Who Won the 2006 Australian Open Men's Singles Title?
Date:
Jan 28, 2006
Winner:
Roger Federer
Score:
5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
Runner Up:
Marcos Baghdatis
Venue:
Melbourne Park #1 seed Roger Federer won the 2006 Australian Open Men's Singles title, but the story of the tournament was unseeded Marcos Baghdatis.
The 20 year old from Cyprus advanced all the way to the final against Federer. Baghdatis took the first set 7-5, but Federer stormed back to win the next three and win the 2006 Australian Open.
The other two semi-finalists were David Nalbandian and Nicolas Keifer. The matchups and scores of the final four rounds are below.
| Fabrice Santoro | |||
| David Ferrer | Fabrice Santoro | ||
| 6-4,7-5,7-5 | David Nalbandian | ||
| Tommy Robredo | David Nalbandian | 7-5,6-0,6-0 | |
| David Nalbandian | 6-3,6-0,2-6,6-2 | ||
| Marco Baghdatis | |||
| Ivan Ljubicic | 3-6,5-7,6-3,6-4,6-4 | ||
| Thomas Johansson | Ivan Ljubicic | ||
| 6-2,6-4,6-4 | Marcos Baghdatis | ||
| Marcos Baghdatis | Marcos Baghdatis | 6-4,6-2,4-6,3-6,6-3 | |
| Andy Roddick | 6-4,1-6,6-3,6-4 | ||
| Roger Federer 2006 Australian Open Champion 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 |
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| Roger Federer | |||
| Tommy Haas | Roger Federer | ||
| 6-4,6-0,3-6,4-6,6-2 | Roger Federer | ||
| Dominik Hrbaty | Nikolay Davydenko | 6-4,3-6,7-6,7-6 | |
| Nikolay Davydenko | 4-6,4-6,6-4,6-2,6-3 | ||
| Roger Federer | |||
| Juan Ignacio Chela | 6-3,5-7,6-0,6-2 | ||
| Nicolas Keifer | Nicolas Keifer | ||
| 7-6,6-3,6-3 | Nicolas Keifer | ||
| Paul-Henri Mathieu | Sebastian Grosjean | 6-3,0-6,6-4,6-7,8-6 | |
| Sebastian Grosjean | 7-5,6-2,6-2 | ||