2006 French Open

The 2006 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France from 28 May to 11 June 2006. It was the 110th staging of the French Open, and the second of the four Grand Slam tennis events of 2006. This edition made history as it became the first Grand Slam tournament to start on a Sunday. It was the 2nd time since 1985 that all top 4 seeds reached the semifinals in the men's singles of a Grand Slam tournament. This did not happen again until the same tournament five years later. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles.

2006 French Open
Date28 May – 11 June
Edition110th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's Singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi
Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
Mixed Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić
Boys' Singles
Martin Kližan
Girls' Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Boys' Doubles
Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori
Girls' Doubles
Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
In the men's quarter finals David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer,[1] 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

  • It was Nadal's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd (consecutive) French Open title.

Women's singles

Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was Henin-Hardenne's 3rd title of the year, and her 26th overall. It was her 5th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd French Open title.

Men's doubles

Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor, 6–3, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

Martin Kližan defeated Philip Bester 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori defeated Artur Chernov / Valery Rudnev 2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Agnieszka Radwańska / Caroline Wozniacki 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–1

Seeds

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Qualifier entries

Withdrawn players

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Notes

  1. Federer became the first male player from Switzerland to reach the Men's Singles final.
Preceded by
2006 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2006 Wimbledon Championships
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