2006 Australian Open

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2006 Australian Open
Date16–29 January 2006
Edition94th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt (Rebound Ace)
Location Melbourne, Australia
Venue Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer
Women's singles
Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie
Mixed doubles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis / Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Wheelchair men's singles
Flag of France.svg Michaël Jérémiasz
Wheelchair women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair men's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan / Flag of Austria.svg Martin Legner
Wheelchair women's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jiske Griffioen
Boys' singles
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Sidorenko
Girls' singles
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Boys' doubles
Flag of Poland.svg Błażej Koniusz / Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Panfil
Girls' doubles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sharon Fichman / Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Men's legends doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Fitzgerald / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
Legends mixed doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Dent / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dianne Balestrat
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Tim Henman and Dmitry Tursunov playing on the Margaret Court Arena in the first round. Henman v Tursunov court twilight Australian Open 2006.JPG
Tim Henman and Dmitry Tursunov playing on the Margaret Court Arena in the first round.

The 2006 Australian Open was played between 16 and 29 January 2006.

Contents

Marat Safin could not defend his 2005 title, due to an injury he suffered in late 2005. Roger Federer won his second Australian Open title, defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final in four sets. Serena Williams was unsuccessful in defending her 2005 title, losing in the third round against Daniela Hantuchová. Amélie Mauresmo won her first Australian Open title, defeating 2004 champion Justine Henin in the final; Henin-Hardenne was forced to retire at 1–6, 0–2 down due to a stomach virus. It began Henin-Hardenne's run of reaching the final of all four Grand Slam events, winning the French Open.

Leadup

Several leading men's players declined to attend the Open due to injury, including Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and defending champion Marat Safin. The women's tournament had no absentees among the top 20 ranked players.

It was Martina Hingis' first grand slam event in her comeback to the game. Lindsay Davenport and Serena Williams were among those who welcomed her return to the circuit as a positive step forward for women's tennis.

Finals

Seniors

Men's singles

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer defeated Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Marcos Baghdatis, [1] 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2

  • It was Federer's 2nd title of the year, and his 35th overall. It was his 7th career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Women's singles

Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo defeated Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin, 6–1, 2–0, retired

  • It was Mauresmo's 1st title of the year, and her 20th overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie [2] defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond, 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3

Mixed doubles

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis / Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor, 6–3, 6–3

Juniors

Boys' singles

Flag of France.svg Alexandre Sidorenko defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Lindahl, 6–3, 7–6(4)

Girls' singles

Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki, [Note 1] 1–6, 6–2, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Flag of Poland.svg Błażej Koniusz / Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Panfil defeated Flag of the United States.svg Kellen Damico / Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Schnugg, 7–6(5), 6–3

Girls' doubles

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sharon Fichman / Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Flag of France.svg Alizé Cornet / Flag of Italy.svg Corinna Dentoni, 6–2, 6–2

Legends

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

Wheelchair

Men's singles

Flag of France.svg Michaël Jérémiasz defeated Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Saida, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jiske Griffioen, 6–4, 6–0

Men's doubles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan / Flag of Austria.svg Martin Legner defeated Flag of France.svg Michaël Jérémiasz / Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Saida, 3–6, 6–3 7–6(5)

Women's doubles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jiske Griffioen / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Esther Vergeer defeated Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Yuka Chokyu / Flag of Japan.svg Mie Yaosa, 6–2, 6–0

Seeds

Men's singles

SeedPlayerResult
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer Winner
2 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick lost in R16 (to Marcos Baghdatis)
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt lost in R64 (to Juan Ignacio Chela)
4 Flag of Argentina.svg David Nalbandian lost in SF (to Marcos Baghdatis)
5 Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko lost in QF (to Roger Federer)
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria lost in R32 (to Sébastien Grosjean)
7 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić lost in QF (to Marcos Baghdatis)
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Gaudio lost in R32 (to Fabrice Santoro)
9 Flag of Chile.svg Fernando González lost in R128 (to Alex Bogomolov Jr.)
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson lost in R16 (to Ivan Ljubičić)
11 Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer lost in R16 (to Fabrice Santoro)
12 Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominik Hrbatý lost in R16 (to Nikolay Davydenko)
13 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Ginepri lost in R64 (to Denis Gremelmayr)
14 Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet lost in R128 (to Tommy Haas)
15 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in R32 (to Nicolas Kiefer)
16 Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo lost in R16 (to David Nalbandian)
17 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek lost in R64 (to Marcos Baghdatis)
18 Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Ančić lost in R32 (to David Ferrer)
19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych lost in R64 (to Gilles Simon)
20 Flag of the United States.svg James Blake lost in R32 (to Tommy Robredo)
21 Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer lost in SF (to Roger Federer)
22 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils lost in R128 (to Luis Horna)
23 Flag of Russia.svg Igor Andreev lost in R32 (to Dominik Hrbatý)
24 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus lost in R64 (to Peter Luczak)
25 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Grosjean lost in QF (to Nicolas Kiefer)
26 Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Nieminen lost in R32 (to David Nalbandian)
27 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Dent lost in R128 (to Guillermo García López)
28 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco lost in R64 (to Kristof Vliegen)
29 Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Volandri lost in R128 (to Nathan Healey)
30 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Max Mirnyi lost in R32 (to Roger Federer)
31 Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López lost in R32 (to Ivan Ljubičić)
32 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Moyá lost in R128 (to Andrei Pavel)

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Women's singles

SeedPlayerResult
1 Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport lost in QF (to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters lost in SF (to Amélie Mauresmo)
3 Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo Winner
4 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova lost in SF (to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
5 Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce lost in R64 (to Iveta Benešová)
6 Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova lost in QF (to Maria Sharapova)
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder lost in QF (to Amélie Mauresmo)
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin-Hardenne lost in Final (to Amélie Mauresmo)
9 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva lost in R128 (to Julia Schruff)
10 Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams lost in R128 (to Tsvetana Pironkova)
11 Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy lost in R128 (to Yan Zi)
12 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina lost in R16 (to Patty Schnyder)
13 Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams lost in R32 (to Daniela Hantuchová)
14 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in R16 (to Lindsay Davenport)
15 Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Schiavone lost in R16 (to Kim Clijsters)
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nicole Vaidišová lost in R16 (to Amélie Mauresmo)
17 Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová lost in R16 (to Maria Sharapova)
18 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva lost in R64 (to Virginia Ruano Pascual)
19 Flag of Russia.svg Dinara Safina lost in R64 (to Sofia Arvidsson)
20 Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta lost in R32 (to Nicole Vaidišová)
21 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Ana Ivanovic lost in R64 (to Samantha Stosur)
22 Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld lost in R64 (to María Sánchez Lorenzo)
23 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Jelena Janković lost in R64 (to Olga Savchuk)
24 Flag of France.svg Tatiana Golovin lost in R128 (to Mara Santangelo)
25 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko lost in R32 (to Lindsay Davenport)
26 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama lost in R128 (to Conchita Martínez Granados)
27 Flag of France.svg Marion Bartoli lost in R64 (to Roberta Vinci)
28 Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues lost in R128 (to Zuzana Ondrášková)
29 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Klára Koukalová lost in R128 (to Ekaterina Bychkova)
30 Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva lost in R128 (to Martina Hingis)
31 Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko lost in R64 (to Aiko Nakamura)
32 Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza lost in R64 (to Michaëlla Krajicek)

reference

Attendance

DayDay SessionNight SessionTotal
136,89012,85549,745
242,53315,30057,833
340,29116,39156,682
437,66817,72855,396
532,66415,45448,118
641,24715,43956,686
722,67914,95837,637
825,35015,03340,383
919,38515,11534,500
1017,57014,54232,112
1115,95414,94330,897
1216,30316,303
1315,45215,452
1418,80618,806
Total382,792167,758550,550

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Withdrawals

References

  1. Baghdatis became the first Cypriot tennis player (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final.
  2. Yan and Zheng won the first ever Chinese Grand Slam title.
  3. Pye, John (27 January 2006). "Federer favored; Baghdatis believing". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. C07.
  4. Archived 5 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

  1. Wozniacki made the final of the Women's singles in 2018, defeating Simona Halep in the final in three sets.
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