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, New Zealand, from 2 January until 7 January 2006. Sixth-seeded

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won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 19 December 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Retirements

Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova ( ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines (doing s ...

(left groin strain)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of 19 December 2005.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

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The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Withdrawals

During the tournament *

(right thigh strain on Schruff)

Finals

Singles

defeated

Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲerə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ran ...

6–2, 6–2 It was the 1st title for Bartoli in her career.

Doubles

Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed doubles in 20 ...

defeated

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6–3, 6–4 It was the 25th title for Likhovtseva and the 3rd title for Zvonareva in their respective doubles careers.

References

External links

Official results archive (ITF)

Official results archive (WTA)
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Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

Withdrawals

Finals

Singles

Doubles

See also

References

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