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. Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998. 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. Jelena Janković knocked Venus Williams out of Wimbledon in the third round.įor 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. Notable stories American performance and Serbian breakthrough It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeats of 2006, having lost the 2006 Australian Open final to Mauresmo earlier in the year on that occasion, Henin-Hardenne retired due to a stomach virus.
Mauresmo thus became the first Frenchwoman since 1925 to win the Wimbledon title. Amélie Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam title, and first and only Wimbledon title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final in three sets. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Janković. Roger Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in what was to be the first of three consecutive Wimbledon finals played between the pair. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
It was the 120th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2006. The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. Alisa Kleybanova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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