Tennis tournament
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.
In the men's quarter finals, David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko . 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. 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. Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan , 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 7–5
Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama , 6–3, 6–2
Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor , 6–3, 6–4
Martin Kližan defeated Philip Bester 6–3, 6–1
Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–1
Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori defeated Artur Chernov / Valery Rudnev 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Agnieszka Radwańska / Caroline Wozniacki 6–7(4–7) , 6–2, 6–1
Roger Federer (Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal ) Rafael Nadal (champion) David Nalbandian (semifinals, retired against Roger Federer ) Ivan Ljubičić (semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal ) Andy Roddick (first round, retired against Alberto Martín ) Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals, lost to David Nalbandian ) Tommy Robredo (fourth round, lost to Mario Ančić ) James Blake (third round, lost to Gaël Monfils ) Fernando González (second round, lost to Novak Djokovic ) Gastón Gaudio (fourth round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko ) Radek Štěpánek (third round, lost to Julien Benneteau ) Mario Ančić (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer ) Nicolas Kiefer (third round, retired against Tomáš Berdych ) Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round, lost to Rafael Nadal ) David Ferrer (third round, lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo ) Jarkko Nieminen (first round, retired against Raemon Sluiter ) Robby Ginepri (first round, lost to Albert Montañés ) Thomas Johansson (first round, lost to Christophe Rochus ) Marcos Baghdatis (second round, lost to Julien Benneteau ) Tomáš Berdych (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer ) Sébastien Grosjean (second round, lost to Martín Vassallo Argüello ) Dominik Hrbatý (third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt ) Tommy Haas (third round, lost to Novak Djokovic ) Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round, lost to Gastón Gaudio ) Gaël Monfils (fourth round, lost to Novak Djokovic ) José Acasuso (second round, lost to Lukáš Dlouhý ) Olivier Rochus (third round, lost to Alberto Martín ) Fernando Verdasco (second round, lost to Juan Mónaco ) Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round, lost to Rafael Nadal ) Carlos Moyá (third round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko ) Dmitry Tursunov (third round, lost to David Nalbandian ) Nicolas Massú (third round, lost to Roger Federer ) Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round, lost to Nicole Vaidišová ) Kim Clijsters (semifinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne ) Nadia Petrova (first round, lost to Akiko Morigami ) Maria Sharapova (fourth round, lost to Dinara Safina ) Justine Henin-Hardenne (champion) Elena Dementieva (third round, lost to Shahar Pe'er ) Patty Schnyder (fourth round, lost to Venus Williams ) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Runner-up, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne ) Francesca Schiavone (fourth round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova ) Anastasia Myskina (fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne ) Venus Williams (quarterfinals, lost to Nicole Vaidišová ) Martina Hingis (quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters ) Anna-Lena Grönefeld (quarterfinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne ) Dinara Safina (quarterfinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova ) Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round, lost to Kim Clijsters ) Nicole Vaidišová (semifinals, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova ) Flavia Pennetta (third round, lost to Francesca Schiavone ) Elena Likhovtseva (first round, lost to Karolina Šprem ) Ana Ivanovic (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina ) Maria Kirilenko (third round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld ) Nathalie Dechy (third round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová ) Ai Sugiyama (second round, lost to Aravane Rezaï ) Tatiana Golovin (first round, lost to Zheng Jie ) Katarina Srebotnik (third round, lost to Dinara Safina ) Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Jelena Janković ) Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round, lost to Kim Clijsters ) Anna Chakvetadze (second round, lost to Li Na ) Lucie Šafářová (first round, lost to Anda Perianu ) Sofia Arvidsson (second round, lost to Julia Vakulenko ) Klára Koukalová (first round, lost to Tathiana Garbin ) Shahar Pe'er (fourth round, lost to Martina Hingis ) Gisela Dulko (fourth round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld )
Below are the lists of the wild cards awardees entering in the main draws.
Men's singles
Women's singles
^ Federer became the first male player from Switzerland to reach the Men's Singles final.
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