2006 Generali Ladies Linz
The 2006 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2006 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–29, 2006 at the TipsArena Linz. Maria Sharapova won the singles title. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money * per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds Rankings are as of 16 October 2006 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Nathalie Dechy Tamira Paszek The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alona Bondarenko Eleni Daniilidou Agnieszka Radwańska Elena Vesnina Withdrawals Tatiana Golovin → replaced by Michaëlla Krajicek Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Mara Santangelo Dinara Safina → replaced by Samantha Stosur Retirements Maria Kirilenko (right hip strain) Daniela Hantuchová (right rib injury) Mary Pierce (left knee injury) Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Rankings are as of 16 October 2006 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Sybille Bammer / Melanie Klaffner Jelena Janković / Tina Križan The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Jarmila Gajdošová / Bryanne Stewart The following pair received entry as lucky losers: Martina Müller / Julia