2006 Australian Open

September 2020 2006 Australian Open 16–29 January 2006 94th Grand Slam (ITF) Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Park Hardcourt (Rebound Ace) SUI Roger Federer FRA Amélie Mauresmo USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan CHN Yan Zi / CHN Zheng Jie SUI Martina Hingis / IND Mahesh Bhupathi FRA Alexandre Sidorenko RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova POL Błażej Koniusz / POL Grzegorz Panfil CAN Sharon Fichman / RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova AUS John Fitzgerald / AUS Todd Woodbridge AUS Phil Dent / AUS Dianne Balestrat FRA Michaël Jérémiasz NED Esther Vergeer NED Robin Ammerlaan / AUT Martin Legner NED Esther Vergeer / NED Jiske Griffioen thumb|right|Tim Henman and Dmitry Tursunov playing on the Margaret Court Arena in the first round. The 2006 Australian Open was played between 16 and 29 January 2006. Marat Safin could not defend his 2005 title, due to an injury he suffered in late 2005. Roger Federer won his second Australian Open title, defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final in four sets. Serena Williams was unsuccessful in defending her 2005 title, losing in the third round against Daniela Hantuchová. Amélie Mauresmo won her first Australian Open title, defeating 2004 champion Justine Henin in the final; Henin-Hardenne was forced to retire at 1–6, 0–2 down due to a stomach virus. It began Henin-Hardenne's run of reaching the final of all four Grand Slam events, winning the French Open. 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 had 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. Finals Seniors Men's singles 2006 Australian Open – Men's singles SUI Roger Federer defeated CYP 1960 Marcos Baghdatis,Baghdatis became the first Cypriot tennis player (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final. 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. Women's singles 2006 Australian Open – Women's singles FRA Amélie Mauresmo defeated BEL 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. Men's doubles 2006 Australian Open – Men's doubles USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan defeated CZE Martin Damm / IND Leander Paes, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 Women's doubles 2006 Australian Open – Women's doubles CHN Yan Zi / CHN Zheng JieYan and Zheng won the first ever Chinese Grand Slam title. defeated AUS Samantha Stosur / USA Lisa Raymond, 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3 Mixed doubles 2006 Australian Open – Mixed doubles SUI Martina Hingis / IND Mahesh Bhupathi defeated RUS Elena Likhovtseva / CAN Daniel Nestor, 6–3, 6–3 Juniors Boys' singles 2006 Australian Open – Boys' singles FRA Alexandre Sidorenko defeated AUS Nick Lindahl, 6–3, 7–6(4) Girls' singles 2006 Australian Open – Girls' singles RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated DEN Caroline Wozniacki,Note Wozniacki 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 Boys' doubles 2006 Australian Open – Boys' doubles POL Błażej Koniusz / POL Grzegorz Panfil defeated USA Kellen Damico / USA Nathaniel Schnugg, 7–6(5), 6–3 Girls' doubles 2006 Australian Open – Girls' doubles CAN Sharon Fichman / RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated FRA Alizé Cornet / ITA Corinna Dentoni, 6–2, 6–2 Legends Men's doubles AUS John Fitzgerald / AUS Todd Woodbridge defeated AUS Pat Cash / AUS Peter McNamara, 6–3, 6–3,Pye John Federer favored; Baghdatis believing The Philadelphia Inquirer 27 January 2006 C07 Mixed doubles AUS Phil Dent / AUS Dianne Balestrat defeated AUS Tony Roche / AUS Liz Smylie, 6–1, 6–1 Wheelchair Men's singles FRA Michaël Jérémiasz defeated JPN Satoshi Saida, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Women's singles NED Esther Vergeer defeated NED Jiske Griffioen, 6–4, 6–0 Men's doubles NED Robin Ammerlaan / AUT Martin Legner defeated FRA Michaël Jérémiasz / JPN Satoshi Saida, 3–6, 6–3 7–6(5) Women's doubles NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Esther Vergeer defeated CAN Yuka Chokyu / JPN Mie Yaosa, 6–2, 6–0 Seeds Men's singles Seed Player Result 1 Switzerland Roger Federer Winner 2 United States Andy Roddick lost in R16 (to Marcos Baghdatis) 3 Australia Lleyton Hewitt lost in R64 (to Juan Ignacio Chela) 4 Argentina David Nalbandian lost in SF (to Marcos Baghdatis) 5 Russia Nikolay Davydenko lost in QF (to Roger Federer) 6 Argentina Guillermo Coria lost in R32 (to Sébastien Grosjean) 7 Croatia Ivan Ljubičić lost in QF (to Marcos Baghdatis) 8 Argentina Gastón Gaudio lost in R32 (to Fabrice Santoro) 9 Chile Fernando González lost in R128 (to Alex Bogomolov Jr.) 10 Sweden Thomas Johansson lost in R16 (to Ivan Ljubičić) 11 Spain David Ferrer lost in R16 (to Fabrice Santoro) 12 Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý lost in R16 (to Nikolay Davydenko) 13 United States Robby Ginepri lost in R64 (to Denis Gremelmayr) 14 France Richard Gasquet lost in R128 (to Tommy Haas) 15 Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero lost in R32 (to Nicolas Kiefer) 16 Spain Tommy Robredo lost in R16 (to David Nalbandian) 17 Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek lost in R64 (to Marcos Baghdatis) 18 Croatia Mario Ančić lost in R32 (to David Ferrer) 19 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych lost in R64 (to Gilles Simon) 20 United States James Blake lost in R32 (to Tommy Robredo) 21 Germany Nicolas Kiefer lost in SF (to Roger Federer) 22 France Gaël Monfils lost in R128 (to Luis Horna) 23 Russia Igor Andreev lost in R32 (to Dominik Hrbatý) 24 Belgium Olivier Rochus lost in R64 (to Peter Luczak) 25 France Sébastien Grosjean lost in QF (to Nicolas Kiefer) 26 Finland Jarkko Nieminen lost in R32 (to David Nalbandian) 27 United States Taylor Dent lost in R128 (to Guillermo García López) 28 Spain Fernando Verdasco lost in R64 (to Kristof Vliegen) 29 Italy Filippo Volandri lost in R128 (to Nathan Healey) 30 Belarus 1995 Max Mirnyi lost in R32 (to Roger Federer) 31 Spain Feliciano López lost in R32 (to Ivan Ljubičić) 32 Spain Carlos Moyá lost in R128 (to Andrei Pavel) reference Women's singles Seed Player Result 1 United States Lindsay Davenport lost in QF (to Justine Henin-Hardenne) 2 Belgium Kim Clijsters lost in SF (to Amélie Mauresmo) 3 France Amélie Mauresmo Winner 4 Russia Maria Sharapova lost in SF (to Justine Henin-Hardenne) 5 France Mary Pierce lost in R64 (to Iveta Benešová) 6 Russia Nadia Petrova lost in QF (to Maria Sharapova) 7 Switzerland Patty Schnyder lost in QF (to Amélie Mauresmo) 8 Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne lost in Final (to Amélie Mauresmo) 9 Russia Elena Dementieva lost in R128 (to Julia Schruff) 10 United States Venus Williams lost in R128 (to Tsvetana Pironkova) 11 France Nathalie Dechy lost in R128 (to Yan Zi) 12 Russia Anastasia Myskina lost in R16 (to Patty Schnyder) 13 United States Serena Williams lost in R32 (to Daniela Hantuchová) 14 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in R16 (to Lindsay Davenport) 15 Italy Francesca Schiavone lost in R16 (to Kim Clijsters) 16 Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová lost in R16 (to Amélie Mauresmo) 17 Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová lost in R16 (to Maria Sharapova) 18 Russia Elena Likhovtseva lost in R64 (to Virginia Ruano Pascual) 19 Russia Dinara Safina lost in R64 (to Sofia Arvidsson) 20 Italy Flavia Pennetta lost in R32 (to Nicole Vaidišová) 21 Serbia and Montenegro Ana Ivanovic lost in R64 (to Samantha Stosur) 22 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld lost in R64 (to María Sánchez Lorenzo) 23 Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković lost in R64 (to Olga Savchuk) 24 France Tatiana Golovin lost in R128 (to Mara Santangelo) 25 Russia Maria Kirilenko lost in R32 (to Lindsay Davenport) 26 Japan Ai Sugiyama lost in R128 (to Conchita Martínez Granados) 27 France Marion Bartoli lost in R64 (to Roberta Vinci) 28 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues lost in R128 (to Zuzana Ondrášková) 29 Czech Republic Klára Koukalová lost in R128 (to Ekaterina Bychkova) 30 Russia Vera Zvonareva lost in R128 (to Martina Hingis) 31 Argentina Gisela Dulko lost in R64 (to Aiko Nakamura) 32 India Sania Mirza lost in R64 (to Michaëlla Krajicek) reference Attendance DayDay SessionNight SessionTotal 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20070905123308/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/attendance_history.pdf 5 September 2007 Withdrawals Men's Singles USA Andre Agassi → replaced by ESP Fernando Vicente SVK Karol Beck → replaced by BRA Ricardo Mello ARG Guillermo Cañas → replaced by ITA Potito Starace SWE Joachim Johansson → replaced by CRC Juan Antonio Marín ECU Nicolás Lapentti → replaced by USA Justin Gimelstob ESP Alberto Martín → replaced by ITA Federico Luzzi ESP Rafael Nadal → replaced by ESP Nicolás Almagro CZE Jiří Novák → replaced by NED Raemon Sluiter ARG Mariano Puerta → replaced by MON Jean-René Lisnard GBR Greg Rusedski → replaced by ESP Óscar Hernández RUS Marat Safin → replaced by GER Alexander Waske SWE Robin Söderling → replaced by KOR Lee Hyung-taik NED Martin Verkerk → replaced by ROU Răzvan Sabău Women's Singles RUS Elena Bovina → replaced by USA Shenay Perry FRA Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro → replaced by RUS Galina Voskoboeva BUL Sesil Karatantcheva → replaced by UKR Yuliana Fedak BUL Magdalena Maleeva → replaced by GER Martina Müller ESP Conchita Martínez → replaced by JPN Saori Obata CZE Květa Peschke → replaced by FRA Camille Pin COL Fabiola Zuluaga → replaced by ESP Conchita Martínez Granados References Linda Pearce Dokic leaves shattered but philosophical 17 January 2006 The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/national-pride-before-a-fall/2006/01/16/1137260002658.html Notes Note Wozniacki made the final of the Women's singles in 2018, defeating Simona Halep in the final in three sets. 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