2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to compete. Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 7–5 in the final.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇫🇷 Amélie Mauresmo (final)

• # 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (champion)

• # 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Anastasia Myskina (second round)

• # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (first round)

• # Jelena Janković (first round)

Qualifying draw
Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Singles.

Seeds
• # 🇨🇳 Yan Zi (second round)

• # Eleni Daniilidou (qualified)

• # n/a

• # 🇨🇳 Sun Tiantian (second round)

• # 🇧🇾 Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko (qualifying competition)

• # 🇱🇺 Anne Kremer (second round)

• # 🇭🇺 Kyra Nagy (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇳 Shikha Uberoi (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # 🇨🇳 Li Ting

• # Eleni Daniilidou

• # 🇮🇳 Shikha Uberoi

• # 🇺🇸 Neha Uberoi