2006 Wimbledon Championships

2006 Wimbledon Championships
Date	26 June – 9 July
Edition	120th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Amélie Mauresmo
Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles
Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
Mixed Doubles
Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva
Boys' Singles
Thiemo de Bakker
Girls' Singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Boys' Doubles
Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg
Girls' Doubles
Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Rosalyn Nideffer / Jana Novotná
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida

The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. 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.^[1] It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeat 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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 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.^[4] 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^[5] and Novak Djokovic^[6] 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^[7] and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round,^[8] before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters.^[9] Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12]

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3

Ladies' singles

Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Gentlemen's doubles

Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro & Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Ladies' doubles

Yan Zi & Zheng Jie defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Andy Ram & Vera Zvonareva defeated Venus Williams & Bob Bryan 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Thiemo de Bakker defeated Marcin Gawron 6–2, 7–6(4)

Girls' singles

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Kellen Damico & Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kližan & Andrej Martin 7–6(7), 6–2

Girls' doubles

Alisa Kleybanova & Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Kristina Antoniychuk & Alexandra Dulgheru 6–1, 6–2

Other events

Men's 45 and over doubles

Kevin Curren & Johan Kriek defeated Peter McNamara & Paul McNamee 7–5, 6–7(8), 7–6(9)

Men's 35 and over doubles

Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde defeated T. J. Middleton & David Wheaton 6–7(5), 7–5, 7–6(4)

Women's 35 and over doubles

Rosalyn Nideffer & Jana Novotná defeated Tracy Austin & Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 6–3

Wheelchair doubles

Shingo Kunieda & Satoshi Saida defeated Michael Jeremiasz & Jayant Mistry 7–5, 6–2

Seeds

The tops seeds in the singles events won their respective fields. Roger Federer is the men's champion; Amélie Mauresmo is the women's champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

References

External links

• Wimbledon Official website
• 2006 Wimbledon Official website Archived