World Championships 2006

21–15 21–19

7Chen HongCHN

2Lin DanCHN

15–21 21–19 21–14

Final

2Lin DanCHN

18–21 21–17 21–12

ChampionLin Dan

Round of 12828 matches

Kendrick Lee Yen HuiSIN

Björn JoppienGER

21–17 18–21 22–20

15Joachim PerssonDEN

Shon Seung-moKOR

22–20 21–13

Rodrigo PachecoPER

Luka PetričSLO

21–14 21–14

Stanislav PukhovRUS

21–15 21–12

Jürgen KochAUT

Andrew DabekaCAN

21–12 21–18

16Andrew SmithENG

Pablo AbiánESP

21–15 21–13

Sony Dwi KuncoroINA

Raul MustEST

21–14 21–10

21–5 21–10

21–14 21–13

21–14 21–12

Chetan AnandIND

21–18 18–21 21–10

Jan FröhlichCZE

Jean-Michel LefortFRA

21–9 21–17

11Eric PangNED

21–11 21–14

21–19 21–15

21–11 21–14

13Ng WeiHKG

21–17 21–17

Simon MaunouryFRA

Kaveh MehrabiIRI

21–17 21–7

Pedro YangGUA

7Chen HongCHN

21–11 21–9

Shōji SatōJPN

Ville LångFIN

21–12 21–15

Craig GoddardSCO

10Boonsak PonsanaTHA

21–11 21–8

19–21 21–16 21–13

21–13 21–17

12Dicky PalyamaNED

21–18 21–14

Michal MatejkaSVK

Jinkan IfraimuNGR

Walkover

Scott EvansIRL

21–10 21–14

Petr KoukalCZE

John MoodyNZL

14–21 21–15 21–17

Ronald SusiloSIN

14Park Sung-hwanKOR

21–10 21–11

Bobby MilroyCAN

Magnus SahlbergSWE

21–14 21–14

Round of 6416 matches

1Lee Chong WeiMAS

Björn JoppienGER

21–18 21–14

15Joachim PerssonDEN

Luka PetričSLO

21–11 21–8

Jürgen KochAUT

21–13 21–14

16Andrew SmithENG

Sony Dwi KuncoroINA

21–19 21–13

3Chen JinCHN

Nguyễn Tiến MinhVIE

21–16 21–13

9Przemysław WachaPOL

Kuan Beng HongMAS

21–16 9–21 21–19

Jan FröhlichCZE

21–10 21–4

11Eric PangNED

21–15 21–17

19–21 21–15 21–10

7Chen HongCHN

21–17 21–17

Shōji SatōJPN

10Boonsak PonsanaTHA

21–15 21–18

LiaoTPE

4Peter GadeDEN

21–6 21–12

Roman SpitkoGER

12Dicky PalyamaNED

21–19 21–11

MatejkaSVK

21–8 21–10

John MoodyNZL

14Park Sung-hwanKOR

21–12 21–13

Bobby MilroyCAN

2Lin DanCHN

21–16 21–17

Round of 328 matches

1Lee Chong WeiMAS

15Joachim PerssonDEN

21–16 21–12

Sony Dwi KuncoroINA

21–14 21–19

3Chen JinCHN

Kuan Beng HongMAS

21–18 18–21 21–18

11Eric PangNED

21–16 21–6

Taufik HidayatINA

7Chen HongCHN

14–21 21–18 21–19

Shōji SatōJPN

4Peter GadeDEN

21–14 21–13

12Dicky PalyamaNED

16–21 21–19 21–13

14Park Sung-hwanKOR

2Lin DanCHN

21–16 21–12

Round of 164 matches

1Lee Chong WeiMAS

3Chen JinCHN

7Chen HongCHN

4Peter GadeDEN

2Lin DanCHN

How the seeds went

1 Lee Chong WeiMAS Reached the round of 16
2 Lin DanCHN Champion
3 Chen JinCHN Reached the round of 16
4 Peter GadeDEN Reached the round of 16
5 Lee Hyun-ilKOR Semi-finals, lost to Bao Chunlai
6 Muhammad Hafiz HashimMAS Reached the round of 16
7 Chen HongCHN Semi-finals, lost to Lin Dan
8 Bao ChunlaiCHN Runner-up, lost to Lin Dan
9 Przemysław WachaPOL Round of 64, lost to Kuan Beng Hong
10 Boonsak PonsanaTHA Round of 64, lost to Shōji Satō
11 Eric PangNED Round of 32, lost to Lee Hyun-il
12 Dicky PalyamaNED Round of 32, lost to Muhammad Hafiz Hashim
13 Ng WeiHKG Round of 128, lost to Taufik Hidayat
14 Park Sung-hwanKOR Round of 32, lost to Lin Dan
15 Joachim PerssonDEN Round of 32, lost to Lee Chong Wei
16 Andrew SmithENG Round of 64, lost to Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Semi-finals

21–19 21–11

21–12 21–10

Final

21–16 21–14

ChampionXie Xingfang

Round of 12829 matches

Rachel HindleyNZL

Xing AiyingSIN

20–22 21–16 21–12

13Wong Mew ChooMAS

Chien Yu-chinTPE

18–21 22–20 21–10

Jeanine CicogniniITA

Fransisca RatnasariINA

21–18 21–17

6Yao JieNED

Yu HirayamaJPN

21–16 21–11

Monthila MeemekTHA

Maria IoannouCYP

21–13 21–4

Lucia TaveraESP

21–6 21–4

Ella DiehlRUS

Perrine Le BuhanicFRA

3–16 21–12

Tania LuizAUS

Anna RiceCAN

21–9 21–8

Lee Yun-hwaKOR

22–20 19–21 21–16

Linda ZetchiriBUL

Harriet JohnsonWAL

21–12 21–17

8Kaori MoriJPN

Anu NieminenFIN

21–18 21–11

Anne Marie PedersenDEN

Xin Xu BingESP

17–21 21–8 22–20

Saina NehwalIND

21–10 21–16

Maja KersnikSLO

Elin BergblomSWE

21–17 21–16

Maja TvrdySLO

Sutheaswari MudukasanMAS

21–18 21–16

Sara PerssonSWE

12Yip Pui YinHKG

Walkover

Nina WeckströmFIN

Simone PrutschAUT

21–10 19–21 24–22

Eva SládekováSVK

21–6 21–7

Agnese AllegriniITA

Kamila AugustynPOL

22–20 20–22 21–15

Cheng Shao-chiehTPE

14Tine BaunDEN

21–12 21–14

Shannon PohlUSA

Rachel van CutsenNED

21–5 21–12

Kati TolmoffEST

21–14 21–14

Ekaterina AnaninaRUS

Susan EgelstaffGBR

21–8 21–19

Julia MannENG

15Hwang Hye-younKOR

21–10 21–11

Charmaine ReidCAN

Li LiSIN

21–10 21–14

21–3 21–13

17–21 21–14 21–19

11Eriko HiroseJPN

21–17 21–17

Nathalie DescampsBEL

Yoana MartínezESP

21–12 22–20

Round of 6416 matches

Xing AiyingSIN

21–8 21–8

13Wong Mew ChooMAS

Fransisca RatnasariINA

21–19 21–8

6Yao JieNED

MeemekTHA

Walkover

Ella DiehlRUS

21–9 21–8

4Wang ChenHKG

Anna RiceCAN

21–17 21–13

Linda ZetchiriBUL

17–21 21–15 21–14

8Kaori MoriJPN

XinESP

21–11 21–15

Elin BergblomSWE

21–13 21–11

Maja TvrdySLO

12Yip Pui YinHKG

21–7 21–13

Simone PrutschAUT

21–11 21–8

Kamila AugustynPOL

14Tine BaunDEN

21–18 21–13

Rachel van CutsenNED

21–13 21–16

Susan EgelstaffGBR

15Hwang Hye-younKOR

21–15 21–12

Li LiSIN

7Petya NedelchevaBUL

13–21 21–19 21–15

Trupti MurgundeIND

11Eriko HiroseJPN

6–21 21–16 21–12

Yoana MartínezESP

21–19 21–18

Round of 328 matches

13Wong Mew ChooMAS

21–13 21–13

MeemekTHA

21–12 21–7

4Wang ChenHKG

22–20 4–21 22–20

8Kaori MoriJPN

21–13 21–18

12Yip Pui YinHKG

22–20 21–12

14Tine BaunDEN

21–14 21–6

Susan EgelstaffGBR

7Petya NedelchevaBUL

21–16 14–21 21–11

11Eriko HiroseJPN

21–19 21–10

Round of 164 matches

20–22 21–10 21–10

21–18 14–21 21–14

21–17 21–10

7Petya NedelchevaBUL

21–14 17–21 21–16

How the seeds went

1 Zhang NingCHN Runner-up, lost to Xie Xingfang
2 Huaiwen XuGER Semi-finals, lost to Xie Xingfang
3 Xie XingfangCHN Champion
4 Wang ChenHKG Round of 32, lost to Petra Overzier
5 Pi HongyanFRA Round of 16, lost to Xie Xingfang
6 Yao JieNED Round of 64, lost to Meemek
7 Petya NedelchevaBUL Round of 16, lost to Huaiwen Xu
8 Kaori MoriJPN Round of 32, lost to Jiang Yanjiao
9 Jiang YanjiaoCHN Round of 16, lost to Petra Overzier
10 Tracey HallamENG Round of 16, lost to Zhang Ning
11 Eriko HiroseJPN Round of 32, lost to Huaiwen Xu
12 Yip Pui YinHKG Round of 32, lost to Pi Hongyan
13 Wong Mew ChooMAS Round of 32, lost to Zhang Ning
14 Tine BaunDEN Round of 32, lost to Xie Xingfang
15 Hwang Hye-younKOR Round of 64, lost to Susan Egelstaff
16 Petra OverzierGER Semi-finals, lost to Zhang Ning

Final

Fu HaifengCHNCai YunCHN

Anthony ClarkENGRobert BlairSCO

ChampionsFu Haifeng / Cai Yun

Semi-finals

5/8Du JingCHNYu YangCHN

18–21 22–20 21–17

9/16Zhang YawenCHNWei YiliCHN

21–14 21–19

Final

9/16Zhang YawenCHNWei YiliCHN

23–21 21–9

ChampionsGao Ling / Huang Sui

Round of 12818 matches

9/16Jo NovitaINAGreysia PoliiINA

Rachel van CutsenNEDPaulien van DooremalenNED

21–10 19–21 21–9

Evgenia DimovaRUSAnna EfremovaRUS

Piret HamerESTHelen KlaosEST

Walkover

9/16Mette SchjoldagerDENBritta AndersenDEN

Sabrina JaquetSUICorinne JörgSUI

Walkover

Imogen BankierSCOEmma MasonSCO

Ooi Sock AiMASMooi Hing YauMAS

21–16 21–18

Behnaz PirzamanbinIRINegin AmiripourIRI

21–8 21–6

Fong Chew YenMASSee Phui LengMAS

Małgorzata KurdelskaPOLPaulina MatusewiczPOL

21–15 21–14

Joanne NicholasENGNatalie MuntENG

Cristina AicardiPERClaudia RiveroPER

21–7 21–7

9/16Johanna PerssonSWEElin BergblomSWE

Diana DimovaBULPetya NedelchevaBUL

21–16 18–21 21–16

Duanganong AroonkesornTHAKunchala VoravichitchaikulTHA

Lim Pek SiahMASChor Hooi YeeMAS

21–17 16–21 21–17

Miyuki MaedaJPNSatoko SuetsunaJPN

Valeria SorokinaRUSNina VislovaRUS

21–9 21–13

Anna LarchenkoSUIHuwaina RaziSUI

9/16Kamila AugustynPOLNadieżda ZiębaPOL

Maja KersnikSLOMaja TvrdySLO

Öznur ÇalışkanTURNursel DoğanTUR

21–7 19–21 21–16

B. R. MeenakshiINDTrupti MurgundeIND

Amelie FelxCANFlorence LavoieCAN

21–12 14–21 22–20

Birgit MichelsGERCarina MetteGER

9/16Zhang YawenCHNWei YiliCHN

21–7 21–10

Morana EsihCROMatea ČičaCRO

Anu NieminenFINNina WeckströmFIN

21–19 21–17

Anastasia RusskikhRUSEkaterina AnaninaRUS

9/16Aki AkaoJPNTomomi MatsudaJPN

21–13 21–23 21–15

Jiang YanmeiSINLi YujiaSIN

Emelie FabbekeSWESophia HanssonSWE

21–12 21–13

Ha Jung-eunKORHwang Yu-miKOR

9/16Lena Frier KristiansenDENKamilla Rytter JuhlDEN

22–20 18–21 21–17

Round of 6416 matches

Valerie LokerCANSarah MacMasterCAN

21–6 21–6

9/16Jo NovitaINAGreysia PoliiINA

HamerESTHelen KlaosEST

21–5 21–11

5/8Chien Yu-chinTPECheng Wen-hsingTPE

RieraESPPérezESP

21–15 21–8

Sabrina JaquetSUIJörgSUI

OoiMASMooiMAS

21–13 20–22 21–9

3/4Lee Hyo-jungKORLee Kyung-wonKOR

Shruti KurienINDJwala GuttaIND

Walkover

FongMASSeeMAS

21–11 21–11

5/8Du JingCHNYu YangCHN

Joanne NicholasENGNatalie MuntENG

21–11 21–11

9/16Johanna PerssonSWEElin BergblomSWE

Duanganong AroonkesornTHAKunchala VoravichitchaikulTHA

21–18 21–12

Miyuki MaedaJPNSatoko SuetsunaJPN

9/16Kamila AugustynPOLNadieżda ZiębaPOL

21–17 21–12

Maja KersnikSLOMaja TvrdySLO

5/8Wong Pei TtyMASChin Eei HuiMAS

21–7 21–5

B. R. MeenakshiINDTrupti MurgundeIND

9/16Zhang YawenCHNWei YiliCHN

21–2 21–7

Chou Chia-chiTPEKuTPE

3/4Gail EmmsGBRDonna KelloggENG

21–12 21–14

Anu NieminenFINNina WeckströmFIN

9/16AkaoJPNMatsudaJPN

21–19 21–17

Grace DanielNGRSusan IdehNGR

5/8Saralee ThungthongkamTHASathinee ChankrachangwongTHA

21–10 21–9

Jiang YanmeiSINLi YujiaSIN

Lena Frier KristiansenDENKamilla Rytter JuhlDEN

23–21 21–15

EymardFRAWeny RahmawatiFRA

21–14 21–8

Round of 328 matches

9/16Jo NovitaINAGreysia PoliiINA

21–11 21–17

5/8Chien Yu-chinTPECheng Wen-hsingTPE

OoiMASMooiMAS

21–15 23–21

Shruti KurienINDJwala GuttaIND

21–11 21–14

5/8Du JingCHNYu YangCHN

9/16Johanna PerssonSWEElin BergblomSWE

21–12 21–17

9/16Kamila AugustynPOLNadieżda ZiębaPOL

5/8Wong Pei TtyMASChin Eei HuiMAS

21–14 21–11

9/16Zhang YawenCHNWei YiliCHN

3/4Gail EmmsGBRDonna KelloggENG

21–19 21–12

9/16AkaoJPNMatsudaJPN

5/8Saralee ThungthongkamTHASathinee ChankrachangwongTHA

21–11 21–4

Jiang YanmeiSINLi YujiaSIN

21–10 21–14

Round of 164 matches

5/8Chien Yu-chinTPECheng Wen-hsingTPE

21–11 22–20

5/8Du JingCHNYu YangCHN

21–11 21–13

5/8Wong Pei TtyMASChin Eei HuiMAS

9/16Zhang YawenCHNWei YiliCHN

21–14 19–21 21–13

Saralee ThungthongkamTHASathinee ChankrachangwongTHA

21–12 21–14

How the seeds went

1 Gao LingCHNHuang SuiAUS Champion
2 Yang WeiCHNZhang JiewenCHN Semi-finals, lost to Zhang Yawen / Wei Yili
3/4 Lee Hyo-jungKORLee Kyung-wonKOR Round of 64, lost to Shruti Kurien / Jwala Gutta
3/4 Gail EmmsGBRDonna KelloggENG Round of 32, lost to Zhang Yawen / Wei Yili
5/8 Chien Yu-chinTPECheng Wen-hsingTPE Round of 16, lost to Gao Ling / Huang Sui
5/8 Du JingCHNYu YangCHN Semi-finals, lost to Gao Ling / Huang Sui
5/8 Wong Pei TtyMASChin Eei HuiMAS Round of 16, lost to Zhang Yawen / Wei Yili
5/8 Saralee ThungthongkamTHASathinee ChankrachangwongTHA Reached the round of 32
9/16 Jo NovitaINAGreysia PoliiINA Round of 32, lost to Gao Ling / Huang Sui
9/16 Mette SchjoldagerDENBritta AndersenDEN Round of 128, lost to Sabrina Jaquet / Corinne Jörg
9/16 Kumiko OguraJPNReiko ShiotaJPN Round of 16, lost to Du Jing / Yu Yang
9/16 Johanna PerssonSWEElin BergblomSWE Round of 32, lost to Du Jing / Yu Yang
9/16 Kamila AugustynPOLNadieżda ZiębaPOL Round of 32, lost to Wong Pei Tty / Chin Eei Hui
9/16 Zhang YawenCHNWei YiliCHN Runner-up, lost to Gao Ling / Huang Sui
9/16 Aki AkaoJPNTomomi MatsudaJPN Reached the round of 128
9/16 Lena Frier KristiansenDENKamilla Rytter JuhlDEN Reached the round of 128
9/16 AkaoJPNMatsudaJPN Round of 32, lost to Saralee Thungthongkam / Sathinee Chankrachangwong

Semi-finals

21–14 21–12

21–18 17–21 25–23

Final

21–15 21–12

ChampionsNathan Robertson / Gail Emms

Round of 12821 matches

9/16Songphon AnugritayawonTHAKunchala VoravichitchaikulTHA

21–23 21–17 21–11

Hendra WijayaSINFrances LiuSIN

Orobosa OkuonghaeNGRGrace DanielNGR

21–8 21–13

Jenny WallworkENGKristian RoebuckENG

21–15 21–16

9/16Robert BlairSCONatalie MuntENG

Keita MasudaJPNTomomi MatsudaJPN

21–16 21–18

Wouter ClaesBELNathalie DescampsBEL

Tsai Chia-hsinTPECheng Wen-hsingTPE

21–13 21–16

9/16Lars PaaskeDENHelle NielsenDEN

Zhang Wei (badminton, born 1987)CHNYu YangCHN

14–21 21–17 21–14

Adam CwalinaPOLMałgorzata KurdelskaPOL

Jean-Michael LefortFRAWeny RahmawatiFRA

9–21 21–19 21–16

Patricia PérezESPInigo SerranoESP

Mike BeresCANValerie LokerCAN

21–13 21–23 21–18

9/16Lee Yong-daeKORHwang Yu-miKOR

Keith TurnbullSCOEmma MasonSCO

21–14 21–7

Alexej VasiljevRUSAnna EfremovaRUS

Kristof HoppGERBirgit MichelsGER

21–12 21–17

Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd TazariMASOoi Sock AiMAS

Sergio LlopisESPDolores MarcoESP

21–19 21–16

9/16Ingo KindervaterGERKathrin PiotrowskiGER

Nicholas JinadasaUSASamantha JinadasaUSA

21–10 21–10

Michael LahnsteinerAUTTina RiedlAUT

Trần Thanh HảiVIELê Ngọc Nguyên NhungVIE

16–21 21–15 21–18

Jürgen WoutersNEDPaulien van DooremalenNED

Luka PetričSLOMaja TvrdySLO

19–21 21–17 21–16

Hendri SaputraSINLi YujiaSIN

9/16Zheng BoCHNZhao TingtingCHN

20–22 21–13 21–15

Watson BriggsSCOImogen BankierSCO

Stiliyan MakarskiBULDiana DimovaBUL

21–15 21–19

Gan Teik ChaiMASFong Chew YenMAS

Valiyaveetil DijuINDJwala GuttaIND

21–18 17–21 21–19

9/16Robert MateusiakPOLNadieżda ZiębaPOL

Shintaro IkedaJPNSatoko SuetsunaJPN

21–15 21–16

Alexandre PaixãoPORFilipa LamyPOR

Svetoslav StoyanovFRAElodie EymardFRA

21–18 21–16

Vitalij DurkinRUSMarina YakushevaRUS

Michal MatejkaSVKEva SládekováSVK

21–6 21–8

Pashupati PaneruNEPSumina ShresthaNEP

9/16Xie ZhongboCHNZhang YawenCHN

21–8 21–8

Round of 6416 matches

1Nova WidiantoINALiliyana NatsirINA

RihtarCROŠavorCRO

21–11 21–10

Hendra WijayaSINFrances LiuSIN

16–21 21–18 21–15

5/8Jens EriksenDENMette SchjoldagerDEN

Walkover

9/16Robert BlairSCONatalie MuntENG

Tsai Chia-hsinTPECheng Wen-hsingTPE

29–27 22–20

3/4Zhang JunCHNGao LingCHN

Henri HurskainenSWEJohanna PerssonSWE

21–7 21–6

Zhang Wei (badminton, born 1987)CHNYu YangCHN

LefortFRAWeny RahmawatiFRA

21–9 21–12

Mike BeresCANValerie LokerCAN

21–15 21–8

9/16Lee Yong-daeKORHwang Yu-miKOR

Kristof HoppGERBirgit MichelsGER

18–21 21–19 21–18

Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd TazariMASOoiMAS

9/16Ingo KindervaterGERKathrin PiotrowskiGER

21–12 23–25 21–14

Trần Thanh HảiVIELê Ngọc Nguyên NhungVIE

5/8Thomas LaybournDENKamilla Rytter JuhlDEN

21–12 21–4

WoutersNEDPaulien van DooremalenNED

9/16Zheng BoCHNZhao TingtingCHN

21–10 21–6

Watson BriggsSCOImogen BankierSCO

21–12 21–10

Gan Teik ChaiMASFongMAS

9/16Robert MateusiakPOLNadieżda ZiębaPOL

17–21 21–17 21–16

Svetoslav StoyanovFRAEymardFRA

21–13 21–12

Vitalij DurkinRUSMarina YakushevaRUS

9/16Xie ZhongboCHNZhang YawenCHN

23–21 22–20

William MilroyCANSunCAN

2Lee Jae-jinKORLee Hyo-jungKOR

Walkover

Round of 328 matches

1Nova WidiantoINALiliyana NatsirINA

21–15 18–21 22–20

9/16Robert BlairSCONatalie MuntENG

18–21 21–18 24–22

3/4Zhang JunCHNGao LingCHN

Zhang Wei (badminton, born 1987)CHNYu YangCHN

21–17 21–18

Kristof HoppGERBirgit MichelsGER

21–19 21–15

Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd TazariMASOoiMAS

5/8Thomas LaybournDENKamilla Rytter JuhlDEN

21–11 21–13

9/16Zheng BoCHNZhao TingtingCHN

21–14 21–16

9/16Robert MateusiakPOLNadieżda ZiębaPOL

21–15 21–23 21–16

9/16Xie ZhongboCHNZhang YawenCHN

William MilroyCANSunCAN

21–12 21–11

Round of 164 matches

21–16 21–16

Zhang JunCHNGao LingCHN

21–18 21–17

5/8Thomas LaybournDENKamilla Rytter JuhlDEN

21–14 21–17