2006 Australian Open
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The 2006 Australian Open was played between January 16 and January 29, 2006.
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 featured 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.
Finals
Seniors
Men's SinglesRoger Federer (SUI) def. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP), 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
Women's Singles
Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) def. Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL), 6-1, 2-0 ret.
Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA) def. Martin Damm (CZE)/Leander Paes (IND), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Women's Doubles
Yan Zi/Zheng Jie (CHN) def. Samantha Stosur (AUS)/Lisa Raymond (USA), 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-3
Mixed Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/Martina Hingis (SUI) def. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)/Daniel Nestor (CAN), 6-3, 6-3
Juniors
Boys' SinglesAlexandre Sidorenko (FRA) def. Nick Lindahl (AUS), 6-3, 7-6(4)
Girls' Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN), 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
Boys' Doubles
Blazej Koniusz/Grzegorz Panfil (POL) def. Kellen Damico/Nathaniel Schnugg (USA), 7-6(5), 6-3
Girls' Doubles
Sharon Fichman (CAN)/Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def. Alize Cornet (FRA)/Corinna Dentoni (ITA), 6-2, 6-2
Seeds
| Seed | Player | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Federer | WON |
| 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 | Gaston 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 | Gael 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 | Sebastien 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) |
| 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 | WON |
| 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 Ivanovic | lost in R64 (to Samantha Stosur) |
| 22 | Anna-Lena Groenefeld | lost in R64 (to Maria Sanchez Lorenzo) |
| 23 | Jelena Jankovic | 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) |
Trivia
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.
- The Bryan Brothers reached their fifth consecutive Grand Slam finals.
- 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 was the one who didn't, she would go on to win the Australian Open).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
References
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