WTA Australian Open 2006 Draw, Results & Schedule

Amélie Mauresmo won the 2006 Australian Open, defeating Justine Henin 6-1 2-0 RET in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 16 to January 28, 2006. The match log contains 127 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. Justine Henin , 6-1 2-0 (ret.)
Dates
Jan 16 — Jan 28
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$6,137,580

Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

Australian Open 2006 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-1 2-0 (ret.) Justine Henin #6CH H2H Match data Jan 28, 2006* F
SF (2)
Justine Henin #6CH 4-6 6-1 6-4 Maria Sharapova #4 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2006* SF
Amélie Mauresmo #3 5-7 6-2 3-2 (ret.) Kim Clijsters #2 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2006* SF
QF (4)
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-3 6-0 Patty Schnyder #8 H2H Match data Jan 26, 2006* QF
Justine Henin #6CH 2-6 6-2 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #1CH H2H Match data Jan 26, 2006* QF
Maria Sharapova #4 7-6(6) 6-4 Nadia Petrova #7 H2H Match data Jan 26, 2006* QF
Kim Clijsters #2 6-3 2-6 6-4 Martina Hingis #3493× CH H2H Match data Jan 26, 2006* QF
R16 (8)
Justine Henin #6CH 6-0 6-3 Virginia Ruano Pascual #104 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-2 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova #11 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
Patty Schnyder #8 6-2 6-1 Anastasia Myskina #14 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
Nadia Petrova #7 6-3 6-1 Elena Vesnina #100 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
Martina Hingis #3493× CH 6-1 7-6(8) Samantha Stosur #98 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
Maria Sharapova #4 6-4 6-4 Daniela Hantuchova #17 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-1 6-1 Nicole Vaidisova #16 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
Kim Clijsters #2 7-6(5) 6-4 Francesca Schiavone #12 H2H Match data Jan 24, 2006* R16
R32 (16)
Nadia Petrova #7 6-1 6-2 Maria Elena Camerin #113 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Francesca Schiavone #12 6-0 6-0 María Sánchez Lorenzo #93 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Samantha Stosur #98 7-5 4-6 6-3 Sybille Bammer #72 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Daniela Hantuchova #17 6-1 7-6(5) Serena Williams #15DEF · 2× H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-2 (ret.) Michaella Krajicek #43 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Patty Schnyder #8 6-2 6-3 Aiko Nakamura #59 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Justine Henin #6CH 6-4 6-1 Virginie Razzano #54 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-4 4-6 6-2 Maria Kirilenko #25 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Martina Hingis #3493× CH 6-4 6-1 Iveta Benesova #42 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Anastasia Myskina #14 6-3 6-1 Sofia Arvidsson #58 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Virginia Ruano Pascual #104 6-3 6-3 Laura Granville #57 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Maria Sharapova #4 6-0 6-1 Jelena Kostanic Tosic #71 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Kim Clijsters #2 6-1 6-2 Roberta Vinci #49 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Nicole Vaidisova #16 6-4 6-2 Flavia Pennetta #20 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Svetlana Kuznetsova #11 6-3 6-1 Mara Santangelo #73 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
Elena Vesnina #100 5-7 6-2 6-4 Olga Savchuk #188 H2H Match data Jan 21, 2006* R32
R64 (32)
Sofia Arvidsson #58 6-4 6-0 Dinara Safina #19 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Amélie Mauresmo #3 7-6(1) 6-2 Emilie Loit #76 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Daniela Hantuchova #17 6-4 6-1 Akgul Amanmuradova #185 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Michaella Krajicek #43 6-3 7-5 Sania Mirza #32 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Jelena Kostanic Tosic #71 6-2 6-1 Zuzana Ondraskova #79 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Anastasia Myskina #14 7-6(4) 0-6 6-3 Jamea Jackson #89 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Roberta Vinci #49 6-4 3-6 6-3 Marion Bartoli #28 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Martina Hingis #3493× CH 6-1 6-1 Emma Laine #85 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Iveta Benesova #42 6-3 7-5 Mary Pierce #5CH H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64 Upset: winner had a 7 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Virginia Ruano Pascual #104 6-4 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva #18 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Maria Kirilenko #25 7-6(1) 6-4 Galina Voskoboeva #105 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Sybille Bammer #72 6-3 6-4 Zi Yan #88 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Samantha Stosur #98 6-3 7-5 Ana Ivanovic #22 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
María Sánchez Lorenzo #93 4-6 6-4 6-1 Anna-Lena Groenefeld #21 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Laura Granville #57 7-5 6-2 Tsvetana Pironkova #94 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Nicole Vaidisova #16 6-2 6-1 Anna Chakvetadze #36 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Maria Sharapova #4 6-1 7-5 Ashley Harkleroad #107 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Justine Henin #6CH 7-6(2) 6-1 Hana Sromova #92 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Francesca Schiavone #12 6-1 4-6 6-3 Catalina Castano #44 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Flavia Pennetta #20 6-3 6-0 Martina Sucha #96 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Patty Schnyder #8 6-1 7-6(9) Shinobu Asagoe #39 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Elena Vesnina #100 6-0 7-5 Julia Schruff #80 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Virginie Razzano #54 7-6(3) 6-3 Conchita Martínez Granados #106 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Serena Williams #15DEF · 2× 6-3 6-1 Camille Pin #130 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Svetlana Kuznetsova #11 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2 Arantxa Parra Santonja #102 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Maria Elena Camerin #113 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2 Ekaterina Bychkova #74 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Olga Savchuk #188 6-3 6-4 Jelena Jankovic #23 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 7-6(4) 6-3 Karolina Sprem #66 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Kim Clijsters #2 6-4 6-2 Meng Yuan #152 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Mara Santangelo #73 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3 Katarina Srebotnik #35 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Nadia Petrova #7 6-4 6-1 Martina Müller #109 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
Aiko Nakamura #59 6-1 6-1 Gisela Dulko #33 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2006* R64
R128 (64)
Jamea Jackson #89 7-6(5) 6-2 Tamarine Tanasugarn #137 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Mara Santangelo #73 6-4 4-6 6-4 Tatiana Golovin #24 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Zi Yan #88 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3 Nathalie Dechy #13 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Sybille Bammer #72 7-5 6-4 Eva Birnerova #111 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Justine Henin #6CH 6-2 6-1 Marta Domachowska #60 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
María Sánchez Lorenzo #93 6-4 6-3 Lucie Safarova #34 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Michaella Krajicek #43 6-4 7-6(1) Kristina Brandi #75 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Patty Schnyder #8 6-4 6-3 Eleni Daniilidou #99 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Amélie Mauresmo #3 4-6 6-2 6-2 Tiantian Sun #103 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Kim Clijsters #2 6-3 6-0 Yoon Jeong Cho #61 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Francesca Schiavone #12 6-2 7-5 Antonella Serra Zanetti #65 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Aiko Nakamura #59 6-2 4-6 6-2 Alizé Cornet #330 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Martina Sucha #96 3-6 6-3 6-4 Anna Smashnova #40 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Olga Savchuk #188 6-1 3-6 6-4 Tzipora Obziler #116 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Anna Chakvetadze #36 5-7 6-2 6-4 Jie Zheng #55 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Serena Williams #15DEF · 2× 6-3 6-7(1) 6-2 Na Li #52 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Iveta Benesova #42 2-6 6-1 7-5 Rika Fujiwara #108 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Emma Laine #85 6-1 6-1 Nuria Llagostera Vives #48 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Akgul Amanmuradova #185 6-3 2-6 6-1 Dally Randriantefy #68 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Katarina Srebotnik #35 6-4 6-3 Stephanie Foretz Gacon H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Jelena Jankovic #23 6-2 4-6 6-4 Jill Craybas #51 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Svetlana Kuznetsova #11 6-1 6-3 Lauren Breadmore #254 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Galina Voskoboeva #105 6-4 6-3 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #83 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #21 2-6 6-4 7-5 Laura Pous-Tio #84 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Elena Vesnina #100 6-2 6-3 Ting (sr) Li #195 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Maria Elena Camerin #113 6-4 6-2 Yvonne Meusburger #124 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Flavia Pennetta #20 6-2 2-6 6-3 Cara Black #202 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Dinara Safina #19 6-0 6-1 Tathiana Garbin #77 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Zuzana Ondraskova #79 6-3 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues #26 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ana Ivanovic #22 6-4 6-4 Shenay Perry #127 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Marion Bartoli #28 6-3 6-2 Amy Frazier #47 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Hana Sromova #92 3-0 (ret.) Akiko Morigami #45 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Elena Likhovtseva #18 7-6(4) 7-6(5) Lisa Raymond #70 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Maria Sharapova #4 6-2 6-1 Sandra Kloesel #91 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Virginie Razzano #54 3-6 7-6(6) 6-1 Jelena Dokic #370 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Ashley Harkleroad #107 6-4 6-1 Shuai Peng #53 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Sania Mirza #32 7-6(6) 6-2 Victoria Azarenka #156 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Roberta Vinci #49 7-5 6-4 Meghann Shaughnessy #63 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Conchita Martínez Granados #106 6-4 6-3 Ai Sugiyama #27 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Arantxa Parra Santonja #102 4-6 7-5 6-1 Tatiana Panova #112 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Camille Pin #130 2-6 7-5 6-4 Mariana Diaz-Oliva #50 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Gisela Dulko #33 6-0 7-6(7) Maret Ani #86 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Nadia Petrova #7 6-2 6-1 Sophie Ferguson #222 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Martina Hingis #3493× CH 6-1 6-2 Vera Zvonareva #29 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Catalina Castano #44 5-7 6-3 6-1 Vera Dushevina #38 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Tsvetana Pironkova #94 2-6 6-0 9-7 Venus Williams #10 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128 Upset: winner had a 4 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Virginia Ruano Pascual #104 6-2 7-6(1) Lourdes Domínguez Lino #64 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Emilie Loit #76 6-2 6-0 Viktoriya Kutuzova #81 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Nicole Vaidisova #16 6-1 6-3 Anastasiya Yakimova #110 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Daniela Hantuchova #17 3-6 6-3 6-0 Saori Obata #101 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Laura Granville #57 5-7 6-2 6-0 Kathrin Woerle #169 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Sofia Arvidsson #58 6-1 6-2 Maria Vento-Kabchi #69 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Jelena Kostanic Tosic #71 6-1 6-2 Mashona Washington #78 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Meng Yuan #152 6-4 6-2 Melinda Czink #114 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-2 6-1 Casey Dellacqua #180 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Samantha Stosur #98 6-3 6-4 Severine Beltrame #95 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Anastasia Myskina #14 7-6(6) 6-1 Yuliana Fedak #117 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Julia Schruff #80 7-5 6-2 Elena Dementieva #9 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Shinobu Asagoe #39 3-6 6-1 6-4 Shahar Peer #41 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Maria Kirilenko #25 6-1 3-1 (ret.) Evgenia Linetskaya #62 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Karolina Sprem #66 6-4 6-2 Alona Bondarenko #82 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Mary Pierce #5CH 6-1 6-1 Nicole Pratt #119 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Ekaterina Bychkova #74 6-1 5-7 6-2 Klara Koukalova #31 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128
Martina Müller #109 1-6 6-2 6-3 Jarmila Wolfe #131 H2H Match data Jan 18, 2006* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Australian Open.

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match.

  1. Venus Williams 22 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
Elena Rybakina #5 6-4 4-6 6-4 Aryna Sabalenka #1 H2H Match data 2026 Hard
Madison Keys #14 6-3 2-6 7-5 Aryna Sabalenka #1 H2H Match data 2025 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #2 6-3 6-2 Qinwen Zheng #15 H2H Match data 2024 Hard
Aryna Sabalenka #5 4-6 6-3 6-4 Elena Rybakina #25 H2H Match data 2023 Hard
Ashleigh Barty #1 6-3 7-6(2) Danielle Collins #30 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 Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Serena Williams has won 7 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. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.
What surface is Australian Open played on?
Australian Open is played on hard courts.