2006 French Open

2006 French Open
Date May 28 – June 11
Edition 105th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Clay
Location Paris (XVIe), France
Venue Stade 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
In the men's quarter finals David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko

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 May 28 to June 11, 2006. It was the 105th 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 semi-finals in the men's singles of a Grand Slam tournament. This did not happen again until the same tournament 5 years later. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles.

Seniors

Men's singles

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

Women's singles

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

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)
  2. Spain Rafael Nadal (Champion)
  3. Argentina David Nalbandian (Semi-final, retired)
  4. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (Semi-final)
  5. United States Andy Roddick (1st Round)
  6. Russia Nikolay Davydenko (Quarter-final)
  7. Spain Tommy Robredo (4th round)
  8. United States James Blake (3rd Round)
  9. Chile Fernando González (2nd round)
  10. Argentina Gastón Gaudio (4th round)
  11. Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek (3rd round)
  12. Croatia Mario Ančić (Quarter-final)
  13. Germany Nicolas Kiefer (3rd round)
  14. Australia Lleyton Hewitt (4th round)
  15. Spain David Ferrer (3rd round)
  16. Finland Jarkko Nieminen (1st round, retired)
  17. United States Robby Ginepri (1st round)
  18. Sweden Thomas Johansson (1st round)
  19. Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis (2nd round)
  20. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych (4th round)
  21. France Sébastien Grosjean (2nd round)
  22. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (3rd round)
  23. Germany Tommy Haas (3rd round)
  24. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (3rd round)
  25. France Gaël Monfils (4th round)
  26. Argentina José Acasuso (2nd round)
  27. Belgium Olivier Rochus (3rd round)
  28. Spain Fernando Verdasco (2nd round)
  29. France Paul-Henri Mathieu (3rd round)
  30. Spain Carlos Moyà (3rd round)
  31. Russia Dmitry Tursunov (3rd round)
  32. Chile Nicolas Massú (3rd round)

Women's singles

  1. France Amélie Mauresmo (4th round)
  2. Belgium Kim Clijsters (Semi-final)
  3. Russia Nadia Petrova (1st round)
  4. Russia Maria Sharapova (4th round)
  5. Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (Champion)
  6. Russia Elena Dementieva (3rd round)
  7. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (4th round)
  8. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (Runner-up)
  9. Italy Francesca Schiavone (4th round)
  10. Russia Anastasia Myskina (4th round)
  11. United States Venus Williams (Quarter-final)
  12. Switzerland Martina Hingis (Quarter-final)
  13. Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Quarter-final)
  14. Russia Dinara Safina (Quarter-final)
  15. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová (4th round)
  16. Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová (Semi-final)
  17. Italy Flavia Pennetta (3rd round)
  18. Russia Elena Likhovtseva (1st round)
  19. Serbia and Montenegro Ana Ivanovic (3rd round)
  20. Russia Maria Kirilenko (3rd round)
  21. France Nathalie Dechy (3rd round)
  22. Japan Ai Sugiyama (2nd round)
  23. France Tatiana Golovin (1st round)
  24. Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (3rd round)
  25. France Marion Bartoli (2nd round)
  26. Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (3rd round)
  27. Russia Anna Chakvetadze (2nd round)
  28. Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová (1st round)
  29. Sweden Sofia Arvidsson (2nd round)
  30. Czech Republic Klára Koukalová (1st round)
  31. Israel Shahar Pe'er (4th round)
  32. Argentina Gisela Dulko (4th round)

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Notes

  1. ↑ Federer became the first male player from Switzerland to reach the Men's Singles final.
Preceded by
2006 Australian Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
2006 Wimbledon Championships
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