Stephen Huss and

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were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry.

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and Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships By winning the 2006 Doubles title, their first title at Wimbledon, the Bryan brothers completed the Career Grand Slam, having previously won the

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, the 2005 US Open, and the

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earlier that year. Additionally, it was their record 7th consecutive grand slam final. The quarterfinal match between Mark Knowles &

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and Simon Aspelin & Todd Perry became, at that time, the longest match ever played at Wimbledon, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes, with Knowles & Nestor winning the match 5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 23–21. This record was eventually broken at the 2010 Championships, in the first round men's singles

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between John Isner and

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. It remains as of 2018 the longest doubles match played at Wimbledon or at any Grand Slam tournament.

Seeds

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/ Mike Bryan (champions)

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Max Mirnyi Maksim "Max" Mikalaevich Mirnyi ( be, Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны, ; russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный, ; born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles speci ...

''(quarterfinals)'' Mark Knowles /

''(semifinals)'' Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett ''(quarterfinals)'' Jonathan Erlich /

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''(third round)'' Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić ''(final)'' Martin Damm / Leander Paes ''(semifinals)'' Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry ''(quarterfinals)'' Stephen Huss /

''(third round)'' Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski ''(first round)''

Lukáš Dlouhý Lukáš Dlouhý (born 9 April 1983) is a retired professional Czech tennis player on the ATP Tour. A doubles specialist, Dlouhý reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in June 2009. Career Dlouhý has been part of two long-term doubles ...

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''(quarterfinals)''

František Čermák František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech retired tennis player. Career In his career, Čermák won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and he was a finalist 24 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 14 in Fe ...

/ Leoš Friedl ''(first round)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Alexander Waske ''(first round)'' Wayne Black / Jeff Coetzee ''(first round)'' Martín García / Sebastián Prieto ''(third round)''

Chris Haggard Chris Haggard (born 28 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Hagga ...

/ Dominik Hrbatý ''(first round)''

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles