembourg
# 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.

## 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 | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 1 | — | 11.75 | — | — | — |

### 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 | — | — | — | — |

$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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:

* Elena Dementieva
* Anne Kremer
* Chanda Rubin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Karin Knapp
* Tatjana Malek
* Agnieszka Radwańska
* Roberta Vinci

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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:

* Kirsten Flipkens / Yanina Wickmayer

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kristina Barrois / Agnieszka Radwańska

## Champions

### Singles

* Alona Bondarenko defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6–3, 6–2

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

### Doubles

* Květa Peschke / Francesca Schiavone defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Liezel Huber, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

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

