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[edit] June 20 to July 30, 2006
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American Martina Navratilova prepares to strike a two-handed backhand while practicing before a match at the ECM Prague Open, held in her native Czech Republic in May 2006; Navratilova, partnered with Barbora Strýcová and seeded first in the women's doubles event, would go on to lose in the second round. Having won six International Tennis Federation women's singles world championships; having been the Women's Tennis Association's top-ranked player for 331 weeks, a stretch of 156 consecutive weeks; and having captured eighteen singles Grand Slam titles (including a record nine at The Championships, Wimbledon), 31 women's doubles Grand Slam championships (achieving a consecutive Grand Slam in 1984 with partner and countrymate Pam Shriver, and nine mixed doubles Grand Slam championships, Navratilova retired following the 1994 tennis season, though she participated in three 1995 tournaments. In 2000, Navratilova returned to professional tennis, competing in several women's and mixed doubles events and quickly achieving a high ranking. With Indian Leander Paes, she won the 2003 Australian Open and the Wimbledon Championships titles and reached the semifinals of four women's doubles Grand Slam tournaments: the Roland Garros and Wimbledon Championships with American Lisa Raymond, the 2003 United States Open with Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, and the 2005 Wimbledon Championships with German Anna-Lena Grönefeld. Navratilova continues to compete in 2006, having ended the 2005 WTA season ranked twentieth in the world in women's doubles and having thrice partnered with South African Liezel Huber during the current season. After losing, with Huber, in the quarterfinals of the women's doubles event, and with Bahamanian Mark Knowles in the third round of the mixed doubles event at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Navratilova announced her retirement from professional tennis, leaving the sport sharing, with countrymate Billy Jean King, the record for most total Wimbledon titles—20.
[edit] June 1 to June 20, 2006
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Swiss Roger Federer prepares to strike a forehand while practicing before a match at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships. Federer would go on to defeat American Andy Roddick in the gentlemen's singles final, claiming his third straight Wimbledon title and extending his Wimbledon win streak to 21 matches. With his win, Federer joined Björn Borg and Pete Sampras as the only Open era players to have won at least three consecutive Wimbledon titles; Borg won five consecutive titles between 1976 and 1980, while Sampras won three straight between 1993 and 1995 and four between 1997 and 2000.
