2006 US Open – Women's Singles


won her second Grand Slam title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final, 6–4, 6–4, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2006 US Open.
Sharapova dropped just one set the entire tournament, to then-World No.1 Amélie Mauresmo in the semifinals. By reaching the final, Henin-Hardenne became the eighth woman, after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis, to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a calendar year. By losing the final, Henin-Hardenne missed an opportunity to return to World No.1 in the rankings, following Mauresmo's semi-final loss.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year due to injury.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below.
  1. Amélie Mauresmo '
  2. Justine Henin-Hardenne '
  3. Maria Sharapova
  4. Elena Dementieva '
  5. Nadia Petrova '
  6. Svetlana Kuznetsova '
  7. Patty Schnyder '
  8. Martina Hingis '
  9. Nicole Vaidišová '
  10. Lindsay Davenport '
  11. Anastasia Myskina '
  12. Dinara Safina '
  13. Mary Pierce '
  14. Francesca Schiavone '
  15. Anna-Lena Grönefeld '
  16. Ana Ivanovic '
  17. Daniela Hantuchová '
  18. Flavia Pennetta '
  19. Jelena Janković '
  20. Maria Kirilenko '
  21. Shahar Pe'er '
  22. Katarina Srebotnik '
  23. Anna Chakvetadze '
  24. Li Na '
  25. Anabel Medina Garrigues '
  26. Marion Bartoli '
  27. Tatiana Golovin '
  28. Ai Sugiyama '
  29. Zheng Jie '
  30. Venus Williams '
  31. Nathalie Dechy '
  32. Elena Likhovtseva '
  33. Vera Zvonareva '

    Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top Half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom Half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8