2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Date	September 25 – October 1
Edition	3rd
Category	Tier III event
Prize money	$175,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Guangzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Anna Chakvetadze
Doubles
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian
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The 2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2006 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, China, from September 25 through October 1, 2006. Total prize money for the tournament was $175,000. Anna Chakvetadze won the singles title.^[1]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SCG	Jelena Janković	17	1
CHN	Li Na	23	2
RUS	Anna Chakvetadze	27	3
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	31	4
ESP	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	41	5
USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	42	6
RUS	Elena Vesnina	54	7
BLR	Anastasiya Yakimova	56	8

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of September 18, 2006.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Chen Yanchong
• Li Ting
• Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Hao Jie
• Ren Jing
• Sun Shengnan
• Elise Tamaëla

Anna Chakvetadze defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–1, 6–4

• Chakvetadze won the first WTA title of her career.

Li Ting / Sun Tiantian defeated Vania King / Jelena Kostanić, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

• Official website
• 2006 Results on the ITF Archived 2021-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
• 2006 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Results A Bondarenko, A Chakvetadze, & E Daniilidou, Champions