2006 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 26 June – 9 July |
Edition | 120th |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
Champions | |
Men's Singles | |
Roger Federer | |
Women's Singles | |
Amélie Mauresmo | |
Men's Doubles | |
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan | |
Women's Doubles | |
Yan Zi / Zheng Jie | |
Mixed Doubles | |
Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva | |
Boys' Singles | |
Thiemo de Bakker | |
Girls' Singles | |
Caroline Wozniacki | |
Boys' Doubles | |
Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg | |
Girls' Doubles | |
Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | |
Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles | |
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde | |
Ladies' Invitation Doubles | |
Rosalyn Nideffer / Jana Novotná | |
Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles | |
Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek | |
Wheelchair Men's Doubles | |
Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida |
The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. 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 defeat 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.
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.