Women's singles Champion Amélie Mauresmo Runner-up Justine Henin-Hardenne Final score 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 Draw 128 (12 / 8 ) Seeds 32
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Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.[1] [2] It was her first Wimbledon title and her second and last Grand Slam title, having won the Australian Open earlier in the year. Mauresmo also became the first French woman to win Wimbledon since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925.[3] With her loss, Henin-Hardenne missed the chance of completing a career Grand Slam .[2]
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Jelena Janković .[4]
With Serena Williams not competing due to a knee injury, it marked the first Wimbledon women's final since 1999 not to feature either of the Williams sisters .[5] [6]
This was also the last time two women contested two major finals against one another in a single season until Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber met in the 2016 Australian Open and Wimbledon finals.
Li Na became the first Chinese player (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal.[7] This also marked the Grand Slam debut of future World No. 2 and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwańska , who reached the fourth round as a wildcard before losing to Kim Clijsters .
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Amélie Mauresmo (champion)
0 2 . Kim Clijsters (semifinals)
0 3 . Justine Henin-Hardenne (final)
0 4 . Maria Sharapova (semifinals)
0 5 . Svetlana Kuznetsova (third round)
0 6 . Venus Williams (third round)
0 7 . Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
0 8 . Patty Schnyder (second round)
0 9 . Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals)
10 . Nicole Vaidišová (fourth round)
11 . Francesca Schiavone (first round)
12 . Martina Hingis (third round)
13 . Anna-Lena Grönefeld (first round)
14 . Dinara Safina (third round)
15 . Daniela Hantuchová (fourth round)
16 . Flavia Pennetta (fourth round)
17 . Maria Kirilenko (first round)
18 . Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
19 . Ana Ivanovic (fourth round)
20 . Shahar Pe'er (second round)
21 . Katarina Srebotnik (third round)
22 . Nathalie Dechy (first round)
23 . Anabel Medina Garrigues (third round)
24 . Marion Bartoli (second round)
25 . Elena Likhovtseva (third round)
26 . Jelena Janković (fourth round)
27 . Li Na (quarterfinals)
28 . Sofia Arvidsson (first round)
29 . Tatiana Golovin (second round)
30 . Anna Chakvetadze (third round)
31 . Gisela Dulko (third round)
32 . Mara Santangelo (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Amélie Mauresmo
6
3
6
9
Anastasia Myskina
1
6
3
1
Amélie Mauresmo
6
3
6
4
Maria Sharapova
3
6
2
4
Maria Sharapova
6
6
7
Elena Dementieva
1
4
1
Amélie Mauresmo
2
6
6
3
Justine Henin-Hardenne
6
3
4
Q
Séverine Brémond
4
4
3
Justine Henin-Hardenne
6
6
3
Justine Henin-Hardenne
6
77
2
Kim Clijsters
4
64
27
Li Na
4
5
2
Kim Clijsters
6
7
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
A Mauresmo
6
6
Q
I Abramović
0
0
1
A Mauresmo
6
6
M Krajicek
5
3
S Stosur
4
2
S Stosur
7
6
1
A Mauresmo
6
6
J Gajdošová
2
3
Q
N Pratt
1
2
Q
N Pratt
6
6
Q
N Pratt
2
6
6
M Díaz Oliva
6
2
7
29
T Golovin
6
4
4
29
T Golovin
3
6
9
1
A Mauresmo
6
6
19
A Ivanovic
7
77
19
A Ivanovic
3
4
E Gagliardi
5
64
19
A Ivanovic
6
6
M Domachowska
3
77
4
WC
S Borwell
1
2
WC
S Borwell
6
63
6
19
A Ivanovic
3
77
6
M Washington
6
6
14
D Safina
6
63
1
J Schruff
3
4
M Washington
6
4
1
J Craybas
6
5
5
14
D Safina
4
6
6
14
D Safina
3
7
7
Section 2 [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
4
M Sharapova
6
6
A Smashnova
2
0
4
M Sharapova
6
6
A Harkleroad
6
6
A Harkleroad
2
2
J Kostanić
3
2
4
M Sharapova
6
6
L Pous Tió
3
1
A Frazier
3
2
M Czink
6
6
M Czink
2
3
A Frazier
3
6
6
A Frazier
6
6
32
M Santangelo
6
3
4
4
M Sharapova
77
3
6
20
S Pe'er
6
6
16
F Pennetta
65
6
3
Y Fedak
2
1
20
S Pe'er
4
65
E Daniilidou
4
4
S Peng
6
77
S Peng
6
6
S Peng
2
3
M Ani
1
63
16
F Pennetta
6
6
L Granville
6
77
L Granville
2
1
S Klösel
7
4
2
16
F Pennetta
6
6
16
F Pennetta
5
6
6
Section 4 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
11
F Schiavone
6
3
4
WC
M South
3
6
6
WC
M South
65
2
S Perry
7
5
8
S Perry
77
6
Q
K Barrois
5
7
6
S Perry
7
6
A Rodionova
1
77
6
S Bammer
5
3
É Loit
6
65
4
A Rodionova
4
4
S Bammer
7
7
S Bammer
6
6
22
N Dechy
5
5
S Perry
2
0
25
E Likhovtseva
6
6
7
E Dementieva
6
6
S Foretz
0
2
25
E Likhovtseva
6
6
T Sun
6
6
T Sun
3
3
N Viérin
3
4
25
E Likhovtseva
5
3
M Shaughnessy
4
6
6
7
E Dementieva
7
6
A Bondarenko
6
2
3
M Shaughnessy
7
3
5
S Mirza
65
5
7
E Dementieva
5
6
7
7
E Dementieva
77
7
Bottom half [ ]
Section 5 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
8
P Schnyder
2
77
6
A Serra Zanetti
6
64
2
8
P Schnyder
6
1
4
A Yakimova
5
3
Q
S Brémond
4
6
6
Q
S Brémond
7
6
Q
S Brémond
78
5
7
H Šromová
4
3
31
G Dulko
66
7
5
V Ruano Pascual
6
6
V Ruano Pascual
5
4
E Laine
611
1
31
G Dulko
7
6
31
G Dulko
713
6
Q
S Brémond
713
6
18
A Sugiyama
6
7
18
A Sugiyama
611
3
WC
N Cavaday
4
5
18
A Sugiyama
6
7
V Dushevina
6
4
2
A Morigami
2
5
A Morigami
1
6
6
18
A Sugiyama
7
3
6
T Garbin
2
77
6
12
M Hingis
5
6
4
WC
K O'Brien
6
62
2
T Garbin
1
2
O Savchuk
2
2
12
M Hingis
6
6
12
M Hingis
6
6
Section 6 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
15
D Hantuchová
6
4
6
ME Camerin
4
6
1
15
D Hantuchová
6
4
7
Q
K Flipkens
6
4
1
J Jackson
3
6
5
J Jackson
4
6
6
15
D Hantuchová
6
77
WC
A Molik
7
6
21
K Srebotnik
4
62
Q
Y-j Chan
5
1
WC
A Molik
2
1
M Suchá
4
1
21
K Srebotnik
6
6
21
K Srebotnik
6
6
15
D Hantuchová
3
1
30
A Chakvetadze
6
6
3
J Henin-Hardenne
6
6
Z Yan
3
2
30
A Chakvetadze
6
3
6
M Sánchez Lorenzo
6
4
3
E Vesnina
4
6
3
E Vesnina
2
6
6
30
A Chakvetadze
2
3
A Nakamura
3
6
3
3
J Henin-Hardenne
6
6
E Bychkova
6
1
6
E Bychkova
1
2
M Yuan
0
1
3
J Henin-Hardenne
6
6
3
J Henin-Hardenne
6
6
Section 7 [ ]
Section 8 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
13
A-L Grönefeld
6
3
1
T Pironkova
3
6
6
T Pironkova
5
65
WC
A Radwańska
7
6
WC
A Radwańska
7
77
V Azarenka
5
4
WC
A Radwańska
6
6
C Castaño
77
1
2
Q
T Tanasugarn
3
2
Q
T Tanasugarn
62
6
6
Q
T Tanasugarn
6
7
S Asagoe
6
77
S Asagoe
3
5
17
M Kirilenko
2
61
WC
A Radwańska
2
2
28
S Arvidsson
2
4
2
K Clijsters
6
6
E Birnerová
6
6
E Birnerová
66
7
3
J Zheng
7
6
J Zheng
78
5
6
I Benešová
5
2
J Zheng
3
2
V Kutuzova
6
3
2
K Clijsters
6
6
L Osterloh
4
3r
V Kutuzova
w/o
V Zvonareva
5
3
2
K Clijsters
2
K Clijsters
7
6
Championship match statistics [ ]
Category
Mauresmo
Henin-Hardenne
1st serve %
54/89 (61%)
53/91 (58%)
1st serve points won
36 of 54 = 67%
33 of 53 = 62%
2nd serve points won
20 of 35 = 57%
22 of 38 = 58%
Total service points won
56 of 89 = 62.92%
55 of 91 = 60.44%
Aces
8
1
Double faults
1
2
Winners
20
31
Unforced errors
27
26
Net points won
30 of 51 = 59%
32 of 52 = 62%
Break points converted
3 of 9 = 33%
3 of 9 = 33%
Return points won
36 of 91 = 40%
33 of 89 = 37%
Total points won
92
88
Source
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