2006 Wimbledon Championships

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.^[4] 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.^[5] Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998.

Venus Williams' third round defeat by Jelena Janković of Serbia (on its first Grand Slam appearance as a newly established independent nation from the former Serbia and Montenegro) caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 and meant that neither of the Williams sisters (Serena Williams withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since 1999.^[6] These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Janković, Ana Ivanovic^[7] and Novak Djokovic^[8] also reached the fourth round, the former losing to Amélie Mauresmo and the latter losing to Mario Ančić.

China's Li Na became the first player from her country to ever be seeded or reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. She upset the recent French Open finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round^[9] and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round,^[10] before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters.^[11] Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.^[12]

Midway during the ladies' quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, a streaker ran onto the Centre Court and interrupted the match, before ultimately being arrested and brought into custody by Wimbledon security guards.^[13] The streaker was later revealed to be Dutch DJ Sander Lantinga, who carried out the stunt as part of the Dutch television show Try Before You Die.^[14]

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

The total prize money for 2006 championships was £10,378,710. The winner of the men's title earned £655,000 while the women's singles champion earned £625,000.^[15][16]

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Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–0, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(2–7), 6–3 ^[17]

Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 ^[18]

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 ^[19]

Yan Zi / Zheng Jie defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 ^[20]

Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva defeated Venus Williams / Bob Bryan, 6–3, 6–2 ^[21]

Thiemo de Bakker defeated Marcin Gawron, 6–2, 7–6^{(7–4) [22]}

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 ^[23]

Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kližan / Andrej Martin, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2 ^[24]

Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Khrystyna Antoniichuk / Alexandra Dulgheru, 6–1, 6–2 ^[25]

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated T. J. Middleton / David Wheaton, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

Rosalyn Nideffer / Jana Novotná defeated Tracy Austin / Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–3

Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek defeated Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee, 7–5, 6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(11–9)

Shingo Kunieda / Satoshi Saida defeated Michaël Jeremiasz / Jayant Mistry, 7–5, 6–2

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Mixed doubles

1. Wayne Arthurs / Alicia Molik
2. James Auckland / Claire Curran
3. Paul Hanley / Tatiana Perebiynis
4. Andy Murray / Kirsten Flipkens
5. Cyril Suk / Helena Suková

• Official Wimbledon Championships website