2006 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

2006 Australian Open s SUI Martina HingisIND Mahesh Bhupathi RUS Elena LikhovtsevaCAN Daniel Nestor 6–3, 6–3 32 8 2006 Australian Open Martina Hingis and Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2006 Australian Open.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-01-29/hingis-wins-australian-open-mixed-doubles/787820?pfmredir=sm&pfm=ms Hingis wins Australian Open mixed doubles Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 July 2025 With the win, Bhupathi completed the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles, becoming the 14th player to do so. It was Hingis' first major mixed doubles title; she would later also complete the career Grand Slam in the discipline. Samantha Stosur and Scott Draper were the reigning champions, but Draper retired from the sport in 2005. Stosur partnered Paul Hanley, but lost in the semifinals to Hingis and Bhupathi. Seeds 30em ZIM Cara Black / ZIM Kevin Ullyett (first round) USA Lisa Raymond / SWE Jonas Björkman (second round) RUS Vera Zvonareva / USA Bob Bryan (quarterfinals) USA Corina Morariu / USA Mike Bryan (quarterfinals) AUS Samantha Stosur / AUS Paul Hanley (semifinals) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / CAN Daniel Nestor (final) RSA Liezel Huber / ISR Andy Ram (second round) AUS Rennae Stubbs / AUS Todd Perry (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175   FRA Nathalie DechyIND Leander Paes 6 4 [4] 6 RUS Elena LikhovtsevaCAN Daniel Nestor 3 6 [10] 5 AUS Samantha StosurAUS Paul Hanley 3 3   WC SUI Martina HingisIND Mahesh Bhupathi 6 6   6 RUS Elena LikhovtsevaCAN Daniel Nestor 3 3   WC SUI Martina HingisIND Mahesh Bhupathi 6 6   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 ZIM C BlackZIM K Ullyett 3 4     FRA N DechyIND L Paes 6 6     ESP V Ruano PascualARG S Prieto 1 r     USA M ShaughnessySWE S Aspelin 1       GER A-L GrönefeldCZE F Čermák 6 6   WC AUS L McSheaAUS M Kimmich 4 1     SLO K SrebotnikSCG N Zimonjić 5 69   7 RSA L HuberISR A Ram 7 711   3 RUS V ZvonarevaUSA B Bryan 6 6     IND S MirzaAUS S Huss 3 3     CZE L ŠafářováCZE L Friedl 6 3 [10] WC AUS C DellacquaAUS P Luczak 1 6 [7]   RUS M KirilenkoRUS I Andreev 77 2 [4] WC SCG A IvanovicSCG N Djokovic 64 6 [10]   SCG J JankovićAUT J Knowle 6 4 [11] 6 RUS E LikhovtsevaCAN D Nestor 3 6 [13]   FRA N DechyIND L Paes 6 77     USA M ShaughnessySWE S Aspelin 3 64     GER A-L GrönefeldCZE F Čermák 6 6   7 RSA L HuberISR A Ram 2 3   3 RUS V ZvonarevaUSA B Bryan 6 6 3=    CZE L ŠafářováCZE L Friedl 2 1   WC SCG A IvanovicSCG N Djokovic 6 1 [5] 6 RUS E LikhovtsevaCAN D Nestor 3 6 [10]   FRA N DechyIND L Paes 6 77     GER A-L GrönefeldCZE F Čermák 1 64   3 RUS V ZvonarevaUSA B Bryan 4 4   6 RUS E LikhovtsevaCAN D Nestor 6 6     FRA N DechyIND L Paes 6 4 [4] 6 RUS E LikhovtsevaCAN D Nestor 3 6 [10] Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 AUS S StosurAUS P Hanley 6 6   Alt AUS N PrattCZE C Suk 3 4     AUS B StewartUSA J Thomas 7 64 [10] WC AUS T MusgraveAUS N Healey 5 77 [8]   ARG P SuárezBAH M Knowles 63 6 [9] WC FRA A CornetFRA G Monfils 77 2 [11]   RUS A ChakvetadzeCZE M Damm 3 5   4 USA C MorariuUSA M Bryan 6 7   8 AUS R StubbsAUS T Perry 7 6     ISR S Pe'erISR J Erlich 5 3     ITA F PennettaESP C Moyá 4 4     JPN A SugiyamaAUS W Arthurs 6 6   WC SUI M HingisIND M Bhupathi 6 6   WC CHN N LiTPE J Wang 2 2     RUS A MyskinaAUT J Melzer 2 2   2 USA L RaymondSWE J Björkman 6 6   5 AUS S StosurAUS P Hanley 6 6     AUS B StewartUSA J Thomas 4 3   WC FRA A CornetFRA G Monfils 2 3   4 USA C MorariuUSA M Bryan 6 6   8 AUS R StubbsAUS T Perry 6 7 3=    JPN A SugiyamaAUS W Arthurs 4 5   WC SUI M HingisIND M Bhupathi 7 67 [10] 2 USA L RaymondSWE J Björkman 5 79 [7] 5 AUS S StosurAUS P Hanley 77 4 [10] 4 USA C MorariuUSA M Bryan 64 6 [8] 8 AUS R StubbsAUS T Perry 5 65   WC SUI M HingisIND M Bhupathi 7 77   5 AUS S StosurAUS P Hanley 3 3   WC SUI M HingisIND M Bhupathi 6 6   References External links https://archive.today/20130215133259/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/2006_MX_1.html Official results archive (Australian Open) el Official results archive (WTA) 2006 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Mixed Doubles 2006