The 2006 Indonesia Open in badminton was held in Jakarta, from May 31 to June 4, 2006. It was a six-star tournament and the prize money was US$250,000.
Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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Men's singles | Taufik Hidayat | Bao Chunlai | 21–18, 21–17 |
Women's singles | Zhu Lin | Lu Lan | 21–11, 21–16 |
Men's doubles | Tony Gunawan & Candra Wijaya | Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan | 21–11, 21–16 |
Women's doubles | Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen | Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen | 21–13, 21–13 |
Mixed doubles | Xie Zhongbo & Zhang Yawen | Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir | 21–19, 21–15 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
9/16 | Chen Yu | 21 | 19 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
9/16 | Eric Pang | 11 | 21 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Chen Yu | 21 | 17 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Taufik Hidayat | 19 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
3/4 | Kenneth Jonassen | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
5/8 | Taufik Hidayat | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
Taufik Hidayat | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bao Chunlai | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
9/16 | Simon Santoso | 11 | 21 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
3/4 | Bao Chunlai | 21 | 13 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Bao Chunlai | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Qiu Yanbo | 16 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Qiu Yanbo | wo | wo | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Lee Hyun-il |
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