2006 French Open Seeds

Below is a list of the successful seeds of the 2006 French Open matches of men and women singles matches, or seeds. The seeded players are the players who are in the better half of the 64 seeds and 128 players. Below is the seeded players list, listing half of the seeds. There are 32 men's and women's seeds listed below. Some players are highly-ranked, so after their names you will find a number in brackets, and that is their ranking. Note that not every player's ranking is listed below. To learn more about a player, simply click on their name. To see a bigger image of the flag of a player, click on the flag.

Legend

DEF-Defeated

Men's Singles seeded players

Roger Federer, Switzerland Champion
Rafael Nadal, Spain (Quarterfinals)
Ivan Ljubičić, Croatia (First Round)
David Nalbandian, Argentina (Second Round)
James Blake, USA (Quarterfinals)
Tommy Robredo, Spain (Fourth Round)
Nikolay Davydenko, Russia (Semifinals)
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus (Second Round)
Andy Roddick, USA (finalist)
Fernando González, Chile (Third Round)
David Ferrer, Spain (Third Round)
Tomáš Berdych, Czech Republic (Fourth Round)
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland (First Round)
Tommy Haas, Germany (Quarterfinals)
Lleyton Hewitt, Australia (Quarterfinals)
Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain (Second Round)

Andy Murray, Great Britain (Fourth Round)
Robby Ginepri, USA (Third Round)
Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakia (First Round)
Novak Đoković, Serbia (Third Round)
Gastón Gaudio, Argentina (Third Round)
Fernando Verdasco, Spain (Third Round)
Dmitry Tursunov, Russia (Third Round)
Jose Acasuso, Argentina (First Round)
Richard Gasquet, France (Fourth Round)
Olivier Rochus, Belgium (Third Round)
Gaël Monfils, France (Second Round)
Agustin Calleri, Argentina (First Round)
Jonas Björkman, Sweden (Second Round)
Sebastien Grosjean, France (Second Round)
Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina (First Round)
Kristof Vliegen, Belgium (First Round)

Women's Singles seeded players

Amélie Mauresmo, France (Semifinals)
Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium (finalist)
Maria Sharapova, Russia Champion
Elena Dementieva, Russia (Quarterfinals)
Nadia Petrova, Russia (Third Round)
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia (Fourth Round)
Patty Schnyder, Switzerland (Fourth Round)
Martina Hingis, Switzerland (Second Round)
Nicole Vaidišová, Czech Republic (Third Round)
Lindsay Davenport, USA (Quarterfinals)
Anastasia Myskina, Russia (First Round)
Dinara Safina, Russia (Quarterfinals)
Mary Pierce, France (Third Round)
Francesca Schiavone, Italy (Third Round)
Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Germany (First Round)
Ana Ivanović, Serbia (Third Round)

Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakia (Second Round)
Flavia Pennetta
Jelena Janković, Serbia (Semifinals)
Maria Kirilenko, Russia (Third Round)
Shahar Pe'er, Israel (Fourth Round)
Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia (Third Round)
Anna Chakvetadze, Russia (Fourth Round)
Na Li, China (Fourth Round)
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain (First Round)
Marion Bartoli, France (Third Round)
Tatiana Golovin, France (Quarterfinals)
Ai Sugiyama, Japan (Third Round)
Jie Zheng, China (Second Round)
Venus Williams (withdrew on August 25)
Nathalie Dechy, France (First Round)
Elena Likhovtseva, Russia (Third Round)
Vera Zvonareva, Russia (Resuming for Venus Williams) (Third Round)

Men's seeds

Seed Number	Player 1	Action	Player 2
32	Roger Federer [1]	DEF	Nicolas Massu
31	David Nalbandian [3]	DEF	Dmitry Tursunov
30	Nikolay Davydenko [6]	DEF	Carlos Moyà
29	Rafael Nadal [2]	DEF	Paul-Henri Mathieu
28	Juan Monaco	DEF	Fernando Verdasco
27	Alberto Martin	DEF	Olivier Rochus
26	José Acasuso	DEF	Lukas Dlouhy
25	Novak Đoković	DEF	Gaël Monfils
24	Gastón Gaudio [10]	DEF	Juan Carlos Ferrero
23	Novak Đoković	DEF	Tommy Haas
22	Lleyton Hewitt [14]	DEF	Dominik Hrbaty
21	Martin Vassallo Arguello	DEF	Sebastien Grosjean
20	Roger Federer [1]	DEF	Tomáš Berdych
19	Julien Benneteau	DEF	Marcos Baghdatis
18	Christophe Rochus	DEF	Thomas Johansson
17	Álbert Montañés	DEF	Robby Ginepri
16	Raemon Sluiter	DEF	Jarkko Nieminen
15	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	DEF	David Ferrer
14	Rafael Nadal [2]	DEF	Lleyton Hewitt
13	Tomáš Berdych [20]	DEF	Nicolas Kiefer
12	Roger Federer [1]	DEF	Mario Ančić
11	Julien Benneteau	DEF	Radek Štěpánek
10	Nikolay Davydenko [6]	DEF	Gastón Gaudio
9	Novak Đoković	DEF	Fernando González
8	Gaël Monfils [25]	DEF	James Blake
7	Mario Ančić [12]	DEF	Tommy Robredo
6	Nikolay Davydenko	DEF	David Nalbandian [3]
5	Alberto Martin	DEF	Andy Roddick
4	Rafael Nadal [2]	DEF	Ivan Ljubičić
3	David Nalbandian	DEF	Roger Federer [1]
2	Rafael Nadal [2]	DEF	Roger Federer
1	Rafael Nadal [2]	DEF	Roger Federer

Grand Slam Men's Singles winner: Rafael Nadal [2]

Women's seeds

Seed Number	Player 1	Action	Player 2
32	Anna-Lena Groenefeld [13]	DEF	Gisela Dulko
31	Martina Hingis [12]	DEF	Shahar Pe'er
30	Tathiana Garbin	DEF	Klara Koukalova
29	Sofia Arvidsson	DEF	Julia Vakulenko
28	Anda Perianu	DEF	Lucie Safarova
27	Na Li	DEF	Anna Chakvetadze
26	Kim Clijsters [2]	DEF	Anabel Medina Garrigues
25	Jelena Janković]	DEF	Marion Bartoli
24	Dinara Safina [14]	DEF	Katarina Srebotnik
23	Jie Zheng	DEF	Tatiana Golovin
22	Aravane Rezai	DEF	Ai Sugiyama
21	Daniela Hantuchová [15]	DEF	Nathalie Dechy
20	Anna-Lena Grönefeld [13]	DEF	Maria Kirilenko
19	Anastasia Myskina [10]	DEF	Ana Ivanović
18	Karolina Sprem	DEF	Elena Likhovtseva
17	Francesca Schiavone [9]	DEF	Flavia Pennetta
16	Svetlana Kuznetsova [8]	DEF	Nicole Vaidišová
15	Kim Clijsters [2]	DEF	Daniela Hantuchová
14	Svetlana Kuznetsova [8]	DEF	Dinara Safina
13	Justine Henin-Hardenne [5]	DEF	Anna-Lena Grönefeld
12	Kim Clijsters [2]	DEF	Martina Hingis
11	Nicole Vaidišová [16]	DEF	Venus Williams
10	Justine Henin-Hardenne [5]	DEF	Anastasia Myskina
9	Svetlana Kuznetsova [8]	DEF	Francesca Schiavone
8	Justine Henin-Hardenne [5]	DEF	Svetlana Kuznetsova
7	Lindsay Davenport [10]	DEF	Patty Schnyder [7]
6	Venus Williams [11]	DEF	Patty Schnyder
5	Shahar Peer [31]	DEF	Elena Dementieva
4	Justine Henin-Hardenne [5]	DEF	Svetlana Kuznetsova
3	Akiko Morigami	DEF	Nadia Petrova
2	Justine Henin-Hardenne [5]	DEF	Kim Clijsters
1	Nicole Vaidišová [16]	DEF	Amelie Mauresmo
4	Justine Henin-Hardenne [5]	DEF	Svetlana Kuznetsova