2006 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Martina Hingis and Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2006 Australian Open. With the win, Bhupathi completed the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles, becoming the 14th player to do so. It was Hingis' first major mixed doubles title; she would later also complete the career Grand Slam in the discipline.

Mixed doubles
2006 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi
Runner-up	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor
Score	6–3, 6–3
Details
Seeds	8
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Samantha Stosur and Scott Draper were the reigning champions, but Draper retired from the sport in 2005. Stosur partnered Paul Hanley, but lost in the semifinals to Hingis and Bhupathi.

Seeds

1.   Cara Black /   Kevin Ullyett (first round)
2.   Lisa Raymond /   Jonas Björkman (second round)
3.   Vera Zvonareva /   Bob Bryan (quarterfinals)
4.   Corina Morariu /   Mike Bryan (quarterfinals)
5.   Samantha Stosur /   Paul Hanley (semifinals)
6.   Elena Likhovtseva /   Daniel Nestor (final)
7.   Liezel Huber /   Andy Ram (second round)
8.   Rennae Stubbs /   Todd Perry (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Nathalie Dechy   Leander Paes	6	4	[4]
	6	Elena Likhovtseva   Daniel Nestor	3	6	[10]
								6	Elena Likhovtseva   Daniel Nestor	3	3
								WC	Martina Hingis   Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6
	5	Samantha Stosur   Paul Hanley	3	3
	WC	Martina Hingis   Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	C Black   K Ullyett	3	4
		N Dechy   L Paes	6	6					N Dechy   L Paes	6	7^7
		V Ruano Pascual   S Prieto	1	r					M Shaughnessy   S Aspelin	3	6^4
		M Shaughnessy   S Aspelin	1													N Dechy   L Paes	6	7^7
		A-L Grönefeld   F Čermák	6	6												A-L Grönefeld   F Čermák	1	6^4
	WC	L McShea   M Kimmich	4	1					A-L Grönefeld   F Čermák	6	6
		K Srebotnik   N Zimonjić	5	6^9				7	L Huber   A Ram	2	3
	7	L Huber   A Ram	7	7^11																			N Dechy   L Paes	6	4	[4]
	3	V Zvonareva   B Bryan	6	6																		6	E Likhovtseva   D Nestor	3	6	[10]
		S Mirza   S Huss	3	3				3	V Zvonareva   B Bryan	6	6
		L Šafářová   L Friedl	6	3	[10]				L Šafářová   L Friedl	2	1
	WC	C Dellacqua   P Luczak	1	6	[7]										3	V Zvonareva   B Bryan	4	4
		M Kirilenko   I Andreev	7^7	2	[4]										6	E Likhovtseva   D Nestor	6	6
	WC	A Ivanovic   N Djokovic	6^4	6	[10]			WC	A Ivanovic   N Djokovic	6	1	[5]
		J Janković   J Knowle	6	4	[11]			6	E Likhovtseva   D Nestor	3	6	[10]
	6	E Likhovtseva   D Nestor	3	6	[13]

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	S Stosur   P Hanley	6	6
	Alt	N Pratt   C Suk	3	4				5	S Stosur   P Hanley	6	6
		B Stewart   J Thomas	7	6^4	[10]				B Stewart   J Thomas	4	3
	WC	T Musgrave   N Healey	5	7^7	[8]										5	S Stosur   P Hanley	7^7	4	[10]
		P Suárez   M Knowles	6^3	6	[9]										4	C Morariu   M Bryan	6^4	6	[8]
	WC	A Cornet   G Monfils	7^7	2	[11]			WC	A Cornet   G Monfils	2	3
		A Chakvetadze   M Damm	3	5				4	C Morariu   M Bryan	6	6
	4	C Morariu   M Bryan	6	7																		5	S Stosur   P Hanley	3	3
	8	R Stubbs   T Perry	7	6																		WC	M Hingis   M Bhupathi	6	6
		S Pe'er   J Erlich	5	3				8	R Stubbs   T Perry	6	7
		F Pennetta   C Moyá	4	4					A Sugiyama   W Arthurs	4	5
		A Sugiyama   W Arthurs	6	6											8	R Stubbs   T Perry	5	6^5
	WC	M Hingis   M Bhupathi	6	6											WC	M Hingis   M Bhupathi	7	7^7
	WC	N Li   J Wang	2	2				WC	M Hingis   M Bhupathi	7	6^7	[10]
		A Myskina   J Melzer	2	2				2	L Raymond   J Björkman	5	7^9	[7]
	2	L Raymond   J Björkman	6	6

External links

• Official Results Archive (Australian Open)
• 2006 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation