2006 French Open – Men's Doubles

Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title by defeating top seeds The Bryan Brothers in the final. It was Björkman's ninth and final Grand Slam title.

Men's Doubles
2006 French Open
Champion Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
Runner-up Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Final score6–7(7–5), 6–4, 7–5
Draw64
Seeds16

Schedule

RoundDates
First Round31 May and 1 June 2006
Second Round2 June and 3 June 2006
Third Round4 June 2006
Quarterfinals5 June and 6 June 2006
Semifinals8 June 2006
Final10 June 2006

Seeds

  1. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (Finals)
  2. Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi (Champions)
  3. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Second Round)
  4. Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett (Second Round)
  5. Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (Second Round)
  6. Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić (First Round)
  7. Martin Damm / Leander Paes (First Round)
  8. Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry (Second Round)
  9. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (Second Round)
  10. František Čermák / Leoš Friedl (Second Round)
  11. Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer (Third Round)
  12. José Acasuso / Sebastián Prieto (Second Round)
  13. Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner (Semifinals)
  14. Michaël Llodra / Olivier Rochus (Third Round)
  15. Andrei Pavel / Alexander Waske (Semifinals)
  16. Thomas Johansson / Wesley Moodie (Second Round)
  • Only six seeds made it past the second round.

Draw

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6 6  
  Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut
3 1  
1 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6 7  
15 Andrei Pavel
Alexander Waske
3 66  
15 Andrei Pavel
Alexander Waske
2 6 6
  Mahesh Bhupathi
Xavier Malisse
6 2 1
1 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
7 4 5
2 Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
65 6 7
  Alexander Peya
Björn Phau
64 63  
13 Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Vízner
7 7  
13 Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Vízner
3 3  
2 Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
6 6  
  Alberto Martín
Potito Starace
     
2 Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
w/o

Top Half

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 B Bryan
M Bryan
6 6  
  D Sanguinetti
A Seppi
3 1   1 B Bryan
M Bryan
6 6  
Alt J Auckland
A Murray
6 6   Alt J Auckland
A Murray
1 3  
  A Fisher
J Kerr
2 4   1 B Bryan
M Bryan
6 6  
  T Berdych
J Novák
2 2     I Ljubičić
U Vico
3 4  
  I Ljubičić
U Vico
6 6     I Ljubičić
U Vico
7 6  
  G Galimberti
P Srichaphan
63 3   16 T Johansson
W Moodie
5 0  
16 T Johansson
W Moodie
7 6   1 B Bryan
M Bryan
6 6  
10 F Čermák
L Friedl
6 6     J Benneteau
N Mahut
3 1  
  N Healey
J Thomas
4 3   10 F Čermák
L Friedl
69 4  
WC T Ascione
F Serra
3 0     J Benneteau
N Mahut
7 6  
  J Benneteau
N Mahut
6 6     J Benneteau
N Mahut
3 6 6
  J Landsberg
R Söderling
2 r     J Tipsarević
M Youzhny
6 3 2
  J Hernych
D Škoch
6       J Hernych
D Škoch
5 4  
  J Tipsarević
M Youzhny
6 7     J Tipsarević
M Youzhny
7 6  
7 M Damm
L Paes
1 64  

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
4 P Hanley
K Ullyett
6 3 6
  F López
F Verdasco
2 6 3 4 P Hanley
K Ullyett
64 6 10
  T Parrott
V Spadea
6 615 8   T Parrott
V Spadea
7 4 12
  T Cibulec
J Levinský
3 7 6   T Parrott
V Spadea
3 3  
WC J-F Bachelot
S Robert
7 7   15 A Pavel
A Waske
6 6  
WC G Carraz
A Dupuis
65 5   WC J-F Bachelot
S Robert
1 3  
  J Coetzee
J Gimelstob
4 63   15 A Pavel
A Waske
6 6  
15 A Pavel
A Waske
6 7   15 A Pavel
A Waske
2 6 6
12 J Acasuso
S Prieto
6 6     M Bhupathi
X Malisse
6 2 1
  T Phillips
D Tursunov
4 4   12 J Acasuso
S Prieto
4 3  
  M Bhupathi
X Malisse
6 6     M Bhupathi
X Malisse
6 6  
  G Müller
C Rochus
2 2     M Bhupathi
X Malisse
6 6  
  Y Allegro
S Wawrinka
1 6 6   Y Allegro
S Wawrinka
3 1  
  JI Chela
E Massa
6 1 3   Y Allegro
S Wawrinka
6 7  
  D Bracciali
F Volandri
3 4   5 J Erlich
A Ram
4 63  
5 J Erlich
A Ram
6 6  

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
6 F Santoro
N Zimonjić
5 5  
  A Peya
B Phau
7 7     A Peya
B Phau
6 7  
  P-H Mathieu
G Monfils
3 6 3   P Pála
R Vik
3 63  
  P Pála
R Vik
6 3 6   A Peya
B Phau
w/o
WC N Devilder
O Patience
5 7 6 11 J Knowle
J Melzer
     
  K Vliegen
R Wassen
7 62 8   K Vliegen
R Wassen
3 1  
  D Ferrer
F Vicente
2 2   11 J Knowle
J Melzer
6 6  
11 J Knowle
J Melzer
6 6     A Peya
B Phau
64 63  
13 L Dlouhý
P Vízner
4 7 6 13 L Dlouhý
P Vízner
7 7  
  C Kas
P Petzschner
6 63 4 13 L Dlouhý
P Vízner
6 7  
WC M Gicquel
G Simon
4 4     O Marach
C Suk
4 66  
  O Marach
C Suk
6 6   13 L Dlouhý
P Vízner
6 7  
  D Hrbatý
M Mertiňák
6 2 8   D Hrbatý
M Mertiňák
4 65  
  G Rusedski
T Zíb
1 6 6   D Hrbatý
M Mertiňák
6 6  
  C Haggard
I Karlović
2 64   3 M Knowles
D Nestor
4 3  
3 M Knowles
D Nestor
6 7  

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
8 S Aspelin
T Perry
6    
  JM del Potro
G Gaudio
3 r   8 S Aspelin
T Perry
4 4  
  M Kohlmann
R Schüttler
2 1     A Martín
P Starace
6 6  
  A Martín
P Starace
6 6     A Martín
P Starace
6 6  
WC J Haehnel
A Sidorenko
7 3 6 WC J Haehnel
A Sidorenko
3 2  
  N Djokovic
L Zovko
5 6 4 WC J Haehnel
A Sidorenko
7 7  
  B Pašanski
B Reynolds
4 6 6 9 M Fyrstenberg
M Matkowski
64 63  
9 M Fyrstenberg
M Matkowski
6 4 8   A Martín
P Starace
     
14 M Llodra
O Rochus
6 6   2 J Björkman
M Mirnyi
w/o
  W Arthurs
L Hewitt
1 1   14 M Llodra
O Rochus
w/o
  N Almagro
A Portas
6 6     N Almagro
A Portas
     
  L Arnold Ker
M García
3 4   14 M Llodra
O Rochus
63 4  
WC J Chardy
J Ouanna
4 6 5 2 J Björkman
M Mirnyi
7 6  
  S Huss
H Levy
6 2 7   S Huss
H Levy
1 2  
  R Lindstedt
J Nieminen
3 3   2 J Björkman
M Mirnyi
6 6  
2 J Björkman
M Mirnyi
6 6  
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