The 2006 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on

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at the

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in the United Kingdom. It was the 120th edition of the

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and were held from 26 June to 9 July 2006. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. 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. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Janković. Amélie Mauresmo won her second Grand Slam title, and first and only Wimbledon title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final in three sets. Mauresmo thus became the first Frenchwoman since 1925 to win the Wimbledon title. It was Henin-Hardenne's second of three Grand Slam final defeats of 2006, having lost the

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final to Mauresmo earlier in the year; on that occasion, Henin-Hardenne retired due to a stomach virus.

Notable stories

American performance and Serbian breakthrough

Jelena Jankovic at 2006 Wimbledon Championships

For the first time since

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, no American player reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and for the first time since the

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, no American player reached a Grand Slam quarter-final.

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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. Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since

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. 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

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) caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since

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lost in the first round in

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and meant that neither of the Williams sisters (

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withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since

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. These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Janković,

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and

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also reached the fourth round, the former losing to Amélie Mauresmo and the latter losing to Mario Ančić.

Li Na's run to the quarter-finals

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in the third round and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round, before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters. Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.

Streaker incident

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Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

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

Senior points

Prize distribution

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. _{* per team}

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

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

Women's singles

Amélie Mauresmo defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

Bob Bryan Robert Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He has won twenty-three Grand Slam titles: 16 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin ...

/ Mike Bryan defeated Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Andy Ram Andreas "Andy" Ram ( he, אנדי רם; born April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics. He is the first Israeli tennis player to win a senior Grand Slam ...

/ Vera Zvonareva defeated Venus Williams /

, 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Thiemo de Bakker defeated

Marcin Gawron Marcin Gawron (; born 25 May 1988) is a Polish tennis player. He made the final of the 2006 Wimbledon Junior Championship, but lost to Thiemo de Bakker Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch professional tenn ...

, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

Girls' singles

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg defeated Martin Kližan /

Andrej Martin Andrej Martin (; born 20 September 1989, in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 93 in February 2020. Career 2016: Best season: French Open third round, first ATP fin ...

, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2

Girls' doubles

Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (russian: Алиса Михайловна Клейбанова, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career. she wo ...

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...

defeated Khrystyna Antoniichuk / Alexandra Dulgheru, 6–1, 6–2

Other events

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated T. J. Middleton /

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, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

Ladies' invitation doubles

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/ Jana Novotná defeated Tracy Austin /

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...

, 6–4, 6–3

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek defeated

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/ Paul McNamee, 7–5, 6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(11–9)

Wheelchair men's doubles

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

Singles seeds

Men's singles

# Roger Federer (champion) # Rafael Nadal ''(final, lost to Roger Federer)'' # Andy Roddick ''(third round, lost to

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...

)'' # David Nalbandian ''(third round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)'' # Ivan Ljubičić ''(third round, lost to Dmitry Tursunov)'' # Lleyton Hewitt '' (quarterfinals, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)'' # Mario Ančić ''(quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)'' # James Blake ''(third round, lost to

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 ...

)'' # Nikolay Davydenko ''(first round, lost to Alejandro Falla)'' # Fernando González ''(third round, lost to

David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain Davis Cup team, Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels on the ATP Tour (ATP Tour 250, ATP 250, ATP Tour ...

)'' #

Tommy Robredo Tomás Robredo Garcés, known as Tommy Robredo (, ; born 1 May 1982), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters ea ...

''(second round, lost to

)'' #

Thomas Johansson Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish retired professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking on 10 May 2002. His career highlights i ...

''(first round, lost to

Jonas Björkman Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 T ...

)'' # Tomáš Berdych ''(fourth round, lost to Roger Federer)'' # Radek Štěpánek ''(quarterfinals, lost to

)'' #

Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French former professional tennis player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive seasons rank ...

''(third round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)'' #

Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine retired tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant title win came at the 2004 ...

''(second round, lost to

Irakli Labadze Irakli Labadze ( ka, ირაკლი ლაბაძე, tr, ; born June 9, 1981) is a Georgian retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42, which he attained in July 2004. He is the first Georgian playe ...

)'' # Robby Ginepri ''(first round, lost to Mardy Fish)'' # Marcos Baghdatis ''(semifinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)'' # Tommy Haas ''(third round, lost to Tomáš Berdych)'' # Dominik Hrbatý ''(first round, lost to

Daniele Bracciali Daniele Bracciali (; born 10 January 1978) is an Italian former tennis player, best ranked world no. 21 in doubles. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world no. 49, achieved in May 2006. In doubles, he reached the semifinals of the 2012 Fren ...

)'' # Gaël Monfils ''(first round, lost to Igor Kunitsyn)'' # Jarkko Nieminen ''(quarterfinals, lost to Rafael Nadal)'' #

''(fourth round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)'' # Juan Carlos Ferrero ''(third round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)'' # Andre Agassi ''(third round, lost to Rafael Nadal)'' # Olivier Rochus ''(third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt) # Dmitry Tursunov ''(fourth round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)'' # Fernando Verdasco''(fourth round, lost to Radek Štěpánek)'' #

Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan ( th, ภราดร ศรีชาพันธุ์; ; ; born 14 June 1979) is a retired professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or betw ...

''(first round, lost to Agustín Calleri)'' #

Kristof Vliegen Kristof Vliegen (born 22 June 1982) is a Belgian former tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001. He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tourname ...

''(second round, lost to Nicolas Mahut)'' # Nicolás Massú ''(first round, lost to

)'' # Paul-Henri Mathieu ''(first round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)''

Women's singles

# Amélie Mauresmo (champion) # Kim Clijsters ''(semifinals, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)'' # Justine Henin-Hardenne ''(final, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)'' # Maria Sharapova ''(semifinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)'' #

''(third round, lost to Li Na)'' # Venus Williams ''(third round, lost to Jelena Janković)'' # Elena Dementieva ''(quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)'' # Patty Schnyder ''(second round, lost to Séverine Brémond)'' # Anastasia Myskina ''(quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)'' # Nicole Vaidišová ''(fourth round, lost to Li Na)'' # Francesca Schiavone ''(first round, lost to Melanie South)'' #

Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...

''(third round, lost to Ai Sugiyama)'' #

Anna-Lena Grönefeld Anna-Lena Grönefeld (also spelled Groenefeld; born 4 June 1985) is a German former professional tennis player. Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 Mexican Open, and reached t ...

''(first round, lost to Tsvetana Pironkova)'' # Dinara Safina ''(third round, lost to

)'' # Daniela Hantuchová ''(fourth round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)'' # Flavia Pennetta ''(fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova)'' #

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...

''(first round, lost to

Shinobu Asagoe is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006. Career 2000 was the first year in which she finished in the WTA top 100 (No. 72). At the US Open that year, she defeated Patty Schnyder, a top-50 playe ...

)'' # Ai Sugiyama ''(fourth round, lost to Séverine Brémond)'' #

''(fourth round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)'' # Shahar Pe'er ''(second round, lost to Shuai Peng)'' # Katarina Srebotnik ''(third round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)'' # Nathalie Dechy ''(first round, lost to Sybille Bammer)'' # Anabel Medina Garrigues ''(third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)'' # Marion Bartoli ''(second round, lost to

Karolina Šprem Karolina Šprem Baghdatis (born 25 October 1984) is a retired professional tennis player from Croatia. She won eleven titles (ten singles) all at the ITF level. Her highest ranking is world No. 17, achieved in October 2004. Personal life Kar ...

)'' # Elena Likhovtseva ''(third round, lost to Elena Dementieva)'' # Jelena Janković ''(fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)'' # Li Na ''(quarterfinals, lost to Kim Clijsters)'' #

Sofia Arvidsson Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984) is a Swedish professional padel player and a former tennis player. In her tennis career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 20 singles and 13 double ...

''(first round, lost to

Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her be ...

)'' #

Tatiana Golovin Tatiana Golovin ( rus, Татья́на Григóрьевна Головина́, r=Tatyana Grigoryevna Golovina; born 25 January 1988) is a Russian-born French professional tennis player. She won the 2004 French Open mixed-doubles event, partn ...

''(second round, lost to

Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior pl ...

)'' # Anna Chakvetadze ''(third round, lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)'' # Gisela Dulko ''(third round, lost to Séverine Brémond)'' # Mara Santangelo ''(first round, lost to Amy Frazier)''

Wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events. Men's singles # Jamie Baker #

Alex Bogdanovic Aleksa Bogdanovic ( sr, Алекса Богдановић, Aleksa Bogdanović; born 22 May 1984) is a retired Serbian-born English tennis player and former UK no 2. On the professional tour, he won 9 Challenger titles and 4 Futures events, but ...

# Richard Bloomfield #

Jamie Delgado Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wimb ...

# Martin Lee # Alan Mackin # Andrei Pavel # Mark Philippoussis Women's singles # Cara Black #

Sarah Borwell Sarah Leah Borwell (born 20 August 1979) is an English former professional tennis player who enjoyed her greatest success in doubles. She was the British number one in doubles. Her career-high doubles ranking is 65, set on 9 August 2010 an ...

Naomi Cavaday Naomi Kathleen Cavaday (born 24 April 1989) is a British former professional tennis player from Sidcup, Kent. She retired in April 2011 to take up a coaching role with the Lawn Tennis Association. At the time of her retirement, she was the Br ...

# Anne Keothavong #

Alicia Molik Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6. Molik won a bronze medal in singles for Australi ...

Katie O'Brien Katie Jill O'Brien (born 2 May 1986) is a British former professional tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She was briefly the British No. 1 tennis player, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 84 on 1 February 2010. She w ...

# Agnieszka Radwańska # Melanie South Men's doubles # James Auckland /

#
Lee Childs Lee Childs (born 6 November 1982, in Yeovil) is a retired British tennis player from England. Following match victories in 2000, Childs was hailed as "the future of British tennis" and a successor to Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. At the 2003 ...
/ ~~Andrei Pavel~~ (''Withdrew'') # Colin Fleming / Jamie Murray #

Josh Goodall Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English tennis player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Director of Tennis. Personal life Goodall attended Cranbourne School, now called Cranbourne Business and ...

/ Ross Hutchins # Martin Lee / Jonathan Marray Women's doubles #

Jane O'Donoghue Jane O'Donoghue (born 29 March 1983) is a retired British tennis player who turned professional in 2000 and played her last match on the pro circuit in 2007. During her career, she won three ITF singles and six ITF doubles titles. In July 2006 ...

# Claire Curran /

Jamea Jackson Jamea Jackson ( ; born September 7, 1986) is an American former Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player and current United States Tennis Association (USTA) coach. She reached a singles ranking of 45 in the world at the end of 2006. Jackson was b ...

Amanda Keen Amanda Janes Keen (born 15 January 1978) is a former English tennis player who competed on the WTA Tour. She twice competed at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon and had a career-best ranking of no. 207. Keen is the daughter of Christine T ...

/ Anne Keothavong # Rebecca Llewellyn /

Karen Paterson Karen Paterson (born 18 May 1982) is a Scottish retired tennis player. She is now known as Karen Lamb. Between the years 1998 and 2007 she won a total of seven titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 369 ...

/ Melanie South Mixed doubles # Wayne Arthurs /

# James Auckland / Claire Curran # Paul Hanley / Tatiana Perebiynis #

/ Kirsten Flipkens # Cyril Suk /

Helena Suková Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...

Qualifier entries

Men's singles

# Kevin Kim #

Roko Karanušić Roko Karanušić (born 5 September 1982) is retired Croatian professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each pl ...

Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...

# Michael Berrer # Frank Dancevic # Alejandro Falla #

Simon Stadler Simon Stadler (; born 20 July 1983 in Heidelberg, West Germany) is a German retired professional left-handed tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of world ...

Alexander Peya Alexander Peya (born 27 June 1980) is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 92 in April 2007. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013. In September 2008 Peya h ...

Kristian Pless Kristian Peter Pless (born 9 February 1981) is a former professional male tennis player from Denmark. Tennis career Juniors Pless had an excellent junior career, winning the 1999 Australian Open Boys' Singles (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and r ...

Stefano Galvani Stefano Galvani (; born 3 June 1977) is a professional male tennis player from San Marino. He is a professional from 1999 and was coached by Patricio Remondegui. Professional career He reached a career high of No. 99 ATP Ranking on April 2, ...

# Wayne Arthurs # Benedikt Dorsch # Robert Kendrick # Benjamin Becker The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot: #

Jean-Christophe Faurel Jean-Christophe Faurel (born 6 March 1981) is a former professional tennis player from France. He has been Coco Gauff's coach since March 2019, four months before her Wimbledon breakthrough, where she defeated Venus Williams in at age 15, before ...

Women's singles

Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation. She has wo ...

# Séverine Brémond # Tamarine Tanasugarn #

Clarisa Fernández Clarisa Fernández (born 28 August 1981) is a retired Argentine tennis player. She is best known for her semifinal appearance at the 2002 French Open, the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage. Fernández was ranked 87th i ...

# Kristina Barrois # Chan Yung-jan #

Vasilisa Bardina Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina (russian: link=no, Василиса Алексеевна Бардина, born 30 November 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. As of 10 August 2007, her highest ranking was world No. 48, achieved in ...

Ivana Abramović Ivana Abramović (; born 3 September 1983) is a retired Croatian tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 143 in singles, achieved on 12 January 2004, and 141 in doubles, set on 29 January 2007. Her younger sister Maria Abramović also p ...

Meilen Tu Meilen Tu (traditional Chinese: 涂美倫, simplified Chinese: 涂美伦, Hanyu Pinyin: ''Tú Měilún'') (born January 17, 1978) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. She has won one WTA Tour singles title, four WTA Tour doubles t ...

# Yaroslava Shvedova # Kirsten Flipkens The following player received entry into the lucky loser spot: #

Julia Vakulenko Julia Olehivna Vakulenko ( uk, Юлія Оле́гівна Вакуленко; born July 10, 1983) is a Ukraine-born female tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of No. 32 in November 2007. In April, 2008, Vakulenko renounced her U ...

Men's doubles

Dušan Vemić Dušan Vemić ( sr-cyr, Душан Вемић; born 17 June 1976) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Professional career His professional tennis career started in 1995, and his career high was No. 146 in singles (re ...

# Neil Bamford / Jim May #

Ramón Delgado Ramón Delgado (; born 14 November 1976) is a Paraguayan retired tennis player and current tennis coach. He turned professional in 1995 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in April 1999. He reached the final at Bogotá in ...

André Sá André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player. In singles, he was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP tournaments in Memphis and Hong Kong in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He reached ...

# Kevin Kim /

Cecil Mamiit Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit (born June 27, 1976) is a former tennis player from the United States who went on to represent the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996 and reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on Octo ...

The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot: #

Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana ( th, สรรค์ชัย รติวัฒน์, ), nicknamed Tong (, ; born January 23, 1982 in Bangkok), is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004. In 2007, Sanchai and his twin br ...

/ Sonchat Ratiwatana #

Zack Fleishman Zachary Rodin Fleishman (born March 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. Personal life Fleishman was born in Santa Monica, and attended UCLA for one year before turning pro. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Shark ...

/ Robert Smeets # Tomáš Cakl /

Pavel Šnobel Pavel Šnobel (born 28 February 1980) is a left-handed, Czech former tennis player. He reached his career-high rankings of world No. 154 in singles February 2009 and No. 110 in doubles in February 2006. Juniors career Šnobel was year-end No. 131 ...

# Frédéric Niemeyer / Glenn Weiner

Women's doubles

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...

/ Hana Šromová #

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 18 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from France. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 61, achieved on 5 October 2003. Her highest doubles ranking position of 54, she set on 18 July 2005. C ...

/ María José Martínez Sánchez #

Yuliana Fedak Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak ( uk, Юліана Леонідівна Федак; born 8 June 1983) is a retired Ukrainian tennis player. Fedak has a career high WTA singles ranking of 63, achieved on 18 September 2006. Fedak also has a career high W ...

/ Tatiana Perebiynis # Lilia Osterloh /

Ahsha Rolle Ahsha Rolle (born March 21, 1985) is a retired tennis player from United States. Tennis career Ahsha began playing tennis when she was nine years old. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 82, achieved in September 2007. In October 2011, she pe ...

The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot: # Chan Chin-wei / Hsieh Su-wei #

Melinda Czink Melinda Czink (born 22 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. On 21 September 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 37. Czink reached two WTA Tour singles finals. In 2005, she lost to Ana Iva ...

/ Vania King # Mariana Díaz Oliva / Natalie Grandin

Withdrawals

;Men's Singles ;Before the tournament *

José Acasuso José Javier "Chucho" Acasuso (; born 20 October 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like many of his fellow countrymen, he favoured clay. He was known for his strong serve and his hard groundstrokes off both side ...

→ replaced by Dick Norman *

Igor Andreev Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles ti ...

→ replaced by Guillermo García López * Guillermo Coria → replaced by Lu Yen-hsun * Taylor Dent → replaced by

Tomáš Zíb Tomáš Zíb (born 31 January 1976), is a retired male tennis player from the Czech Republic. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 51 in July 2005. Currently he is active conducting tennis lessons in Singapore. ATP career final ...

* Victor Hănescu → replaced by

Răzvan Sabău Răzvan Sabău (born 18 June 1977) is a Romanian retired professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of Bucharest in 2003 and Gstaad in 2005, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in September 2005. He is the coach ...

* Nicolas Kiefer → replaced by

* Carlos Moyá → replaced by

Melle van Gemerden (born 9 May 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Coined a‘Mad Melle�� by the Dutch press, due to his ethics on court, was part of a scandaloudoping process in a Mauritius ATP Challenger in 2004 He peaked his care ...

;Women's Singles ;Before the tournament * Lindsay Davenport → replaced by Sandra Klösel * Nuria Llagostera Vives → replaced by

Ivana Lisjak Ivana Lisjak (Croatian pronunciation: �ʋana lǐsjaːk born March 17, 1987) is a former tennis player from Croatia. She turned professional at the age of 14, peaked at No. 95 on the WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the ...

* Nadia Petrova → replaced by

* Mary Pierce → replaced by Victoria Azarenka *

Lucie Šafářová Lucie Šafářová (; born 4 February 1987) is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles. She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 ...

→ replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko * Roberta Vinci → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei *

→ replaced by Lilia Osterloh ;During the tournament * Viktoriya Kutuzova

References

External links

Official Wimbledon Championships website
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