The 2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open was a Tier 3 Women's WTA Tennis Tournament held in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from 13 - 19 February 2006.

Entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Katarína Kachlíková Katarína Kachlíková (born 2 June 1985) is a retired Slovak tennis player. She took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open and qualified but lost in the first round to Isha Lakhani. She won three doubles titles and one singles title on the ITF Wom ...

Daniela Kix Daniela Kix (born 4 May 1983) is a former Austrian tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 190 in singles, which she reached on 15 May 2006, and 341 in doubles, attained on 15 November 2004. In her career, she won a total of five titles ...

Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Cir ...

* Tatiana Poutchek The following players received wildcards into the main draw *

Ankita Bhambri Ankita Bhambri (Hindi: अंकिता भाम्बरी; born 28 October 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player and coach. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Her highest dou ...

Rushmi Chakravarthi Rushmi Chakravarthi ( te, రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is a former professional tennis player from India. She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned pro ...

Isha Lakhani Isha Lakhani ( hi, ईशा लखानी; 29 April 1985) is an Indian former professional tennis player. Biography Lakhani was born in Mumbai. Her career high in singles is world No. 291, achieved on 19 May 2008. In doubles, she peaked at ...

Finals

Singles

Mara Santangelo defeated Jelena Kostanić, 3–6, 7-6^(7–5), 6–3

Doubles

Liezel Huber /

Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in ...

defeated Anastasia Rodionova /

Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

, 6–3, 6–3

References

{{2006 WTA Tour 2006 in Indian tennis 2007 WTA Tour Bangalore Open