2006 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament
2006 Wimbledon Championships
Date26 June – 9 July
Edition120th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£10,378,710
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
France Amélie Mauresmo
Men's doubles
United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
China Yan Zi / China Zheng Jie
Mixed doubles
Israel Andy Ram / Russia Vera Zvonareva
Wheelchair men's doubles
Japan Shingo Kunieda / Japan Satoshi Saida
Boys' singles
Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker
Girls' singles
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
Boys' doubles
United States Kellen Damico / United States Nathaniel Schnugg
Girls' doubles
Russia Alisa Kleybanova / Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Gentlemen's invitation doubles
Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde
Ladies' invitation doubles
United States Rosalyn Nideffer / Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles
United States Kevin Curren / United States Johan Kriek
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The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 120th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2006. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Roger Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in what was to be the first of three consecutive Wimbledon finals played between the pair. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Janković. Amélie Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam title, and first and only Wimbledon title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final in three sets. Mauresmo thus became the first Frenchwoman since 1925 to win the Wimbledon title.[3] It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeats of 2006, having lost the 2006 Australian Open final to Mauresmo earlier in the year; on that occasion, Henin-Hardenne retired due to a stomach virus.

Notable stories

American performance and Serbian breakthrough

Jelena Janković knocked Venus Williams out of Wimbledon in the third round.

For the first time since 1911, no American player reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and for the first time since the 1976 Australian Open, no American player reached a Grand Slam quarter-final.[4] Shenay Perry was the only American player to reach the fourth round; she was defeated 6–2, 6–0 by Elena Dementieva after losing the last ten games of the match.[5] Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998.

Venus Williams' third round defeat by Jelena Janković of Serbia (on its first Grand Slam appearance as a newly established independent nation from the former Serbia and Montenegro) caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 and meant that neither of the Williams sisters (Serena Williams withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since 1999.[6] These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Janković, Ana Ivanovic[7] and Novak Djokovic[8] also reached the fourth round, the former losing to Amélie Mauresmo and the latter losing to Mario Ančić.

Li Na's run to the quarter-finals

China's Li Na became the first player from her country to ever be seeded or reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. She upset the recent French Open finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round[9] and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round,[10] before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters.[11] Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.[12]

Streaker incident

Midway during the ladies' quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, a streaker ran onto the Centre Court and interrupted the match, before ultimately being arrested and brought into custody by Wimbledon security guards.[13] The streaker was later revealed to be Dutch DJ Sander Lantinga, who carried out the stunt as part of the Dutch television show Try Before You Die.[14]

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles 1000 700 450 250 150 75 35 5 12 8 4 0
Men's doubles 0 — — 0 0
Women's singles 650 456 292 162 90 56 32 2 30 21 12.5 4
Women's doubles 0 — — 0 0

Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2006 championships was £10,378,710. The winner of the men's title earned £655,000 while the women's singles champion earned £625,000.[15][16]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles £655,000
Women's singles £625,000
Men's doubles * £220,690 —
Women's doubles * £205,280 —
Mixed doubles * £90,000 —

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Switzerland Roger Federer defeated Spain Rafael Nadal, 6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3 [17]

Women's singles

France Amélie Mauresmo defeated Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 [18]

Men's doubles

United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan defeated France Fabrice Santoro / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 [19]

Women's doubles

China Yan Zi / China Zheng Jie defeated Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 [20]

Mixed doubles

Israel Andy Ram / Russia Vera Zvonareva defeated United States Venus Williams / United States Bob Bryan, 6–3, 6–2 [21]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker defeated Poland Marcin Gawron, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) [22]

Girls' singles

Denmark Caroline Wozniacki defeated Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 [23]

Boys' doubles

United States Kellen Damico / United States Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Slovakia Martin Kližan / Slovakia Andrej Martin, 7–6(9–7), 6–2 [24]

Girls' doubles

Russia Alisa Kleybanova / Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Ukraine Khrystyna Antoniichuk / Romania Alexandra Dulgheru, 6–1, 6–2 [25]

Other events

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde defeated United States T. J. Middleton / United States David Wheaton, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

Ladies' invitation doubles

United States Rosalyn Nideffer / Czech Republic Jana Novotná defeated United States Tracy Austin / France Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–3

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

United States Kevin Curren / United States Johan Kriek defeated Australia Peter McNamara / Australia Paul McNamee, 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 7–6(11–9)

Wheelchair men's doubles

Japan Shingo Kunieda / Japan Satoshi Saida defeated France Michaël Jeremiasz / United Kingdom Jayant Mistry, 7–5, 6–2

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Switzerland Roger Federer (champion)
  2. Spain Rafael Nadal (final, lost to Roger Federer)
  3. United States Andy Roddick (third round, lost to Andy Murray)
  4. Argentina David Nalbandian (third round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)
  5. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (third round, lost to Dmitry Tursunov)
  6. Australia Lleyton Hewitt (quarterfinals, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
  7. Croatia Mario Ančić (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  8. United States James Blake (third round, lost to Max Mirnyi)
  9. Russia Nikolay Davydenko (first round, lost to Alejandro Falla)
  10. Chile Fernando González (third round, lost to David Ferrer)
  11. Spain Tommy Robredo (second round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
  12. Sweden Thomas Johansson (first round, lost to Jonas Björkman)
  13. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)
  14. Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek (quarterfinals, lost to Jonas Björkman)
  15. France Sébastien Grosjean (third round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
  16. Argentina Gastón Gaudio (second round, lost to Irakli Labadze)
  17. United States Robby Ginepri (first round, lost to Mardy Fish)
  18. Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis (semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  19. Germany Tommy Haas (third round, lost to Tomáš Berdych)
  20. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (first round, lost to Daniele Bracciali)
  21. France Gaël Monfils (first round, lost to Igor Kunitsyn)
  22. Finland Jarkko Nieminen (quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  23. Spain David Ferrer (fourth round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  24. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)
  25. United States Andre Agassi (third round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  26. Belgium Olivier Rochus (third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  27. Russia Dmitry Tursunov (fourth round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)
  28. Spain Fernando Verdasco(fourth round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)
  29. Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan (first round, lost to Agustín Calleri)
  30. Belgium Kristof Vliegen (second round, lost to Nicolas Mahut)
  31. Chile Nicolás Massú (first round, lost to Andy Murray)
  32. France Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)

Women's singles

  1. France Amélie Mauresmo (champion)
  2. Belgium Kim Clijsters (semifinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  3. Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (final, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  4. Russia Maria Sharapova (semifinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  5. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round, lost to Li Na)
  6. United States Venus Williams (third round, lost to Jelena Janković)
  7. Russia Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  8. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (second round, lost to Séverine Brémond)
  9. Russia Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  10. Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová (fourth round, lost to Li Na)
  11. Italy Francesca Schiavone (first round, lost to Melanie South)
  12. Switzerland Martina Hingis (third round, lost to Ai Sugiyama)
  13. Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld (first round, lost to Tsvetana Pironkova)
  14. Russia Dinara Safina (third round, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
  15. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  16. Italy Flavia Pennetta (fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  17. Russia Maria Kirilenko (first round, lost to Shinobu Asagoe)
  18. Japan Ai Sugiyama (fourth round, lost to Séverine Brémond)
  19. Serbia Ana Ivanovic (fourth round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  20. Israel Shahar Pe'er (second round, lost to Shuai Peng)
  21. Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (third round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
  22. France Nathalie Dechy (first round, lost to Sybille Bammer)
  23. Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  24. France Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Karolina Šprem)
  25. Russia Elena Likhovtseva (third round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  26. Serbia Jelena Janković (fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  27. China Li Na (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)
  28. Sweden Sofia Arvidsson (first round, lost to Eva Birnerová)
  29. France Tatiana Golovin (second round, lost to Nicole Pratt)
  30. Russia Anna Chakvetadze (third round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
  31. Argentina Gisela Dulko (third round, lost to Séverine Brémond)
  32. Italy Mara Santangelo (first round, lost to Amy Frazier)

Wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Mixed doubles

  1. Australia Wayne Arthurs / Australia Alicia Molik
  2. United Kingdom James Auckland / United Kingdom Claire Curran
  3. Australia Paul Hanley / Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
  4. United Kingdom Andy Murray / Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
  5. Czech Republic Cyril Suk / Czech Republic Helena Suková

Qualifier entries

Withdrawals

Men's Singles
Before the tournament
Women's Singles
Before the tournament
During the tournament

References

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  4. ^ Americans head home early, again – Tennis – ESPN
  5. ^ Perry, last American, loses; Sharapova, Li advance – Tennis – ESPN
  6. ^ Perry, not Venus, reaches second week – Tennis – ESPN
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  8. ^ Tennis: Ancic power gives him hope of upsetting Federer's four-year-plan | Sport | The Guardian
  9. ^ Hingis, Kuznetsova lose in third-round matches – Tennis – ESPN
  10. ^ China's Na Li makes history – Tennis – ESPN
  11. ^ Belgians ready for third meeting of 2006 – Tennis – ESPN
  12. ^ US Open 2009: Kim Clijsters beats Li Na to reach semi-finals – Telegraph
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