The 2006 Family Circle Cup was the 34th edition of the
Family Circle Cup women's
tennis tournament. This
WTA Tier I event
The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. From 1988 to 1990, the different levels of WTA tournaments were referred to by the term 'Category', and there ...
was held at the
Family Circle Tennis Center in
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
, United States and played on outdoor
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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s.
Nadia Petrova won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Nadia Petrova defeated
Patty Schnyder, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Doubles
Lisa Raymond /
Samantha Stosur defeated
Virginia Ruano Pascual /
Meghann Shaughnessy, 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
External links
ITF tournament edition details
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Charleston Open
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