2006 All England Open Badminton Championships

The 2006 All England Open (officially known as the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2006  for sponsorship reasons) was badminton tournament which took place at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, on from 17 to 22 January 2006 and had a total purse of $125,000.

Tournament
The 2006 All England Open was the third tournament of the 2006 IBF World Grand Prix and also part of the All England Open championships, which had been held since 1899.

Venue
This international tournament was held at National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.

Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the IBF points system for the IBF World Grand Prix 4-star event.

Prize pool
The total prize money for this tournament was US$125,000. The distribution of the prize money was in accordance with IBF regulations.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇨🇳 Lin Dan (champion)
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Bao Chunlai (second round)
 * 3) Lee Chong Wei (semi-finals)
 * 4) Peter Gade (semi-finals)
 * 5) 🇰🇷 Lee Hyun-il (final)
 * 6) Kenneth Jonassen (quarter-finals)
 * 7) 🇨🇳 Chen Hong (quarter-finals)
 * 8) Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (first round)
 * 9) Wong Choong Hann (third round)
 * 10) 🇭🇰 Ng Wei (third round)
 * 11) Kuan Beng Hong (third round)
 * 12) 🇹🇭 Boonsak Ponsana (third round)
 * 13) 🇰🇷 Shon Seung-mo (second round)
 * 14) Niels Christian Kaldau (second round)
 * 15) 🇯🇵 Shōji Satō (quarter-finals)
 * 16) Sairul Amar Ayob (third round)

Seeds

 * 1) 🇨🇳 Zhang Ning (final)
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Xie Xingfang (champion)
 * 3) 🇭🇰 Wang Chen (quarter-finals)
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Pi Hongyan (semi-finals)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Huaiwen Xu (quarter-finals)
 * 6) Yao Jie (withdrew)
 * 7) Mia Audina (semi-finals)
 * 8) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tracey Hallam (second round)

Seeds

 * 1) Sigit Budiarto / Candra Wijaya (second round)
 * 2)  Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen (champions)
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng (third round)
 * 4) Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto (quarter-finals)
 * 5) Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (third round)
 * 6) Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan (second round)
 * 7) Chan Chong Ming / Koo Kien Keat (third round)
 * 8) Jonas Rasmussen / Peter Steffensen (third round)

Seeds

 * 1) 🇨🇳 Gao Ling / Huang Sui (champions)
 * 2) 🇰🇷 Lee Hyo-jung / Lee Kyung-won (semi-finals)
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen (final)
 * 4) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg (quarter-finals)
 * 5) 🇹🇭 Sathinee Chankrachangwong / Saralee Thungthongkam (second round)
 * 6) Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty (second round)
 * 7) 🇨🇳 Wei Yili / Zhang Yawen (semi-finals)
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Kumiko Ogura / Reiko Shiota (quarter-finals)

Seeds

 * 1) 🇰🇷 Lee Jae-jin / Lee Hyo-jung (semi-finals)
 * 2) Nova Widianto / Liliyana Natsir (semi-finals)
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms (final)
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Zhang Jun / Gao Ling (champions)
 * 5) 🇹🇭 Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam (quarter-finals)
 * 6) 🇨🇳 Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen (quarter-finals)
 * 7) Jens Eriksen / Mette Schjoldager (quarter-finals)
 * 8) Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl (quarter-finals)