2006 Wimbledon

The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 120th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2006. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Roger Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in what was to be the first of three consecutive Wimbledon finals played between the pair. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Janković. Amélie Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam title, and first and only Wimbledon title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final in three sets. Mauresmo thus became the first Frenchwoman since 1925 to win the Wimbledon title. It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeats of 2006, having lost the 2006 Australian Open final to Mauresmo earlier in the year; on that occasion, Henin-Hardenne retired due to a stomach virus.

Notable stories

American performance and Serbian breakthrough

For the first time since 1911, no American player reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and for the first time since the 1976 Australian Open, no American player reached a Grand Slam quarter-final. Shenay Perry was the only American player to reach the fourth round; she was defeated 6–2, 6–0 by Elena Dementieva after losing the last ten games of the match. Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998.

Venus Williams' third round defeat by Jelena Janković of Serbia (on its first Grand Slam appearance as a newly established independent nation from the former Serbia and Montenegro) caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 and meant that neither of the Williams sisters ( Serena Williams withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since 1999. These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Janković, Ana Ivanovic and Novak Djokovic also reached the fourth round, the former losing to Amélie Mauresmo and the latter losing to Mario Ančić.

Li Na's run to the quarter-finals

China's Li Na became the first player from her country to ever be seeded or reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. She upset the recent French Open finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round, before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters. Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.

Streaker incident

Midway during the ladies' quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, a streaker ran onto the Centre Court and interrupted the match, before ultimately being arrested and brought into custody by Wimbledon security guards. The streaker was later revealed to be Dutch DJ Sander Lantinga, who carried out the stunt as part of the Dutch television show ''Try Before You Die''.Wylie, Ian (5 July 2006)
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Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2006 championships was £10,378,710. The winner of the men's title earned £655,000 while the women's singles champion earned £625,000.

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Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–0, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(2–7), 6–3

Women's singles

Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

Yan Zi / Zheng Jie defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva defeated Venus Williams / Bob Bryan, 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Thiemo de Bakker defeated Marcin Gawron, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

Girls' singles

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kližan / Andrej Martin, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2

Girls' doubles

Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Khrystyna Antoniichuk / Alexandra Dulgheru, 6–1, 6–2

Other events

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated T. J. Middleton / David Wheaton, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

Ladies' invitation doubles

Rosalyn Nideffer / Jana Novotná defeated Tracy Austin / Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–3

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek defeated Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee, 7–5, 6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(11–9)

Wheelchair men's doubles

Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida defeated Michaël Jeremiasz / Jayant Mistry, 7–5, 6–2

Singles seeds

Men's singles

# Roger Federer (champion)
# Rafael Nadal ''(final, lost to Roger Federer)''
# Andy Roddick ''(third round, lost to Andy Murray)''
# David Nalbandian ''(third round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)''
# Ivan Ljubičić ''(third round, lost to Dmitry Tursunov)''
# Lleyton Hewitt '' (quarterfinals, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)''
# Mario Ančić ''(quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)''
# James Blake ''(third round, lost to Max Mirnyi)''
# Nikolay Davydenko ''(first round, lost to Alejandro Falla)''
# Fernando González ''(third round, lost to David Ferrer)''
# Tommy Robredo ''(second round, lost to Novak Djokovic)''
# Thomas Johansson ''(first round, lost to Jonas Björkman)''
# Tomáš Berdych ''(fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)''
# Radek Štěpánek ''(quarterfinals, lost to Jonas Björkman)''
# Sébastien Grosjean ''(third round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)''
# Gastón Gaudio ''(second round, lost to Irakli Labadze)''
# Robby Ginepri ''(first round, lost to Mardy Fish)''
# Marcos Baghdatis ''(semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)''
# Tommy Haas ''(third round, lost to Tomáš Berdych)''
# Dominik Hrbatý ''(first round, lost to Daniele Bracciali)''
# Gaël Monfils ''(first round, lost to Igor Kunitsyn)''
# Jarkko Nieminen ''(quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)''
# David Ferrer ''(fourth round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)''
# Juan Carlos Ferrero ''(third round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)''
# Andre Agassi ''(third round, lost to Rafael Nadal)''
# Olivier Rochus ''(third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
# Dmitry Tursunov ''(fourth round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)''
# Fernando Verdasco''(fourth round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)''
# Paradorn Srichaphan ''(first round, lost to Agustín Calleri)''
# Kristof Vliegen ''(second round, lost to Nicolas Mahut)''
# Nicolás Massú ''(first round, lost to Andy Murray)''
# Paul-Henri Mathieu ''(first round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)''

Women's singles

# Amélie Mauresmo (champion)
# Kim Clijsters ''(semifinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)''
# Justine Henin-Hardenne ''(final, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)''
# Maria Sharapova ''(semifinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)''
# Svetlana Kuznetsova ''(third round, lost to Li Na)''
# Venus Williams ''(third round, lost to Jelena Janković)''
# Elena Dementieva ''(quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)''
# Patty Schnyder ''(second round, lost to Séverine Brémond)''
# Anastasia Myskina ''(quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)''
# Nicole Vaidišová ''(fourth round, lost to Li Na)''
# Francesca Schiavone ''(first round, lost to Melanie South)''
# Martina Hingis ''(third round, lost to Ai Sugiyama)''
# Anna-Lena Grönefeld ''(first round, lost to Tsvetana Pironkova)''
# Dinara Safina ''(third round, lost to Ana Ivanovic)''
# Daniela Hantuchová ''(fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)''
# Flavia Pennetta ''(fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova)''
# Maria Kirilenko ''(first round, lost to Shinobu Asagoe)''
# Ai Sugiyama ''(fourth round, lost to Séverine Brémond)''
# Ana Ivanovic ''(fourth round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)''
# Shahar Pe'er ''(second round, lost to Shuai Peng)''
# Katarina Srebotnik ''(third round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)''
# Nathalie Dechy ''(first round, lost to Sybille Bammer)''
# Anabel Medina Garrigues ''(third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)''
# Marion Bartoli ''(second round, lost to Karolina Šprem)''
# Elena Likhovtseva ''(third round, lost to Elena Dementieva)''
# Jelena Janković ''(fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)''
# Li Na ''(quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)''
# Sofia Arvidsson ''(first round, lost to Eva Birnerová)''
# Tatiana Golovin ''(second round, lost to Nicole Pratt)''
# Anna Chakvetadze ''(third round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)''
# Gisela Dulko ''(third round, lost to Séverine Brémond)''
# Mara Santangelo ''(first round, lost to Amy Frazier)''

Wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles
# Jamie Baker
# Alex Bogdanovic
# Richard Bloomfield
# Jamie Delgado
# Martin Lee
# Alan Mackin
# Andrei Pavel
# Mark Philippoussis

Women's singles
# Cara Black
# Sarah Borwell
# Naomi Cavaday
# Anne Keothavong
# Alicia Molik
# Katie O'Brien
# Agnieszka Radwańska
# Melanie South

Men's doubles
# James Auckland / Jamie Delgado
# Lee Childs / Andrei Pavel (''Withdrew'')
# Colin Fleming / Jamie Murray
# Josh Goodall / Ross Hutchins
# Martin Lee / Jonathan Marray

Women's doubles
# Sarah Borwell / Jane O'Donoghue
# Claire Curran / Jamea Jackson
# Amanda Keen / Anne Keothavong
# Rebecca Llewellyn / Karen Paterson
# Katie O'Brien / Melanie South

Mixed doubles
# Wayne Arthurs / Alicia Molik
# James Auckland / Claire Curran
# Paul Hanley / Tatiana Perebiynis
# Andy Murray / Kirsten Flipkens
# Cyril Suk / Helena Suková

Qualifier entries

Men's singles

# Kevin Kim
# Irakli Labadze
# Roko Karanušić
# Marcel Granollers
# Michael Berrer
# Frank Dancevic
# Alejandro Falla
# Simon Stadler
# Alexander Peya
# Kristian Pless
# Josh Goodall
# Stefano Galvani
# Wayne Arthurs
# Benedikt Dorsch
# Robert Kendrick
# Benjamin Becker

The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:
# Jean-Christophe Faurel

Women's singles

# Romina Oprandi
# Nicole Pratt
# Séverine Brémond
# Tamarine Tanasugarn
# Clarisa Fernández
# Kristina Barrois
# Chan Yung-jan
# Vasilisa Bardina
# Ivana Abramović
# Meilen Tu
# Yaroslava Shvedova
# Kirsten Flipkens

The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot:
# Julia Vakulenko

Men's doubles

# Irakli Labadze / Dušan Vemić
# Neil Bamford / Jim May
# Ramón Delgado / André Sá
# Kevin Kim / Cecil Mamiit

The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:
# Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana
# Zack Fleishman / Robert Smeets
# Tomáš Cakl / Pavel Šnobel
# Frédéric Niemeyer / Glenn Weiner

Women's doubles

# Lucie Hradecká / Hana Šromová
# Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / María José Martínez Sánchez
# Yuliana Fedak / Tatiana Perebiynis
# Lilia Osterloh / Ahsha Rolle

The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot:
# Chan Chin-wei / Hsieh Su-wei
# Melinda Czink / Vania King
# Mariana Díaz Oliva / Natalie Grandin

Withdrawals

;Men's Singles

;Before the tournament
* José Acasuso → replaced by Dick Norman
* Igor Andreev → replaced by Guillermo García López
* Guillermo Coria → replaced by Lu Yen-hsun
* Taylor Dent → replaced by Tomáš Zíb
* Victor Hănescu → replaced by Răzvan Sabău
* Nicolas Kiefer → replaced by Jean-Christophe Faurel
* Carlos Moyá → replaced by Melle van Gemerden

;Women's Singles

;Before the tournament
* Lindsay Davenport → replaced by Sandra Klösel
* Nuria Llagostera Vives → replaced by Ivana Lisjak
* Nadia Petrova → replaced by Julia Vakulenko
* Mary Pierce → replaced by Victoria Azarenka
* Lucie Šafářová → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko
* Roberta Vinci → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
* Serena Williams → replaced by Lilia Osterloh

;During the tournament
* Viktoriya Kutuzova

References

External links

Official Wimbledon Championships website

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