Defending champion
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
defeated
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
in the final, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6
(7–4) to win the men's singles tennis title at the
2006 French Open.
It was his second
French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
title and second
major title overall. It was the first of three consecutive years
Nadal and Federer would contest the French Open final. This marked Federer's first defeat in a major final, having won his first seven finals; he was attempting to complete the
career Grand Slam and to become the first man since
Rod Laver
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as the World number 1 ranked male tennis players, world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969, ...
in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once, having won the preceding
Wimbledon Championships,
US Open and
Australian Open. The latter feat would ultimately be achieved a decade later by
Novak Djokovic, at the
same tournament, who here reached the quarterfinals at a major for the first time.
The tournament marked the first major appearance of future
US Open champion
Juan Martín del Potro. It also saw the first match contested between
Djokovic and Nadal and the first of their ten meetings at the French Open. They would go on to play an
Open Era record of 60 matches against each other.
Seeds
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
Official Roland Garros 2006 Men's Singles DrawMain DrawQualifying Draw2006 French Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation
{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 French Open - Men's Singles
Men's Singles
French Open by year – Men's singles
2006 ATP Tour