2006 Australian Open
Date:		January 16 – January 29
Edition:		94th
Category:		Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:		Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Amélie Mauresmo
Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles
Zi Yan / Jie Zheng
Mixed Doubles
Martina Hingis / Mahesh Bhupathi
Australian Open  < 2005 2007 >

The 2006 Australian Open was played between January 16 and January 29, 2006.

Contents 1 Leadup 2 Finals 2.1 Seniors 2.1.1 Men's Singles 2.1.2 Women's Singles 2.1.3 Men's Doubles 2.1.4 Women's Doubles 2.1.5 Mixed Doubles 2.2 Juniors 2.2.1 Boys' Singles 2.2.2 Girls' Singles 2.2.3 Boys' Doubles 2.2.4 Girls' Doubles 3 Seeds 3.1 Men's Singles 3.2 Women's Singles 3.3 Attendance 4 Trivia 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Leadup

Several leading men's players declined to attend the Open due to injury, including Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and defending champion Marat Safin.

The women's tournament fared much better, with no absentees among the top 20 ranked players.

It was Martina Hingis' first grand slam event in her comeback to the game. Lindsay Davenport and Serena Williams were among those who welcomed her return to the circuit as a positive step forward for women's tennis.

[edit] Finals

[edit] Seniors

[edit] Men's Singles

Roger Federer def. Marcos Baghdatis^[1], 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2

• It was Federer's 2nd title of the year, and his 35th overall. It was his 7th career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd Australian Open title.

[edit] Women's Singles

Amélie Mauresmo def. Justine Henin, 6–1, 2–0, retired

• It was Mauresmo's 1st title of the year, and her 20th overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

[edit] Men's Doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Martin Damm / Leander Paes, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Women's Doubles

Yan Zi / Zheng Jie^[2] def. Samantha Stosur / Lisa Raymond, 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3

[edit] Mixed Doubles

Martina Hingis / Mahesh Bhupathi def. Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Juniors

[edit] Boys' Singles

Alexandre Sidorenko def. Nick Lindahl, 6–3, 7–6(4)

[edit] Girls' Singles

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Caroline Wozniacki, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3

[edit] Boys' Doubles

Blazej Koniusz / Grzegorz Panfil def. Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg, 7–6(5), 6–3

[edit] Girls' Doubles

Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Alize Cornet / Corinna Dentoni, 6–2, 6–2

[edit] Seeds

[edit] Men's Singles

Seed	Player	Result
1	Roger Federer	Winner
2	Andy Roddick	lost in R16 (to Marcos Baghdatis)
3	Lleyton Hewitt	lost in R64 (to Juan Ignacio Chela)
4	David Nalbandian	lost in SF (to Marcos Baghdatis)
5	Nikolay Davydenko	lost in QF (to Roger Federer)
6	Guillermo Coria	lost in R32 (to Sebastien Grosjean)
7	Ivan Ljubičić	lost in QF (to Marcos Baghdatis)
8	Gastón Gaudio	lost in R32 (to Fabrice Santoro)
9	Fernando González	lost in R128 (to Alex Bogomolov Jr.)
10	Thomas Johansson	lost in R16 (to Ivan Ljubičić)
11	David Ferrer	lost in R16 (to Fabrice Santoro)
12	Dominik Hrbatý	lost in R16 (to Nikolay Davydenko)
13	Robby Ginepri	lost in R64 (to Denis Gremelmayr)
14	Richard Gasquet	lost in R128 (to Tommy Haas)
15	Juan Carlos Ferrero	lost in R32 (to Nicolas Kiefer)
16	Tommy Robredo	lost in R16 (to David Nalbandian)
17	Radek Štěpánek	lost in R64 (to Marcos Baghdatis)
18	Mario Ančić	lost in R32 (to David Ferrer)
19	Tomáš Berdych	lost in R64 (to Gilles Simon)
20	James Blake	lost in R32 (to Tommy Robredo)
21	Nicolas Kiefer	lost in SF (to Roger Federer)
22	Gaël Monfils	lost in R128 (to Luis Horna)
23	Igor Andreev	lost in R32 (to Dominik Hrbaty)
24	Olivier Rochus	lost in R64 (to Peter Luczak)
25	Sébastien Grosjean	lost in QF (to Nicolas Kiefer)
26	Jarkko Nieminen	lost in R32 (to David Nalbandian)
27	Taylor Dent	lost in R128 (to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez)
28	Fernando Verdasco	lost in R64 (to Kristof Vliegen)
29	Filippo Volandri	lost in R128 (to Nathan Healey)
30	Max Mirnyi	lost in R32 (to Roger Federer)
31	Feliciano López	lost in R32 (to Ivan Ljubičić)
32	Carlos Moyá	lost in R128 (to Andrei Pavel)

reference

[edit] Women's Singles

Seed	Player	Result
1	Lindsay Davenport	lost in QF (to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
2	Kim Clijsters	lost in SF (to Amélie Mauresmo)
3	Amélie Mauresmo	Winner
4	Maria Sharapova	lost in SF (to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
5	Mary Pierce	lost in R64 (to Iveta Benešová)
6	Nadia Petrova	lost in QF (to Maria Sharapova)
7	Patty Schnyder	lost in QF (to Amélie Mauresmo)
8	Justine Henin-Hardenne	lost in Final (to Amélie Mauresmo)
9	Elena Dementieva	lost in R128 (to Julia Schruff)
10	Venus Williams	lost in R128 (to Tszvetana Pironkova)
11	Nathalie Dechy	lost in R128 (to Zi Yan)
12	Anastasia Myskina	lost in R16 (to Patty Schnyder)
13	Serena Williams	lost in R32 (to Daniela Hantuchová)
14	Svetlana Kuznetsova	lost in R16 (to Lindsay Davenport)
15	Francesca Schiavone	lost in R16 (to Kim Clijsters)
16	Nicole Vaidišová	lost in R16 (to Amélie Mauresmo)
17	Daniela Hantuchová	lost in R16 (to Maria Sharapova)
18	Elena Likhovtseva	lost in R64 (to Virginia Ruano Pascual)
19	Dinara Safina	lost in R64 (to Sofia Arvidsson)
20	Flavia Pennetta	lost in R32 (to Nicole Vaidišová)
21	Ana Ivanović	lost in R64 (to Samantha Stosur)
22	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	lost in R64 (to Maria Sanchez Lorenzo)
23	Jelena Janković	lost in R64 (to Olga Savchuk)
24	Tatiana Golovin	lost in R128 (to Mara Santangelo)
25	Maria Kirilenko	lost in R32 (to Lindsay Davenport)
26	Ai Sugiyama	lost in R128 (to Conchita Martinez Granados)
27	Marion Bartoli	lost in R64 (to Roberta Vinci)
28	Anabel Medina Garrigues	lost in R128 (to Zuzana Ondrášková)
29	Klára Koukalová	lost in R128 (to Ekaterina Bychkova)
30	Vera Zvonareva	lost in R128 (to Martina Hingis)
31	Gisela Dulko	lost in R64 (to Aiko Nakamura)
32	Sania Mirza	lost in R64 (to Michaella Krajicek)

reference

[edit] Attendance

Day	Day Session	Night Session	Total
1	36,890	12,855	49,745
2	42,533	15,300	57,833
3	40,291	16,391	56,682
4	37,668	17,728	55,396
5	32,664	15,454	48,118
6	41,247	15,439	56,686
7	22,679	14,958	37,637
8	25,350	15,033	40,383
9	19,385	15,115	34,500
10	17,570	14,542	32,112
11	15,954	14,943	30,897
12	16,303	-	16,303
13	15,452	-	15,452
14	18,806	-	18,806
Total	382,792	167,758	550,550

^[3]

[edit] Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (April 2009)

Men's singles

• When he won the event, Roger Federer's Grand Slam finals record stood at 7-0, the best in history and tying the mark set by William Renshaw and Richard Sears in the late 19th century.

Men's doubles

• The Bryan Brothers reached their fifth consecutive Grand Slam finals.

Women's singles

• This edition of the tournament was noted for its strong player field. Among the quarterfinalists were seven of the top eight seeds, and a former three-time champion: (1) Lindsay Davenport, (2) Kim Clijsters, (3) Amélie Mauresmo, (4) Maria Sharapova, (6) Nadia Petrova, (7) Patty Schnyder, (8) Justine Henin-Hardenne and Martina Hingis. In addition, six of these eight players attained the #1 ranking, with five of them having already won a Grand Slam title (incidentally, Amélie Mauresmo, the eventual winner, was one who hadn't).
• Amélie Mauresmo's victory marked the second time in the Open Era (and the first in women's singles) that a Grand Slam final was won when a competitor retired. Justine Henin-Hardenne was criticized for retiring without any evident pain that would justify her action and for not finishing the match even though there were a few points away for completion, thus depriving Mauresmo the opportunity to properly celebrate her first Grand Slam victory. This was Mauresmo's second appearance in a Grand Slam final, seven years after the 1999 Australian Open. Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam a few months later in Wimbledon, once again beating Henin Hardenne in the final.

Women's doubles

• The Chinese double Yan Zi/Zheng Jie saved two Championship Points in the second set tiebreak of the final; saved three match points in QF match vs. Ruano Pascual/Suarez; and earned the first Grand Slam title for China.

Mixed doubles

• Despite her well-known doubles pedigree, the victory of Martina Hingis (partnering Mahesh Bhupathi) in mixed doubles marked only the first time she won such an event in a Grand Slam.

[edit] References

• ^ 

Pearce, Linda (2006-01-17). "Dokic leaves shattered but philosophical". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/national-pride-before-a-fall/2006/01/16/1137260002658.html. 

[edit] External links

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