swimmer Libby Lenton betters Natalie Coughlin's world record in the women's 100m butterfly (short course) from 56:39 to 55:95 Tennis Australian Open Men's Final: Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeats Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) Women's Final: Amélie Mauresmo (France) defeats Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) French Open Men's Final: Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeats Roger Federer (Switzerland) Women's Final: Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) defeats Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) Wimbledon Championships Men's Final: Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeats Rafael Nadal (Spain) Women's Final: Amélie Mauresmo (France) defeats Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) US Open Men's Final: Roger Federer (Switzerland) defeats Andy Roddick (USA) Women's Final: Maria Sharapova (Russia) defeats Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) Triathlon ITU World Championships held in Lausanne, Switzerland Volleyball Men's World League: Brazil 2006 Men's European Volleyball League: Netherlands 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship: Brazil Women's World Grand Prix: Brazil 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship: Russia Water polo 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup: Serbia 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Serbia 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship: Serbia 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship: Russia 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World League: USA Weightlifting 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World University Championships 2006 World University Championships Multi-sport events Central American and Caribbean Games held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 2006 Lusophony Games held in Macau, People's Republic of China. 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. 2006 Gay Games held in Chicago, United States from July 15 to July 22, 2006. Awards Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Tiger Woods, PGA golf Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Lorena Ochoa, LPGA golf References Sports by year