The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2006 WTA Tour schedule.

January

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
2 January	MAW Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia	Tier III	Lucie Šafářová 6-3, 3-6, 7-5	Flavia Pennetta	Dinara Safina Martina Hingis	Patty Schnyder Anabel Medina Garrigues Tatiana Golovin Nuria Llagostera Vives
			Safina / Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-3	Black / Stubbs
2 January	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand	Tier IV	Marion Bartoli 6-2, 6-2	Vera Zvonareva	Nadia Petrova Daniela Hantuchová	Kristina Brandi Julia Schruff Maria Kirilenko Tzipora Obziler
			Likhovtseva / Zvonareva 6-3, 6-4	Loit / Strýcová
9 January	Medibank International Sydney, Australia	Tier II	Justine Henin 4-6, 7-5, 7-5	Francesca Schiavone	Nicole Vaidišová Svetlana Kuznetsova	Kim Clijsters Daniela Hantuchová Nadia Petrova Ana Ivanović
			Morariu / Stubbs 6-3, 5-7, 6-2	Pascual / Suárez
9 January	Richard Luton Properties International Canberra, Australia	Tier IV	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 7-6(3)	Yoon Jeong Cho	Shahar Pe'er Catalina Castaño	Ekaterina Bychkova Aiko Nakamura Julia Schruff Melinda Czink
			Domachowska / Vinci 7-6(5), 6-3	Curran / Dekmeijere
9 January	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia	Tier IV	Michaëlla Krajicek 6-2, 6-1	Iveta Benešová	Jelena Kostanić Mara Santangelo	Alyona Bondarenko Laura Granville Amy Frazier Jill Craybas
			Loit / Pratt 6-2, 6-1	Craybas / Kostanić
16 January (2 weeks)	2006 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Amélie Mauresmo 6-1, 2-0 ret.	Justine Henin	Maria Sharapova Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport Nadia Petrova Patty Schnyder Martina Hingis
			Yan / Zheng 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-3	Raymond / Stosur
			Mixed Doubles: Bhupathi / Hingis 6-3, 6-3	Nestor / Likhovtseva
30 January	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan	Tier I	Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-0	Martina Hingis	Maria Sharapova Anastasia Myskina	Samantha Stosur Maria Kirilenko Elena Likhovtseva Nicole Vaidišová
			Raymond / Stosur 6-2, 6-1	Black / Stubbs

February

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
6 February	Open Gaz de France Paris, France	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo 6-1, 7-6(2)	Mary Pierce	Tatiana Golovin Patty Schnyder	Dinara Safina Nadia Petrova Elena Dementieva Émilie Loit
			Loit / Peschke 7-6(5), 6-4	Black / Stubbs
6 February	Pattaya Women's Open Pattaya City, Thailand	Tier IV	Shahar Pe'er 6-3, 6-1	Jelena Kostanić	Sybille Bammer Nuria Llagostera Vives	Melinda Czink Lourdes Domínguez Lino Catalina Castaño Emma Laine
			Li / Sun 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(5)	Yan / Zheng
13 February	Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium	Tier II	Amélie Mauresmo 3-6, 6-3, 6-3	Kim Clijsters	Elena Dementieva Nadia Petrova	Dinara Safina Eleni Daniilidou Olga Savchuk Patty Schnyder
			Safina / Srebotnik 6-2, 6-1	Foretz / Krajicek
13 February	Bangalore Open Bangalore, India	Tier III	Mara Santangelo 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3	Jelena Kostanić	Vania King Melinda Czink	Camille Pin Yuliana Fedak Alyona Bondarenko Maria Elena Camerin
			Huber / Mirza 6-3, 6-3	Rodionova / Vesnina
20 February	Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Dubai, UAE	Tier II	Justine Henin 7-5, 6-2	Maria Sharapova	Svetlana Kuznetsova Lindsay Davenport	Amélie Mauresmo Francesca Schiavone Martina Hingis Maria Kirilenko
			Peschke / Schiavone 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-3	Kuznetsova / Petrova
20 February	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States	Tier III	Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 2-6, 6-3	Marta Domachowska	Jill Craybas Amy Frazier	Lilia Osterloh Laura Granville Caroline Wozniacki Shenay Perry
			Raymond / Stosur 7-6(2), 6-3	Azarenka / Wozniacki
20 February	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia	Tier III	Lourdes Domínguez 7-6(3), 6-4	Flavia Pennetta	María Sánchez Lorenzo Ľudmila Cervanová	Bethanie Mattek Catalina Castaño Émilie Loit Gisela Dulko
			Dulko / Pennetta 7-6(1), 6-1	Szávay / Wöhr
27 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar	Tier II	Nadia Petrova 6-3, 7-5	Amélie Mauresmo	Martina Hingis Ai Sugiyama	Roberta Vinci Svetlana Kuznetsova Julia Schruff Li Na
			Hantuchová / Sugiyama 6-4, 6-4	Li / Sun
27 February	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico	Tier III	Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6-1, 4-6, 6-2	Flavia Pennetta	Maret Ani Émilie Loit	María José Martínez Laura Pous Tio Natalia Gussoni Meghann Shaughnessy
			Grönefeld / Shaughnessy 6-1, 6-3	Asagoe / Loit

March

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
6 March	Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States	Tier I	Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2	Elena Dementieva	Justine Henin Martina Hingis	Gisela Dulko Ana Ivanović Anna-Lena Grönefeld Dinara Safina
			Raymond / Stosur 6-2, 7-5	Pascual / Shaughnessy
20 March	NASDAQ-100 Open Miami, United States	Tier I	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-3	Maria Sharapova	Amélie Mauresmo Tatiana Golovin	Nadia Petrova Ai Sugiyama Anastasia Myskina Zheng Jie
			Raymond / Stosur 6-4, 7-5	Huber / Navratilova

April

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
3 April	Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, United States	Tier II	Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-4	Francesca Schiavone	Lucie Šafářová Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Jill Craybas Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder
			Asagoe / Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4	Huber / Mirza
10 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States	Tier I	Nadia Petrova 6-3, 4-6, 6-1	Patty Schnyder	Justine Henin Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Dinara Safina Nathalie Dechy Svetlana Kuznetsova Catalina Castaño
			Raymond / Stosur 3-6, 6-1, 6-1	Pascual / Shaughnessy

May

Week of	Tournament	Tier	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
1 May	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland	Tier II	Kim Clijsters 7-5, 6-2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Elena Dementieva Anna Chakvetadze	Francesca Schiavone Agnieszka Radwańska Venus Williams Ana Ivanović
			Likhovtseva / Myskina 6-3, 6-4	Garrigues /