2006 Qatar Ladies Open

The 2006 Qatar Ladies Open (known as the 2006 Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons), was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from February 27 through March 5, 2007.

Prize money
1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
 * per team

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 20, 2006.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * Martina Hingis
 * 🇹🇳 Selima Sfar

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Li Ting
 * Eleni Daniilidou
 * 🇮🇳 Shikha Uberoi
 * 🇺🇸 Neha Uberoi

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of February 20, 2006.

Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Antonia Matic / 🇧🇾 Tatiana Poutchek

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Angelika Bachmann / 🇭🇺 Kira Nagy

Withdrawals

 * During the tournament
 * 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke / 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone

Singles
🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova defeated 🇫🇷 Amélie Mauresmo, 6–3, 7–5
 * It was the 2nd singles title for Petrova in her career.

Doubles
🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama defeated 🇨🇳 Li Ting / 🇨🇳 Sun Tiantian, 6–4, 6–4
 * It was the 7th title for Hantuchová and the 32nd title for Sugiyama in their respective doubles careers.