American performance and Serbian breakthrough

For the first time since 1911, no American player reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and for the first time since the 1976 Australian Open, no American player reached a Grand Slam quarter-final.^[4] Shenay Perry 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.^[5] Her defeat also meant that no American woman reached the Wimbledon final for the first time since 1998.

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 Serbia and Montenegro) caused the earliest exit by a defending women's champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 and meant that neither of the Williams sisters (Serena Williams withdrew due to injury) would be represented in a Wimbledon final for the first time since 1999.^[6] These championships were also the first to feature three Serbian players in the fourth round of any Grand Slam tournament: along with Janković, Ana Ivanovic^[7] and Novak Djokovic^[8] 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

China's Li Na became the first player from her country to ever be seeded or reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. She upset the recent French Open finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round^[9] and followed it up with a win over World No. 10 Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round,^[10] before losing her quarter-final to second seed Kim Clijsters.^[11] Li would not reach another Grand Slam quarter-final until the 2009 US Open, where again she was defeated by Clijsters.^[12]

Streaker incident

Midway during the ladies' quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva, a streaker ran onto the Centre Court and interrupted the match, before ultimately being arrested and brought into custody by Wimbledon security guards.^[13] The streaker was later revealed to be Dutch DJ Sander Lantinga, who carried out the stunt as part of the Dutch television show Try Before You Die.^[14]

Point distribution

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

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.^[15][16]

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Seniors

Juniors

Gentlemen's invitation doubles

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated T. J. Middleton / David Wheaton, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

Ladies' invitation doubles

Rosalyn Nideffer / Jana Novotná defeated Tracy Austin / Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–3

Senior gentlemen's invitation doubles

Kevin Curren / Johan Kriek defeated Peter McNamara / 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