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2006 French Open
DateMay 28 – June 11
Edition105th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
LocationParis (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's doubles
Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi
Women's doubles
United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur
Mixed doubles
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
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In the men's quarter finals David Nalbandian won his match against Nikolay Davydenko

The 2006 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from May 28 to June 11, 2006. Both defending champions, Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne, retained their titles. It is one of the four tennis Grand Slams. This edition made history as it became the first Grand Slam tournament to start on a Sunday.

Seniors

Men's singles

Spain Rafael Nadal def. Switzerland Roger Federer[1], 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)

  • It was Nadal's 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd (consecutive) French Open title.

Women's singles

Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne def. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was Henin-Hardenne's 3rd title of the year, and her 26th overall. It was her 5th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd French Open title.

Men's doubles

Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi def. United States Mike Bryan / United States Bob Bryan, 6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur def. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Japan Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić def. Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Canada Daniel Nestor, 6–3, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

Slovakia Martin Kližan def. Canada Philip Bester 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles

Poland Agnieszka Radwańska def. Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Argentina Emiliano Massa / Japan Kei Nishikori def. Russia Artur Chernov / Russia Valery Rudnev 2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Canada Sharon Fichman / Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Poland Agnieszka Radwańska / Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–1

Seeds

Notes

  1. ^ Federer became the first male player from Switzerland to reach the Men's Singles final.

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