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2006 ?stanbul Cup
Date	22?28 May
Edition	2nd
Category	WTA Tier III
Prize money	USD 200,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Istanbul , Turkey
Champions
Singles
Shahar Pe'er
Doubles
Alona Bondarenko / Anastasiya Yakimova
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The 2006 ?stanbul Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts . It was the second edition of the ?stanbul Cup , and part of the WTA Tier III tournaments of the 2006 WTA Tour . It was held in Istanbul from 22 through 28 May 2006. Fourth-seeded Shahar Pe'er won the singles title.

Points and prize money [ edit ]

Point distribution [ edit ]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	120	85	55	30	16	1	7.25	3.75	2.25	1
Doubles					1	?	7.5	?	?	?

Prize money [ edit ]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$30,500	$16,450	$8,840	$4,745	$2,250	$1,370	$735	$395	$215
Doubles *	$9,150	$4,900	$2,625	$1,410	$760	?	?	?	?

_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants [ edit ]

Seeds [ edit ]

Country	Player	Rank 1	Seed
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	13	1
GER	Anna-Lena Gronefeld	14	2
RUS	Anna Chakvetadze	27	3
ISR	Shahar Pe'er	32	4
IND	Sania Mirza	35	5
COL	Catalina Castano	37	6
ITA	Mara Santangelo	40	7
CRO	Jelena Kostani?	53	8

¹ Rankings as of 15 May 2006

Other entrants [ edit ]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Irina Kotkina
• Alicia Molik
• ?pek ?eno?lu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Tamira Paszek
• Urszula Radwa?ska
• Magdalena Rybarikova
• Angelique Widjaja

Retirements [ edit ]

• Melinda Czink (gastroenteritis)
• Eleni Daniilidou (left abdominal strain)
• Irina Kotkina (right elbow inflammation)

Doubles main-draw entrants [ edit ]

Seeds [ edit ]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank 1	Seed
GER	Anna-Lena Gronefeld	USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	15	1
ITA	Maria Elena Camerin	SUI	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	98	2
GRE	Eleni Daniilidou	GER	Jasmin Wohr	106	3
USA	Ashley Harkleroad	USA	Bethanie Mattek	150	4

¹ Rankings as of 15 May 2006

Other entrants [ edit ]

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Agnieszka Radwa?ska / Urszula Radwa?ska

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• Vasilisa Davydova / Olga Panova

Withdrawals [ edit ]

Before the tournament

• Melinda Czink (gastroenteritis) → replaced by Davydova/Panova

During the tournament

• Ashley Harkleroad (right shoulder inflammation)
• Meghann Shaughnessy (right ankle sprain)

Finals [ edit ]

Singles [ edit ]

• Shahar Pe'er defeated Anastasia Myskina , 1?6, 6?3, 7?6 ^{(7?3) [1]}

It was the 3rd title for Pe'er in her singles career.

Doubles [ edit ]

• Alona Bondarenko / Anastasiya Yakimova defeated Sania Mirza / Alicia Molik , 6?2, 6?4

It was the 1st title for both Bondarenko and Yakimova in their respective doubles careers.

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Results Archive (WTA)