ATP Australian Open 2006 Draw, Results & Schedule

Roger Federer won the 2006 Australian Open, defeating Marcos Baghdatis 5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 16 to January 30, 2006. The match log contains 239 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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Champion
def. Marcos Baghdatis , 5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2
Dates
Jan 16 — Jan 30
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money

Results

Round of 128

Roger Federer #1 CH 6-2 6-3 6-2
Florian Mayer #69 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-4
Max Mirnyi #34 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-7(4) 6-0
Davide Sanguinetti #44 7-6(5) 6-3 6-2
Tommy Haas #41 6-2 7-5 6-2
Paul Goldstein #68 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-2
Peter Luczak #139 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-4
Ivo Minar #102
Olivier Rochus #29 6-4 6-2 6-2
Nikolay Davydenko #5 7-5 4-6 3-6 7-5 6-3
Kevin Kim #99 6-4 6-4 6-0
Harel Levy #218
Nathan Healey #240 6-2 6-3 (ret.)
Amer Delic #173 7-5 6-7(3) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Dominik Hrbaty #15 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-3
Dick Norman #104 6-4 7-6(6) 5-7 0-6 6-3
Igor Andreev #26 7-5 6-4 6-3
Raemon Sluiter #103 6-4 2-6 6-2 6-4
Nicolas Kiefer #25 6-7(5) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2
Boris Pashanski #77 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6(2)
Juan Carlos Ferrero #17 7-5 6-0 6-2
Tomas Zib #70
Janko Tipsarevic #137 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-4
Juan Ignacio Chela #51 6-1 6-3 6-3
Lleyton Hewitt #6 6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3
Robin Vik #58
Kristof Vliegen #84 6-3 6-1 6-4
Fernando Verdasco #30 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4
Sebastien Grosjean #28 6-4 6-2 6-3
Juan Monaco #85 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
Guillermo Coria #9 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-1
Federico Luzzi #186 6-1 6-4 7-5
Paul-Henri Mathieu #48 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3
Alex Bogomolov Jr 4-6 7-6(6) 6-3 6-7(3) 7-5
Luis Horna #81 6-4 7-5 6-1
Bjorn Phau #91 6-4 7-6(3) 2-6 7-6(4)
Marcos Baghdatis #54 7-6(6) 7-5 6-0
Radek Stepanek #20 6-1 6-2 6-2
Denis Gremelmayr #177 3-6 6-2 6-0 6-1
Robby Ginepri #18 6-1 6-4 6-2
Andy Roddick #3 6-4 6-2 6-2
Wesley Moodie #60 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2
Julien Benneteau #162 6-2 6-1 3-0 (ret.)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #110 7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4)
Ivan Ljubicic #8 7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(3)
Philipp Kohlschreiber #79 7-5 6-2 6-4
Feliciano Lopez #33 6-2 7-5 6-3
Gilles Muller #71 5-7 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-0
Thomas Johansson #13 CH 6-1 7-6(3) 6-4
Xavier Malisse #39 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-2
Gilles Simon #123 7-6(6) 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3
Tomas Berdych #23 7-5 6-3 6-7(2) 6-1
David Nalbandian #4 6-2 6-2 1-6 6-7(4) 6-1
Stan Wawrinka #46 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-0
Jarkko Nieminen #24 6-2 6-3 6-1
Jimmy Wang #98 6-2 7-5 4-1 (ret.)
Tommy Robredo #19 6-4 7-6(6) 6-3
Dmitry Tursunov #53 5-7 6-3 6-4 7-5
James Blake #22 6-2 6-3 4-6 7-6(4)
Jean-Christophe Faurel #203 7-6(5) 6-3 7-6(2)
Fabrice Santoro #65 3-6 6-0 6-2 6-3
Andrei Pavel #82 6-4 7-6(5) 4-6 3-6 6-4
Gaston Gaudio #10 6-2 5-0 (ret.)
Lars Burgsmuller #143 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) 6-3
David Ferrer #14 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-4
Daniele Bracciali #80 6-1 7-6(4) 6-2
Mario Ancic #21 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4
Jan Hernych #90 2-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-2

Round of 64

Roger Federer #1 CH 6-1 6-4 6-0
Max Mirnyi #34 7-5 6-3 4-6 7-6(8)
Tommy Haas #41 6-0 6-1 6-2
Peter Luczak #139 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 6-7(1) 6-1
Nikolay Davydenko #5 4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2
Kevin Kim #99
Nathan Healey #240 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4
Amer Delic #173
Dominik Hrbaty #15 6-2 7-5 5-7 4-6 10-8
Igor Andreev #26 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2
Nicolas Kiefer #25 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-1
Juan Carlos Ferrero #17 6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-2
Juan Ignacio Chela #51 6-4 6-4 6-7(8) 6-2
Kristof Vliegen #84 3-6 6-2 7-6(4) 7-5
Sebastien Grosjean #28 6-4 6-3 6-3
Guillermo Coria #9 7-6(10) 6-4 6-3
Luis Horna #81 6-3 6-2 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis #54 6-4 6-3 3-6 0-6 7-5
Denis Gremelmayr #177 2-6 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-3
Andy Roddick #3 7-5 6-3 6-2
Julien Benneteau #162 6-4 7-6(3) 6-1
Feliciano Lopez #33 6-2 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4
Thomas Johansson #13 CH 6-3 3-6 7-5 4-6 6-3
Gilles Simon #123 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-2
David Nalbandian #4 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2
Jarkko Nieminen #24 6-2 7-6(3) 6-2
Tommy Robredo #19 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3
James Blake #22 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-3
Fabrice Santoro #65 6-4 6-1 6-4
Gaston Gaudio #10 6-3 6-2 6-3
David Ferrer #14 6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2
Mario Ancic #21 6-1 6-4 6-4

Round of 32

Roger Federer #1 CH 6-3 6-4 6-3
Tommy Haas #41 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Nikolay Davydenko #5 6-2 5-7 6-4 7-5
Dominik Hrbaty #15 1-6 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-4
Nicolas Kiefer #25 6-3 6-2 5-7 6-2
Juan Ignacio Chela #51 6-1 6-4 6-4
Sebastien Grosjean #28 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-4
Paul-Henri Mathieu #48 7-6(2) 7-6(7) 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis #54 6-2 6-1 6-2
Andy Roddick #3 6-1 6-2 6-2
Ivan Ljubicic #8 7-5 7-6(5) 6-0
Thomas Johansson #13 CH 6-3 6-2 6-1
David Nalbandian #4 2-6 6-3 6-2 7-5
Tommy Robredo #19 6-3 6-4 6-4
Fabrice Santoro #65 6-3 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-4
David Ferrer #14 6-3 6-3 6-3

Round of 16

Roger Federer #1 CH 6-4 6-0 3-6 4-6 6-2
Nikolay Davydenko #5 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3
Nicolas Kiefer #25 7-6(4) 6-3 6-3
Marcos Baghdatis #54 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4
Ivan Ljubicic #8 6-2 6-4 6-4
David Nalbandian #4 6-3 6-0 2-6 6-2
Fabrice Santoro #65 6-4 7-5 7-5

Quarterfinals

Roger Federer #1 CH 6-4 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(5)
Nicolas Kiefer #25 6-3 0-6 6-4 6-7(1) 8-6
Marcos Baghdatis #54 6-4 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-3
David Nalbandian #4 7-5 6-0 6-0

Semifinals

Roger Federer #1 CH 6-3 5-7 6-0 6-2
Marcos Baghdatis #54 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4

Final

Roger Federer #1 CH 5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Australian Open.

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

  1. Novak Djokovic 11 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Novak Djokovic 105 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 2 players share this record.

  1. Novak Djokovic 21 appearances

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Australian Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Carlos Alcaraz #1 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 Novak Djokovic #4 H2H Match data 2026 Hard
Jannik Sinner #1 6-3 7-6 6-3 Alexander Zverev #2 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Jannik Sinner #4 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 Daniil Medvedev #3 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Novak Djokovic #5 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5) Stefanos Tsitsipas #4 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Rafael Nadal #5 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 Daniil Medvedev #2 H2H Match data 2022 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Australian Open held?
Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?
The 2026 Australian Open was won by Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Novak Djokovic has won 10 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?
The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905.
What surface is Australian Open played on?
Australian Open is played on hard courts.