2006 Wimbledon Championships

2006 Wimbledon Championships
Date	26 June – 9 July
Edition	120th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Amélie Mauresmo
Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles
Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
Mixed Doubles
Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva
Boys' Singles
Thiemo de Bakker
Girls' Singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Boys' Doubles
Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg
Girls' Doubles
Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Rosalyn Nideffer / Jana Novotná
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida

The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 120th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2006. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Roger Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in what was to be the first of three consecutive Wimbledon finals played between the pair. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Janković. Amélie Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam title, and first and only Wimbledon title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final in three sets. Mauresmo thus became the first Frenchwoman since 1925 to win the Wimbledon title. It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeat of 2006, having lost the 2006 Australian Open final to Mauresmo earlier in the year; on that occasion, Henin-Hardenne retired due to a stomach virus.

Notable stories

American performance and Serbian breakthrough

Jelena Janković knocked Venus Williams out of Wimbledon in the third round.

For the first time since 1911, no American player reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and for the first time since the 1976 Australian Open, no American player reached a Grand Slam quarter-final. Shenay Perry was the only American player to reach the fourth round; she was defeated 6–2, 6–0 by Elena Dementieva after losing the last ten games of the match. Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998.

Venus Williams' third round defeat by Jelena Janković caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 and meant that neither of the Williams sisters (Serena Williams withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since 1999. These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic also reached the fourth round, the former losing to Amélie Mauresmo and the latter losing to Mario Ančić.

Li Na's run to the quarter-finals

China's Li Na became the first player from her country to ever be seeded or reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. She upset the recent French Open finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round, before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters. Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.

Streaker incident

Midway during the ladies' quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, a streaker ran onto the Centre Court and interrupted the match, before ultimately being arrested and brought into custody by Wimbledon security guards. The streaker was later revealed to be Dutch DJ Sander Lantinga, who carried out the stunt as part of the Dutch television show Try Before You Die.

Seniors

Gentlemen's singles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3

Ladies' singles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Gentlemen's doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro & Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Ladies' doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Yan Zi & Zheng Jie defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed Doubles

Andy Ram & Vera Zvonareva defeated Venus Williams & Bob Bryan 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles

Thiemo de Bakker defeated Marcin Gawron 6–2, 7–6(4)

Girls' singles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Doubles

Kellen Damico & Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kližan & Andrej Martin 7–6(7), 6–2

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles

Alisa Kleybanova & Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Kristina Antoniychuk & Alexandra Dulgheru 6–1, 6–2

Other events

Men's 45 and over doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's 45 and over doubles

Kevin Curren & Johan Kriek defeated Peter McNamara & Paul McNamee 7–5, 6–7(8), 7–6(9)

Men's 35 and over doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's 35 and over doubles

Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde defeated T. J. Middleton & David Wheaton 6–7(5), 7–5, 7–6(4)

Women's 35 and over doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Women's 35 and over doubles

Rosalyn Nideffer & Jana Novotná defeated Tracy Austin & Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 6–3

Wheelchair doubles

Main article: 2006 Wimbledon Championships - Wheelchair doubles

Shingo Kunieda & Satoshi Saida defeated Michael Jeremiasz & Jayant Mistry 7–5, 6–2

Seeds

The tops seeds in the singles events won their respective fields. Roger Federer is the men's champion; Amélie Mauresmo is the women's champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Men's singles

1. Roger Federer (Champion)
2. Rafael Nadal (Final, lost to Roger Federer)
3. Andy Roddick (Third round, lost to Andy Murray)
4. David Nalbandian (Third round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)
5. Ivan Ljubičić (Third round, lost to Dmitry Tursunov)
6. Lleyton Hewitt (Quarterfinals, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
7. Mario Ančić (Quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
8. James Blake (Third round, lost to Max Mirnyi)
9. Nikolay Davydenko (First round, lost to Alejandro Falla)
10. Fernando González (Third round, lost to David Ferrer)
11. Tommy Robredo (Second round, lost to Novak Djokovic)
12. Thomas Johansson (First round, lost to Jonas Björkman)
13. Tomáš Berdych (Fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)
14. Radek Štěpánek (Quarterfinals, lost to Jonas Björkman)
15. Sébastien Grosjean (Third round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
16. Gastón Gaudio (Second round, lost to Irakli Labadze)
17. Robby Ginepri (First round, lost to Mardy Fish)
18. Marcos Baghdatis (Semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
19. Tommy Haas (Third round, lost to Tomáš Berdych)
20. Dominik Hrbatý (First round, lost to Daniele Bracciali)
21. Gaël Monfils (First round, lost to Igor Kunitsyn)
22. Jarkko Nieminen (Quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)
23. David Ferrer (Fourth round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
24. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Third round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)
25. Andre Agassi (Third round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
26. Olivier Rochus (Third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
27. Dmitry Tursunov (Fourth round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)
28. Fernando Verdasco(Fourth round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)
29. Paradorn Srichaphan (First round, lost to Agustín Calleri)
30. Kristof Vliegen (Second round, lost to Nicolas Mahut)
31. Nicolas Massú (First round, lost to Andy Murray)
32. Paul-Henri Mathieu (First round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)

Women's singles

1. Amélie Mauresmo (Champion)
2. Kim Clijsters (Semifinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
3. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Final, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
4. Maria Sharapova (Semifinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
5. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Third round, lost to Li Na)
6. Venus Williams (Third round, lost to Jelena Janković)
7. Elena Dementieva (Quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
8. Patty Schnyder (Second round, lost to Séverine Brémond)
9. Anastasia Myskina (Quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
10. Nicole Vaidišová (Fourth round, lost to Li Na)
11. Francesca Schiavone (First round, lost to Melanie South)
12. Martina Hingis (Third round, lost to Ai Sugiyama)
13. Anna-Lena Grönefeld (First round, lost to Tsvetana Pironkova)
14. Dinara Safina (Third round, lost to Ana Ivanovic)
15. Daniela Hantuchová (Fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
16. Flavia Pennetta (Fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
17. Maria Kirilenko (First round, lost to Shinobu Asagoe)
18. Ai Sugiyama (Fourth round, lost to Séverine Brémond)
19. Ana Ivanovic (Fourth round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
20. Shahar Pe'er (Second round, lost to Shuai Peng)
21. Katarina Srebotnik (Third round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
22. Nathalie Dechy (First round, lost to Sybille Bammer)
23. Anabel Medina Garrigues (Third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
24. Marion Bartoli (Second round, lost to Karolina Šprem)
25. Elena Likhovtseva (Third round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
26. Jelena Janković (Fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
27. Li Na (Quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)
28. Sofia Arvidsson (First round, lost to Eva Birnerová)
29. Tatiana Golovin (Second round, lost to Nicole Pratt)
30. Anna Chakvetadze (Third round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
31. Gisela Dulko (Third round, lost to Séverine Brémond)
32. Mara Santangelo (First round, lost to Amy Frazier)

External links

• Wimbledon Official website
• 2006 Wimbledon Official website Archived

Preceded by 2006 French Open

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 2006 US Open