2006 French Open

Tennis tournament
2006 French Open
Date28 May – 11 June 2006
Edition105
Category76th Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's doubles
Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi
Women's doubles
United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur
Mixed doubles
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
Boys' singles
Slovakia Martin Kližan
Girls' singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Boys' doubles
Argentina Emiliano Massa / Japan Kei Nishikori
Girls' doubles
Canada Sharon Fichman / Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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The 2006 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France from 28 May to 11 June 2006. It was the 110th staging of the French Open, and the second of the four Grand Slam tennis events of 2006. This edition made history as it became the first Grand Slam tournament to start on a Sunday. It was the 2nd time since 1985 that all top 4 seeds reached the semifinals in the men's singles of a Grand Slam tournament. This did not happen again until the same tournament five years later. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles.

Seniors

Men's singles

In the men's quarter finals, David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko.

Spain Rafael Nadal defeated Switzerland Roger Federer,[1] 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

  • It was Nadal's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd (consecutive) French Open title.

Women's singles

Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was Henin-Hardenne's 3rd title of the year, and her 26th overall. It was her 5th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd French Open title.

Men's doubles

Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi defeated United States Mike Bryan / United States Bob Bryan, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur defeated Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Japan Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić defeated Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Canada Daniel Nestor, 6–3, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

Slovakia Martin Kližan defeated Canada Philip Bester 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles

Poland Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Argentina Emiliano Massa / Japan Kei Nishikori defeated Russia Artur Chernov / Russia Valery Rudnev 2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Canada Sharon Fichman / Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Poland Agnieszka Radwańska / Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–1

Seeds

Men's singles

  1. Switzerland Roger Federer (Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  2. Spain Rafael Nadal (champion)
  3. Argentina David Nalbandian (semifinals, retired against Roger Federer)
  4. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  5. United States Andy Roddick (first round, retired against Alberto Martín)
  6. Russia Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals, lost to David Nalbandian)
  7. Spain Tommy Robredo (fourth round, lost to Mario Ančić)
  8. United States James Blake (third round, lost to Gaël Monfils)
  9. Chile Fernando González (second round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  10. Argentina Gastón Gaudio (fourth round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
  11. Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek (third round, lost to Julien Benneteau)
  12. Croatia Mario Ančić (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  13. Germany Nicolas Kiefer (third round, retired against Tomáš Berdych)
  14. Australia Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  15. Spain David Ferrer (third round, lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo)
  16. Finland Jarkko Nieminen (first round, retired against Raemon Sluiter)
  17. United States Robby Ginepri (first round, lost to Albert Montañés)
  18. Sweden Thomas Johansson (first round, lost to Christophe Rochus)
  19. Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis (second round, lost to Julien Benneteau)
  20. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)
  21. France Sébastien Grosjean (second round, lost to Martín Vassallo Argüello)
  22. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  23. Germany Tommy Haas (third round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  24. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round, lost to Gastón Gaudio)
  25. France Gaël Monfils (fourth round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  26. Argentina José Acasuso (second round, lost to Lukáš Dlouhý)
  27. Belgium Olivier Rochus (third round, lost to Alberto Martín)
  28. Spain Fernando Verdasco (second round, lost to Juan Mónaco)
  29. France Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  30. Spain Carlos Moyá (third round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
  31. Russia Dmitry Tursunov (third round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  32. Chile Nicolas Massú (third round, lost to Roger Federer)

Women's singles

  1. France Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round, lost to Nicole Vaidišová)
  2. Belgium Kim Clijsters (semifinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  3. Russia Nadia Petrova (first round, lost to Akiko Morigami)
  4. Russia Maria Sharapova (fourth round, lost to Dinara Safina)
  5. Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (champion)
  6. Russia Elena Dementieva (third round, lost to Shahar Pe'er)
  7. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (fourth round, lost to Venus Williams)
  8. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (Runner-up, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  9. Italy Francesca Schiavone (fourth round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  10. Russia Anastasia Myskina (fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  11. United States Venus Williams (quarterfinals, lost to Nicole Vaidišová)
  12. Switzerland Martina Hingis (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  13. Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld (quarterfinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  14. Russia Dinara Safina (quarterfinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  15. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  16. Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová (semifinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  17. Italy Flavia Pennetta (third round, lost to Francesca Schiavone)
  18. Russia Elena Likhovtseva (first round, lost to Karolina Šprem)
  19. Serbia and Montenegro Ana Ivanovic (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  20. Russia Maria Kirilenko (third round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld)
  21. France Nathalie Dechy (third round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
  22. Japan Ai Sugiyama (second round, lost to Aravane Rezaï)
  23. France Tatiana Golovin (first round, lost to Zheng Jie)
  24. Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (third round, lost to Dinara Safina)
  25. France Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Jelena Janković)
  26. Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  27. Russia Anna Chakvetadze (second round, lost to Li Na)
  28. Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová (first round, lost to Anda Perianu)
  29. Sweden Sofia Arvidsson (second round, lost to Julia Vakulenko)
  30. Czech Republic Klára Koukalová (first round, lost to Tathiana Garbin)
  31. Israel Shahar Pe'er (fourth round, lost to Martina Hingis)
  32. Argentina Gisela Dulko (fourth round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld)

Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild cards awardees entering in the main draws.

Qualifier entries

Withdrawn players

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2006 Roland Garros.
  • French Open official website

Notes

  1. ^ Federer became the first male player from Switzerland to reach the Men's Singles final.
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