WTA Australian Open 2006 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

Champion
Amélie Mauresmo
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
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 28, 2006* F Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-1 2-0 (ret.) Justine Henin #6 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 27, 2006* SF Justine Henin #6 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
QF (4)
Jan 26, 2006* QF Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-3 6-0 Patty Schnyder #8 H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2006* QF Justine Henin #6 2-6 6-2 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #1 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 #349 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 24, 2006* R16 Justine Henin #6 6-0 6-3 Virginia Ruano Pascual #104 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2006* R16 Lindsay Davenport #1 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 #349 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
R32 (16)
Jan 21, 2006* R32 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 #15 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 #6 6-4 6-1 Virginie Razzano #54 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2006* R32 Lindsay Davenport #1 6-4 4-6 6-2 Maria Kirilenko #25 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2006* R32 Martina Hingis #349 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
R64 (32)
Jan 19, 2006* R64 Sofia Arvidsson #58 6-4 6-0 Dinara Safina #19 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 2006* R64 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 #349 6-1 6-1 Emma Laine #85 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 2006* R64 Iveta Benesova #42 6-3 7-5 Mary Pierce #5 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 2006* R64 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 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 #6 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 #15 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 #1 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
R128 (64)
Jan 18, 2006* R128 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 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 #6 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 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 #15 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 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 #349 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 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 #1 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 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 #5 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

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