2006 French Open


The 2006 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France from 28 May to 11 June 2006. It was the 110th staging of the French Open, and the second of the four Grand Slam tennis events of 2006. This edition made history as it became the first Grand Slam tournament to start on a Sunday. It was the 2nd time since 1985 that all top 4 seeds reached the semifinals in the men's singles of a Grand Slam tournament. This did not happen again until the same tournament five years later. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles.

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6
Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 6–4
Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan, 6–7, 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Juniors

Boys' singles

Martin Kližan defeated Philip Bester 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori defeated Artur Chernov / Valery Rudnev 2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Agnieszka Radwańska / Caroline Wozniacki 6–7, 6–2, 6–1

Seeds

Men's singles

  1. Roger Federer '
  2. Rafael Nadal
  3. David Nalbandian '
  4. Ivan Ljubičić '
  5. Andy Roddick '
  6. Nikolay Davydenko '
  7. Tommy Robredo '
  8. James Blake '
  9. Fernando González '
  10. Gastón Gaudio '
  11. Radek Štěpánek '
  12. Mario Ančić '
  13. Nicolas Kiefer '
  14. Lleyton Hewitt '
  15. David Ferrer '
  16. Jarkko Nieminen '
  17. Robby Ginepri '
  18. Thomas Johansson '
  19. Marcos Baghdatis '
  20. Tomáš Berdych '
  21. Sébastien Grosjean '
  22. Dominik Hrbatý '
  23. Tommy Haas '
  24. Juan Carlos Ferrero '
  25. Gaël Monfils '
  26. José Acasuso '
  27. Olivier Rochus '
  28. Fernando Verdasco '
  29. Paul-Henri Mathieu '
  30. Carlos Moyá '
  31. Dmitry Tursunov '
  32. Nicolas Massú

    Women's singles

  33. Amélie Mauresmo '
  34. Kim Clijsters '
  35. Nadia Petrova '
  36. Maria Sharapova '
  37. Justine Henin-Hardenne
  38. Elena Dementieva '
  39. Patty Schnyder '
  40. Svetlana Kuznetsova '
  41. Francesca Schiavone '
  42. Anastasia Myskina '
  43. Venus Williams '
  44. Martina Hingis '
  45. Anna-Lena Grönefeld '
  46. Dinara Safina '
  47. Daniela Hantuchová '
  48. Nicole Vaidišová '
  49. Flavia Pennetta '
  50. Elena Likhovtseva '
  51. Ana Ivanovic '
  52. Maria Kirilenko '
  53. Nathalie Dechy '
  54. Ai Sugiyama '
  55. Tatiana Golovin '
  56. Katarina Srebotnik '
  57. Marion Bartoli '
  58. Anabel Medina Garrigues '
  59. Anna Chakvetadze '
  60. Lucie Šafářová '
  61. Sofia Arvidsson '
  62. Klára Koukalová '
  63. Shahar Pe'er '
  64. Gisela Dulko

    Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wildcard entries

  1. Thierry Ascione
  2. Jérémy Chardy
  3. Jean-Christophe Faurel
  4. Marc Gicquel
  5. Nathan Healey
  6. Michaël Llodra
  7. Mathieu Montcourt
  8. Olivier Patience

    Women's singles wildcard entries

  9. Séverine Brémond
  10. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
  11. Alizé Cornet
  12. Youlia Fedossova
  13. Mathilde Johansson
  14. Alicia Molik
  15. Pauline Parmentier
  16. Aurélie Védy

    Men's doubles wildcard entries

  17. Thierry Ascione / Florent Serra
  18. Jean-François Bachelot / Stéphane Robert
  19. Grégory Carraz / Antony Dupuis
  20. Jérémy Chardy / Josselin Ouanna
  21. Nicolas Devilder / Olivier Patience
  22. Marc Gicquel / Gilles Simon
  23. Jérôme Haehnel / Alexandre Sidorenko

    Women's doubles wildcard entries

  24. Séverine Bremond / Sophie Lefèvre
  25. Diana Brunel / Florence Haring
  26. Julie Coin / Youlia Fedossova
  27. Alizé Cornet / Virginie Pichet
  28. Caroline Dhenin / Mathilde Johansson
  29. Mariana Díaz Oliva / Alicia Molik
  30. Pauline Parmentier / Camille Pin

    Mixed doubles wildcard entries

  31. Séverine Bremond / Marc Gicquel
  32. Alizé Cornet / Jérémy Chardy
  33. Stéphanie Foretz / Michaël Llodra
  34. Émilie Loit / Julien Jeanpierre
  35. Pauline Parmentier / Marcos Baghdatis
  36. Virginie Razzano / Antony Dupuis

    Qualifier entries

Men's Qualifiers entries

  1. Wayne Arthurs
  2. Roko Karanušić
  3. Martín Vassallo Argüello
  4. Juan Martín del Potro
  5. Dick Norman
  6. Stefano Galvani
  7. Edgardo Massa
  8. Kristian Pless
  9. Evgeny Korolev
  10. Sergio Roitman
  11. Dieter Kindlmann
  12. Saša Tuksar
  13. Ilija Bozoljac
  14. Diego Hartfield
  15. Júlio Silva
  16. Óscar Hernández
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
  1. Melle van Gemerden
  2. Kevin Kim
  3. Alejandro Falla

    Women's Qualifiers entries

  4. Julia Vakulenko
  5. Eva Birnerová
  6. Sandra Klösel
  7. Clarisa Fernández
  8. Victoria Azarenka
  9. Alberta Brianti
  10. Hsieh Su-wei
  11. Anda Perianu
  12. Virginie Pichet
  13. Galina Voskoboeva
  14. Aravane Rezaï
  15. Yuliya Beygelzimer
The following player received entry into a lucky loser spot:
  1. Kirsten Flipkens

    Withdrawn players

;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles