The2006 Australian Open was played between 16 and 29 January 2006.
Marat Safin could not defend his 2005 title, due to an injury he suffered in late 2005.Roger Federer won his second Australian Open title, defeatingMarcos Baghdatis in the final in four sets.Serena Williams was unsuccessful in defending her 2005 title, losing in the third round againstDaniela Hantuchová.Amélie Mauresmo won her first Australian Open title, defeating2004 championJustine Henin in the final; Henin-Hardenne was forced to retire at 1–6, 0–2 down due to a stomach virus. It began Henin-Hardenne's run of reaching the final of all four Grand Slam events, winning the French Open.
Several leading men's players declined to attend the Open due to injury, includingAndre Agassi,Rafael Nadal and defending championMarat Safin. The women's tournament had no absentees among the top 20 ranked players.
It wasMartina Hingis' firstgrand slam event in her comeback to the game.Lindsay Davenport andSerena Williams were among those who welcomed her return to the circuit as a positive step forward for women's tennis.
Roger Federer defeated
Marcos Baghdatis,[1] 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
Amélie Mauresmo defeated
Justine Henin, 6–1, 2–0, retired
Bob Bryan /Mike Bryan defeated
Martin Damm /
Leander Paes, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Yan Zi /Zheng Jie[2] defeated
Samantha Stosur /Lisa Raymond, 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3
Martina Hingis /Mahesh Bhupathi defeated
Elena Likhovtseva /
Daniel Nestor, 6–3, 6–3
Alexandre Sidorenko defeatedNick Lindahl, 6–3, 7–6(4)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated
Caroline Wozniacki,[Note 1] 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Błażej Koniusz /Grzegorz Panfil defeatedKellen Damico /Nathaniel Schnugg, 7–6(5), 6–3
Sharon Fichman /Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeatedAlizé Cornet /
Corinna Dentoni, 6–2, 6–2
John Fitzgerald /Todd Woodbridge defeatedPat Cash /Peter McNamara, 6–3, 6–3,[3]Phil Dent /Dianne Balestrat defeatedTony Roche /Liz Smylie, 6–1, 6–1Michaël Jérémiasz defeated
Satoshi Saida, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Esther Vergeer defeatedJiske Griffioen, 6–4, 6–0
Robin Ammerlaan /
Martin Legner defeatedMichaël Jérémiasz /Satoshi Saida, 3–6, 6–3 7–6(5)
Jiske Griffioen /Esther Vergeer defeatedYuka Chokyu /Mie Yaosa, 6–2, 6–0
| Seed | Player | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Federer | Winner |
| 2 | Andy Roddick | lost in R16 (toMarcos Baghdatis) |
| 3 | Lleyton Hewitt | lost in R64 (toJuan Ignacio Chela) |
| 4 |  David Nalbandian | lost in SF (toMarcos Baghdatis) |
| 5 | Nikolay Davydenko | lost in QF (toRoger Federer) |
| 6 | Guillermo Coria | lost in R32 (toSébastien Grosjean) |
| 7 |  Ivan Ljubičić | lost in QF (toMarcos Baghdatis) |
| 8 | Gastón Gaudio | lost in R32 (toFabrice Santoro) |
| 9 |  Fernando González | lost in R128 (toAlex Bogomolov Jr.) |
| 10 |  Thomas Johansson | lost in R16 (toIvan Ljubičić) |
| 11 |  David Ferrer | lost in R16 (toFabrice Santoro) |
| 12 |  Dominik Hrbatý | lost in R16 (toNikolay Davydenko) |
| 13 | Robby Ginepri | lost in R64 (toDenis Gremelmayr) |
| 14 | Richard Gasquet | lost in R128 (toTommy Haas) |
| 15 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | lost in R32 (toNicolas Kiefer) |
| 16 | Tommy Robredo | lost in R16 (toDavid Nalbandian) |
| 17 | Radek Štěpánek | lost in R64 (toMarcos Baghdatis) |
| 18 | Mario Ančić | lost in R32 (toDavid Ferrer) |
| 19 | Tomáš Berdych | lost in R64 (toGilles Simon) |
| 20 | James Blake | lost in R32 (toTommy Robredo) |
| 21 |  Nicolas Kiefer | lost in SF (toRoger Federer) |
| 22 | Gaël Monfils | lost in R128 (toLuis Horna) |
| 23 | Igor Andreev | lost in R32 (toDominik Hrbatý) |
| 24 | Olivier Rochus | lost in R64 (toPeter Luczak) |
| 25 | Sébastien Grosjean | lost in QF (toNicolas Kiefer) |
| 26 |  Jarkko Nieminen | lost in R32 (toDavid Nalbandian) |
| 27 | Taylor Dent | lost in R128 (toGuillermo García López) |
| 28 | Fernando Verdasco | lost in R64 (toKristof Vliegen) |
| 29 | Filippo Volandri | lost in R128 (toNathan Healey) |
| 30 |  Max Mirnyi | lost in R32 (toRoger Federer) |
| 31 | Feliciano López | lost in R32 (toIvan Ljubičić) |
| 32 | Carlos Moyá | lost in R128 (toAndrei Pavel) |
| Seed | Player | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindsay Davenport | lost in QF (toJustine Henin-Hardenne) |
| 2 | Kim Clijsters | lost in SF (toAmélie Mauresmo) |
| 3 | Amélie Mauresmo | Winner |
| 4 | Maria Sharapova | lost in SF (toJustine Henin-Hardenne) |
| 5 | Mary Pierce | lost in R64 (toIveta Benešová) |
| 6 | Nadia Petrova | lost in QF (toMaria Sharapova) |
| 7 | Patty Schnyder | lost in QF (toAmélie Mauresmo) |
| 8 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | lost in Final (toAmélie Mauresmo) |
| 9 | Elena Dementieva | lost in R128 (toJulia Schruff) |
| 10 | Venus Williams | lost in R128 (toTsvetana Pironkova) |
| 11 | Nathalie Dechy | lost in R128 (toYan Zi) |
| 12 | Anastasia Myskina | lost in R16 (toPatty Schnyder) |
| 13 | Serena Williams | lost in R32 (toDaniela Hantuchová) |
| 14 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | lost in R16 (toLindsay Davenport) |
| 15 | Francesca Schiavone | lost in R16 (toKim Clijsters) |
| 16 | Nicole Vaidišová | lost in R16 (toAmélie Mauresmo) |
| 17 | Daniela Hantuchová | lost in R16 (toMaria Sharapova) |
| 18 | Elena Likhovtseva | lost in R64 (toVirginia Ruano Pascual) |
| 19 | Dinara Safina | lost in R64 (toSofia Arvidsson) |
| 20 | Flavia Pennetta | lost in R32 (toNicole Vaidišová) |
| 21 |  Ana Ivanovic | lost in R64 (toSamantha Stosur) |
| 22 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | lost in R64 (toMaría Sánchez Lorenzo) |
| 23 | Jelena Janković | lost in R64 (toOlga Savchuk) |
| 24 | Tatiana Golovin | lost in R128 (toMara Santangelo) |
| 25 | Maria Kirilenko | lost in R32 (toLindsay Davenport) |
| 26 | Ai Sugiyama | lost in R128 (toConchita Martínez Granados) |
| 27 | Marion Bartoli | lost in R64 (toRoberta Vinci) |
| 28 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | lost in R128 (toZuzana Ondrášková) |
| 29 | Klára Koukalová | lost in R128 (toEkaterina Bychkova) |
| 30 | Vera Zvonareva | lost in R128 (toMartina Hingis) |
| 31 | Gisela Dulko | lost in R64 (toAiko Nakamura) |
| 32 | Sania Mirza | lost in R64 (toMichaëlla Krajicek) |
| Day | Day Session | Night Session | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36,890 | 12,855 | 49,745 |
| 2 | 42,533 | 15,300 | 57,833 |
| 3 | 40,291 | 16,391 | 56,682 |
| 4 | 37,668 | 17,728 | 55,396 |
| 5 | 32,664 | 15,454 | 48,118 |
| 6 | 41,247 | 15,439 | 56,686 |
| 7 | 22,679 | 14,958 | 37,637 |
| 8 | 25,350 | 15,033 | 40,383 |
| 9 | 19,385 | 15,115 | 34,500 |
| 10 | 17,570 | 14,542 | 32,112 |
| 11 | 15,954 | 14,943 | 30,897 |
| 12 | 16,303 | – | 16,303 |
| 13 | 15,452 | – | 15,452 |
| 14 | 18,806 | – | 18,806 |
| Total | 382,792 | 167,758 | 550,550 |
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| Preceded by | Grand Slams | Succeeded by |
