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2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts
Date	1–7 January
Edition	10th
Category	Tier III
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	US$175,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Champions
Singles
Lucie Šafářová
Doubles
Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy
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The 2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event then known as the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, and was a Tier III event on the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 1 January through 7 January 2006. Unseeded Lucie Šafářová won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
SUI	Patty Schnyder	7	1
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	15	2
RUS	Dinara Safina	20	3
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	22	4
FRA	Tatiana Golovin	24	5
JPN	Ai Sugiyama	26	6
CZE	Klára Koukalová	29	7
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	32	8

• Rankings as of 19 December 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Sophie Ferguson
• Nicole Pratt
• Martina Hingis

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Angela Haynes
• Jarmila Gajdošová
• Sun Tiantian
• Yuan Meng

Finals

Singles

Lucie Šafářová defeated Flavia Pennetta, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Dinara Safina / Meghann Shaughnessy defeated Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs, 6–2, 6–3

External links

• ITF tournament edition details
• Tournament draws

28°01′00″S 153°24′00″E / 28.0167°S 153.4°E / -28.0167; 153.4 (Gold Coast, Queensland)

• 2006 Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts
• 2006 WTA Tour
• Brisbane International
• 2006 in Australian tennis
• January 2006 sports events in Australia