2006 French Open
Date:		May 28 - June 11
Edition:		105th
Category:		Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:		Paris (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's Singles
Justine Henin
Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi
Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
Mixed Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić
French Open  < 2005 2007 >

The 2006 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from May 28 to June 11, 2006. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles. It is one of the four tennis Grand Slams. This year makes French Open history as the first one to ever open on a Sunday.

Contents 1 Seniors 1.1 Men's singles 1.2 Women's singles 1.3 Men's doubles 1.4 Women's doubles 1.5 Mixed doubles 2 Juniors 2.1 Boys' singles 2.2 Girls' singles 2.3 Boys' doubles 2.4 Girls' doubles 3 Seeds 3.1 Men's singles 3.2 Women's singles 4 External links 5 Notes

[edit] Seniors

[edit] Men's singles

Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer^[1], 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)

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

[edit] Women's singles

Justine Henin def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 6–4

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

[edit] Men's doubles

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

[edit] Women's doubles

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

[edit] Mixed doubles

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

[edit] Juniors

[edit] Boys' singles

Martin Klizan def. Philip Bester 6-3, 6-1

[edit] Girls' singles

Agnieszka Radwańska def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1

[edit] Boys' doubles

Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori def. Artur Chernov / Valery Rudnev 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

[edit] Girls' doubles

Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Agnieszka Radwańska / Caroline Wozniacki 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-1

[edit] Seeds

[edit] Men's singles Roger Federer (Runner-up) Rafael Nadal (Champion) David Nalbandian (Semi-final, retired) Ivan Ljubičić (Semi-final) Andy Roddick (1st Round) Nikolay Davydenko (Quarter-final) Tommy Robredo (4th round) James Blake (3rd Round) Fernando González (2nd round) Gastón Gaudio (4th round) Radek Štěpánek (3rd round) Mario Ančić (Quarter-final) Nicolas Kiefer (3rd round) Lleyton Hewitt (4th round) David Ferrer (3rd round) Jarkko Nieminen (1st round, retired) Robby Ginepri (1st round) Thomas Johansson (1st round) Marcos Baghdatis (2nd round) Tomáš Berdych (4th round) Sebastien Grosjean (2nd round) Dominik Hrbatý (3rd round) Tommy Haas (3rd round) Juan Carlos Ferrero (3rd round) Gaël Monfils (4th round) José Acasuso (2nd round) Olivier Rochus (3rd round) Fernando Verdasco (2nd round) Paul-Henri Mathieu (3rd round) Carlos Moyà (3rd round) Dmitry Tursunov (3rd round) Nicolas Massú (3rd round)

[edit] Women's singles Amélie Mauresmo (4th round) Kim Clijsters (Semi-final) Nadia Petrova (1st round) Maria Sharapova (4th round) Justine Henin-Hardenne (Champion) Elena Dementieva (3rd round) Patty Schnyder (4th round) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Runner-up) Francesca Schiavone (4th round) Anastasia Myskina (4th round) Venus Williams (Quarter-final) Martina Hingis (Quarter-final) Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Quarter-final) Dinara Safina (Quarter-final) Daniela Hantuchová (4th round) Nicole Vaidišová (Semi-final) Flavia Pennetta (3rd round) Elena Likhovtseva (1st round) Ana Ivanović (3rd round) Maria Kirilenko (3rd round) Nathalie Dechy (3rd round) Ai Sugiyama (2nd round) Tatiana Golovin (1st round) Katarina Srebotnik (3rd round) Marion Bartoli (2nd round) Anabel Medina Garrigues (3rd round) Anna Chakvetadze (2nd round) Lucie Šafářová (1st round) Sofia Arvidsson (2nd round) Klára Koukalová (1st round) Shahar Pe'er (4th round) Gisela Dulko (4th round)

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2006 Roland Garros

• Official site

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Federer became the first male player from Switzerland to reach the Men's Singles final.

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