2006 French Open

2006 French Open
Date:		May 28 - June 11
Edition:		105th
Category:		Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:		Paris (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's Singles
Justine Henin
Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi
Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
Mixed Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik / 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 year makes French Open history as the first one to ever open on a Sunday.

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal def. 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

Justine Henin def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–4, 6–4

• It was Henin'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

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Juniors

Boys' singles

Martin Klizan def. Philip Bester 6-3, 6-1

Girls' singles

Agnieszka Radwańska def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1

Boys' doubles

Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori def. Artur Chernov / Valery Rudnev 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

Girls' doubles

Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Agnieszka Radwańska / Caroline Wozniacki 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-1

Seeds

External links

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Notes

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