French Open 2006

◄ French Open 2006 ►
Date:	May 28 - June 11, 2006
Edition:	105th  French Open
Place:	Paris
Covering:	sand
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles :	Justin Henin-Hardenne
Men's double :	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
Ladies doubles :	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
Mixed :	Daniela Hantuchová Fabrice Santoro
winner
Men's singles :	Rafael Nadal
Ladies singles :	Justin Henin-Hardenne
Men's double :	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny
Ladies doubles :	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
Mixed :	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić
Grand Slams 2006
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

The 105th French Open took place from May 28th to June 11th, 2006 in Paris , France .

Defending champions in the singles were Rafael Nadal in the men and Justine Henin in the women. In the men's doubles Jonas Björkman and Max Mirny were the defending champions , in the women's doubles Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez . Daniela Hantuchová and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions in mixed .

For the first time in the history of the French Open, which has been held since 1891, the opening game took place on a Sunday .

Rafael Nadal won the men's singles and Justin Henin-Hardenne won the women's singles for the second time in a row. Jonas Björkman and Max Mirny also won the men's doubles for the second time in a row, and Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in the ladies doubles . Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić won the mixed title .

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Roger Federer final 02.  Rafael Nadal victory 03.  David Nalbandian Semifinals 04th  Ivan Ljubičić Semifinals 05.  Andy Roddick 1 round 06th  Nikolai Davydenko Quarter finals 07th  Tommy Robredo Round of 16 08th.  James Blake 3rd round 09.  Fernando González 2nd round 10.  Gastón Gaudio Round of 16 11.  Radek Štěpánek 3rd round 12.  Mario Ančić Quarter finals 13.  Nicolas Kiefer 3rd round 14th  Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16 15th  David Ferrer 3rd round 16.  Jarkko Nieminen 1 round

No. player Round reached 17th  Robby Ginepri 1 round 18th  Thomas Johansson 1 round 19th  Marcos Baghdatis 2nd round 20th  Tomáš Berdych Round of 16 21st  Sébastien Grosjean 2nd round 22nd  Dominik Hrbatý 3rd round 23.  Tommy Haas 3rd round 24.  Juan Carlos Ferrero 3rd round 25th  Gaël Monfils Round of 16 26th  José Acasuso 2nd round 27.  Olivier Rochus 3rd round 28.  Fernando Verdasco 2nd round 29  Paul-Henri Mathieu 3rd round 30th  Carlos Moyá 3rd round 31.  Dmitri Tursunov 3rd round 32.  Nicolás Massú 3rd round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Amélie Mauresmo Round of 16 02.  Kim Clijsters Semifinals 03.  Nadia Petrova 1 round 04th  Maria Sharapova Round of 16 05.  Justine Henin-Hardenne victory 06th  Jelena Dementjewa 3rd round 07th  Patty Schnyder Round of 16 08th.  Svetlana Kuznetsova final 09.  Francesca Schiavone 3rd round 10.  Anastassija Myskina Round of 16 11.  Venus Williams Quarter finals 12.  Martina Hingis Quarter finals 13.  Anna-Lena Grönefeld Quarter finals 14th  Dinara Safina Quarter finals 15th  Daniela Hantuchová Round of 16 16.  Nicole Vaidišová Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 17th  Flavia Pennetta 3rd round 18th  Jelena Lichowzewa 1 round 19th  Ana Ivanović 3rd round 20th  Maria Kirilenko 3rd round 21st  Nathalie Dechy 3rd round 22nd  Ai Sugiyama 2nd round 23.  Tatiana Golovin 1 round 24.  Katarina Srebotnik 3rd round 25th  Marion Bartoli 2nd round 26th  Anabel Medina Garrigues 3rd round 27.  Anna Chakvetadze 2nd round 28.  Lucie Šafářová 1 round 29  Sofia Arvidsson 2nd round 30th  Klára Koukalová 1 round 31.  Shahar Peer Round of 16 32.  Gisela Dulko Round of 16

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   final 02.  Jonas Björkman Max Mirny   victory 03.  Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor   2nd round 04th  Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett   2nd round 05.  Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram   2nd round 06th  Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić   1 round 07th  Martin Damm Leander Paes   1 round 08th.  Simon Aspelin Todd Perry   2nd round

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski   2nd round 10.  František Čermák Leoš Friedl   2nd round 11.  Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer   Round of 16 12.  José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto   2nd round 13.  Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner   Semifinals 14th  Michaël Llodra Olivier Rochus   Round of 16 15th  Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske   Semifinals 16.  Thomas Johansson Wesley Moodie   2nd round

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur   victory 02.  Cara Black Rennae Stubbs   Quarter finals 03.  Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy   2nd round 04th  Yan Zi Zheng Jie   Semifinals 05.  Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama   final 06th  Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik   1 round 07th  Liezel Huber Martina Navrátilová   2nd round 08th.  Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez   2nd round

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Jelena Dementjewa Flavia Pennetta   2nd round 10.  Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone   Quarter finals 11.  Gisela Dulko Marija Kirilenko   Round of 16 12.  Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt   1 round 13.  Elena Lichowzewa Anastassija Myskina   Round of 16 14th  Li Ting Sun Tiantian   2nd round 15th  Eleni Daniilidou Anabel Medina Garrigues   Semifinals 16.  Dinara Safina Roberta Vinci   Round of 16

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Jonas Björkman Lisa Raymond   1 round 02.  Kevin Ullyett Cara Black   1 round 03.  Mike Bryan Meghann Shaughnessy   1 round 04th  Max Mirny Zheng Jie   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Todd Perry Rennae Stubbs   Quarter finals 06th  Bob Bryan Martina Navrátilová   Semifinals 07th  Daniel Nestor Jelena Lichowzewa   final 08th.  Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik   victory

Juniors

Junior singles

The junior title was won by Slovak Martin Kližan , who beat Philip Bester (Canada) 6: 3 and 6: 1 in two sets in the final .

Junior singles

Agnieszka Radwańska from Poland prevailed among the juniors . In the final, she won in two sets 6: 4 and 6: 1 against the Russian Anastassija Sergejewna Pavlyuchenkova .

Web links

Commons : French Open 2006  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Archives of the ATP World Tour (Men) Grand Slams 2006
• Archive of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (Women & Mixed) Tournaments 2006 (English)
• ITF Archives (Men & Mixed )
• ITF Archives (Women )