Lindsay Davenport, the former world number one, returned after the birth of her son. Davenport competed in her first singles tournament this year, and had not played a professional match in 51 weeks. However, Davenport immediately found form and defeated Eleni Daniilidou in straight sets. After this, Davenport raced through her match with Julie Ditty and then stunned rising world number 3 star Jelena Janković, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4. Davenport defeated Sara Errani in straight sets in the semifinals before taking the title by defeating her doubles partner Daniela Hantuchová in the final.
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but chose not to play that year.

Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan won the doubles title, defeating Jill Craybas and Natalie Grandin in the final.

Top 4 seeded players (Singles):
1.  Jelena Janković (SRB)
2.  Daniela Hantuchová (SLO)
3. Patty Schnyder (SUI)
4. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)

see Tournament Draws