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2006 French Open

2006 French Open
Date:   May 28 - June 11
Edition:   105th
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Flag of Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's doubles
Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States Lisa Raymond / Flag of Australia Samantha Stosur
Mixed doubles
Flag of Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
In the men's quarter finals David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko
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In the men's quarter finals David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko

The 2006 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from May 28 to June 11, 2006. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles. It is one of the four tennis Grand Slams. This year makes French Open history as the first one to ever open on a Sunday.

Seniors

Men's singles

Flag of Spain Rafael Nadal def. Flag of Switzerland Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)

Women's singles

Flag of Belgium Justine Henin def. Flag of Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4

Men's doubles

Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi def. Flag of the United States Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States Mike Bryan 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States Lisa Raymond / Flag of Australia Samantha Stosur def. Flag of Slovakia Daniela Hantuchova / Flag of Japan Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-2

Mixed doubles

Flag of Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić def. Flag of Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Flag of Canada Daniel Nestor, 6-3, 6-4

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2006 French Open - Boys' Singles

Flag of Slovakia Martin Klizan def. Flag of Canada Philip Bester 6-3, 6-1

Girls' singles

Main article: 2006 French Open - Girls' Singles

Flag of Poland Agnieszka Radwańska def. Flag of Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2006 French Open - Boys' Doubles

Flag of Argentina Emiliano Massa / Flag of Japan Kei Nishikori def. Flag of Russia Artur Chernov / Flag of Russia Valery Rudnev 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2006 French Open - Girls' Doubles

Flag of Canada Sharon Fichman / Flag of Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Flag of Poland Agnieszka Radwańska / Flag of Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-1

Seeds


Men's singles

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

Women's singles

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

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Preceded by
2005 French Open
French Open Succeeded by
2007 French Open
Preceded by
2006 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2006 Wimbledon Championships

 
 
 

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