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 105th 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.

Seniors

Men's singles

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In the men's quarter finals, David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko.

Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal defeated Template:Flagicon Roger Federer, 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

Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Template:Flagicon 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

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Juniors

Boys' singles

Template:Flagicon Martin Kližan defeated Template:Flagicon Philip Bester 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles

Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Template:Flagicon Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–1

Boys' doubles

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

Girls' doubles

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

Seeds

Men's singles

1. Template:Flagicon Roger Federer (Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal)
2. Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal (champion)
3. Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian (semifinals, retired against Roger Federer)
4. Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić (semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
5. Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick (first round, retired against Alberto Martín)
6. Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals, lost to David Nalbandian)
7. Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo (fourth round, lost to Mario Ančić)
8. Template:Flagicon James Blake (third round, lost to Gaël Monfils)
9. Template:Flagicon Fernando González (second round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
10. Template:Flagicon Gastón Gaudio (fourth round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
11. Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek (third round, lost to Julien Benneteau)
12. Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
13. Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiefer (third round, retired against Tomáš Berdych)
14. Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
15. Template:Flagicon David Ferrer (third round, lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo)
16. Template:Flagicon Jarkko Nieminen (first round, retired against Raemon Sluiter)
17. Template:Flagicon Robby Ginepri (first round, lost to Albert Montañés)
18. Template:Flagicon Thomas Johansson (first round, lost to Christophe Rochus)
19. Template:Flagicon Marcos Baghdatis (second round, lost to Julien Benneteau)
20. Template:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)
21. Template:Flagicon Sébastien Grosjean (second round, lost to Martín Vassallo Argüello)
22. Template:Flagicon Dominik Hrbatý (third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
23. Template:Flagicon Tommy Haas (third round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
24. Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round, lost to Gastón Gaudio)
25. Template:Flagicon Gaël Monfils (fourth round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
26. Template:Flagicon José Acasuso (second round, lost to Lukáš Dlouhý)
27. Template:Flagicon Olivier Rochus (third round, lost to Alberto Martín)
28. Template:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco (second round, lost to Juan Mónaco)
29. Template:Flagicon Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
30. Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá (third round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
31. Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov (third round, lost to David Nalbandian)
32. Template:Flagicon Nicolas Massú (third round, lost to Roger Federer)

Women's singles

1. Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round, lost to Nicole Vaidišová)
2. Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters (semifinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
3. Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova (first round, lost to Akiko Morigami)
4. Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova (fourth round, lost to Dinara Safina)
5. Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne (champion)
6. Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva (third round, lost to Shahar Pe'er)
7. Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder (fourth round, lost to Venus Williams)
8. Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova (Runner-up, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
9. Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone (fourth round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
10. Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina (fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
11. Template:Flagicon Venus Williams (quarterfinals, lost to Nicole Vaidišová)
12. Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)
13. Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld (quarterfinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
14. Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina (quarterfinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
15. Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
16. Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová (semifinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
17. Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta (third round, lost to Francesca Schiavone)
18. Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva (first round, lost to Karolina Šprem)
19. Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
20. Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko (third round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld)
21. Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy (third round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
22. Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama (second round, lost to Aravane Rezaï)
23. Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin (first round, lost to Zheng Jie)
24. Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik (third round, lost to Dinara Safina)
25. Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Jelena Janković)
26. Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
27. Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze (second round, lost to Li Na)
28. Template:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová (first round, lost to Anda Perianu)
29. Template:Flagicon Sofia Arvidsson (second round, lost to Julia Vakulenko)
30. Template:Flagicon Klára Koukalová (first round, lost to Tathiana Garbin)
31. Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er (fourth round, lost to Martina Hingis)
32. Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko (fourth round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld)

Wild card entries

Below are the lists of the wild cards awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles

1. Template:Flagicon Thierry Ascione
2. Template:Flagicon Jérémy Chardy
3. Template:Flagicon Jean-Christophe Faurel
4. Template:Flagicon Marc Gicquel
5. Template:Flagicon Nathan Healey
6. Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra
7. Template:Flagicon Mathieu Montcourt
8. Template:Flagicon Olivier Patience

Women's singles

1. Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond
2. Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
3. Template:Flagicon Alizé Cornet
4. Template:Flagicon Youlia Fedossova
5. Template:Flagicon Mathilde Johansson
6. Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik
7. Template:Flagicon Pauline Parmentier
8. Template:Flagicon Aurélie Védy

Men's doubles

1. Template:Flagicon Thierry Ascione / Template:Flagicon Florent Serra
2. Template:Flagicon Jean-François Bachelot / Template:Flagicon Stéphane Robert
3. Template:Flagicon Grégory Carraz / Template:Flagicon Antony Dupuis
4. Template:Flagicon Jérémy Chardy / Template:Flagicon Josselin Ouanna
5. Template:Flagicon Nicolas Devilder / Template:Flagicon Olivier Patience
6. Template:Flagicon Marc Gicquel / Template:Flagicon Gilles Simon
7. Template:Flagicon Jérôme Haehnel / Template:Flagicon Alexandre Sidorenko

Women's doubles

1. Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond / Template:Flagicon Sophie Lefèvre
2. Template:Flagicon Diana Brunel / Template:Flagicon Florence Haring
3. Template:Flagicon Julie Coin / Template:Flagicon Youlia Fedossova
4. Template:Flagicon Alizé Cornet / Template:Flagicon Virginie Pichet
5. Template:Flagicon Caroline Dhenin / Template:Flagicon Mathilde Johansson
6. Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva / Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik
7. Template:Flagicon Pauline Parmentier / Template:Flagicon Camille Pin

Mixed doubles

1. Template:Flagicon Séverine Brémond / Template:Flagicon Marc Gicquel
2. Template:Flagicon Alizé Cornet / Template:Flagicon Jérémy Chardy
3. Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz / Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra
4. Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit / Template:Flagicon Julien Jeanpierre (withdrew)
5. Template:Flagicon Pauline Parmentier / Template:Flagicon Marcos Baghdatis
6. Template:Flagicon Virginie Razzano / Template:Flagicon Antony Dupuis

Qualifier entries

Men's qualifiers entries

1. Template:Flagicon Wayne Arthurs
2. Template:Flagicon Roko Karanušić
3. Template:Flagicon Martín Vassallo Argüello
4. Template:Flagicon Juan Martín del Potro
5. Template:Flagicon Dick Norman
6. Template:Flagicon Stefano Galvani
7. Template:Flagicon Edgardo Massa
8. Template:Flagicon Kristian Pless
9. Template:Flagicon Evgeny Korolev
10. Template:Flagicon Sergio Roitman
11. Template:Flagicon Dieter Kindlmann
12. Template:Flagicon Saša Tuksar
13. Template:Flagicon Ilija Bozoljac
14. Template:Flagicon Diego Hartfield
15. Template:Flagicon Júlio Silva
16. Template:Flagicon Óscar Hernández

The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:

1. Template:Flagicon Melle van Gemerden
2. Template:Flagicon Kevin Kim
3. Template:Flagicon Alejandro Falla

Women's qualifiers entries

1. Template:Flagicon Julia Vakulenko
2. Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová
3. Template:Flagicon Sandra Klösel
4. Template:Flagicon Clarisa Fernández
5. Template:Flagicon Victoria Azarenka
6. Template:Flagicon Alberta Brianti
7. Template:Flagicon Hsieh Su-wei
8. Template:Flagicon Anda Perianu
9. Template:Flagicon Virginie Pichet
10. Template:Flagicon Galina Voskoboeva
11. Template:Flagicon Aravane Rezaï
12. Template:Flagicon Yuliya Beygelzimer

The following player received entry into a lucky loser spot:

1. Template:Flagicon Kirsten Flipkens

Withdrawn players

Men's singles

• Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi → replaced by Template:Flagicon Kenneth Carlsen
• Template:Flagicon Igor Andreev → replaced by Template:Flagicon Albert Portas
• Template:Flagicon Agustín Calleri → replaced by Template:Flagicon Kevin Kim
• Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément → replaced by Template:Flagicon Melle van Gemerden
• Template:Flagicon Guillermo Coria → replaced by Template:Flagicon Fernando Vicente
• Template:Flagicon Taylor Dent → replaced by Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach
• Template:Flagicon Victor Hănescu → replaced by Template:Flagicon Alejandro Falla

Women's singles

• Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina → replaced by Template:Flagicon Ivana Lisjak
• Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport → replaced by Template:Flagicon Yuliana Fedak
• Template:Flagicon Nuria Llagostera Vives → replaced by Template:Flagicon Nathalie Viérin
• Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez → replaced by Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja
• Template:Flagicon Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian → replaced by Template:Flagicon Anastasia Rodionova
• Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce → replaced by Template:Flagicon Kirsten Flipkens
• Template:Flagicon Serena Williams → replaced by Template:Flagicon Hana Šromová

External links

• French Open official website

Notes

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