2006 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
2006 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi
Runner-up	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor
Score	6–3, 6–3
Details
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends men women mixed
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Martina Hingis and Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2006 Australian Open. With the win, Bhupathi completed the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles, becoming the 14th player to do so. It was Hingis' first major mixed doubles title; she would later also complete the career Grand Slam in the discipline.

Samantha Stosur and Scott Draper were the reigning champions, but Draper retired from the sport in 2005. Stosur partnered Paul Hanley, but lost in the semifinals to Hingis and Bhupathi.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Nathalie Dechy Leander Paes	6	4	[4]
	6	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	3	6	[10]
								6	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	3	3
								WC	Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6
	5	Samantha Stosur Paul Hanley	3	3
	WC	Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	C Black K Ullyett	3	4
		N Dechy L Paes	6	6					N Dechy L Paes	6	77
		V Ruano Pascual S Prieto	1	r					M Shaughnessy S Aspelin	3	64
		M Shaughnessy S Aspelin	1													N Dechy L Paes	6	77
		A-L Grönefeld F Čermák	6	6												A-L Grönefeld F Čermák	1	64
	WC	L McShea M Kimmich	4	1					A-L Grönefeld F Čermák	6	6
		K Srebotnik N Zimonjić	5	69				7	L Huber A Ram	2	3
	7	L Huber A Ram	7	711																			N Dechy L Paes	6	4	[4]
	3	V Zvonareva B Bryan	6	6																		6	E Likhovtseva D Nestor	3	6	[10]
		S Mirza S Huss	3	3				3	V Zvonareva B Bryan	6	6
		L Šafářová L Friedl	6	3	[10]				L Šafářová L Friedl	2	1
	WC	C Dellacqua P Luczak	1	6	[7]										3	V Zvonareva B Bryan	4	4
		M Kirilenko I Andreev	77	2	[4]										6	E Likhovtseva D Nestor	6	6
	WC	A Ivanovic N Djokovic	64	6	[10]			WC	A Ivanovic N Djokovic	6	1	[5]
		J Janković J Knowle	6	4	[11]			6	E Likhovtseva D Nestor	3	6	[10]
	6	E Likhovtseva D Nestor	3	6	[13]

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	S Stosur P Hanley	6	6
	Alt	N Pratt C Suk	3	4				5	S Stosur P Hanley	6	6
		B Stewart J Thomas	7	64	[10]				B Stewart J Thomas	4	3
	WC	T Musgrave N Healey	5	77	[8]										5	S Stosur P Hanley	77	4	[10]
		P Suárez M Knowles	63	6	[9]										4	C Morariu M Bryan	64	6	[8]
	WC	A Cornet G Monfils	77	2	[11]			WC	A Cornet G Monfils	2	3
		A Chakvetadze M Damm	3	5				4	C Morariu M Bryan	6	6
	4	C Morariu M Bryan	6	7																		5	S Stosur P Hanley	3	3
	8	R Stubbs T Perry	7	6																		WC	M Hingis M Bhupathi	6	6
		S Pe'er J Erlich	5	3				8	R Stubbs T Perry	6	7
		F Pennetta C Moyá	4	4					A Sugiyama W Arthurs	4	5
		A Sugiyama W Arthurs	6	6											8	R Stubbs T Perry	5	65
	WC	M Hingis M Bhupathi	6	6											WC	M Hingis M Bhupathi	7	77
	WC	N Li J Wang	2	2				WC	M Hingis M Bhupathi	7	67	[10]
		A Myskina J Melzer	2	2				2	L Raymond J Björkman	5	79	[7]
	2	L Raymond J Björkman	6	6

External links

• Official Results Archive (Australian Open)
• Official Results Archive (WTA)
• 2006 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

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