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2006 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid
The 2006 Madrid Masters (also known as the ''Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid'' for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 5th edition of the Madrid Masters, and is part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Madrid Arena in Madrid, Spain, from October 16 through October 23, 2006. First-seeded Roger Federer won the singles title. The singles field was led by World No. 1, Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Toronto Masters champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, French Open, Madrid defending champion, Monte Carlo and Rome winner Rafael Nadal, and Chennai, Zagreb and Vienna titlist Ivan Ljubičić. Other top seeds were Estoril champion and 2005 Masters Cup winner David Nalbandian, New Haven and Kremlin Cup titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick, Tommy Robredo and James Blake. Finals Singles Roger Federer defeated Fernando González 7–5, 6–1, 6–0 *It was Roger Federer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Masters Series
The ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (previously known as ATP Masters Series) is an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour. The series' events have been held in Europe and North America since the inception of ATP Tour in 1990, and also in Asia since 2009. The ATP Masters tournaments along with the Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP Finals, Year-end Championships make up the most coveted trophies on the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the Tennis at the Summer Olympics, Olympics, hence they are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. Novak Djokovic holds the record for the Tennis Masters Series singles records and statistics#Champions list, most Masters singles titles with 38. By completing the set of all nine Masters singles titles in 2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles, 2018, Djokovic became the first and only player to achieve the Tennis Masters Series singles records and stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Canada Masters
The 2006 Canadian Open (also known as the 2006 Rogers Masters and 2006 Rogers Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 117th edition of the Canadian Open, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 7 through August 13, 2006, and the women's event at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 14 through August 20, 2006. The men's field featured World No. 1, Australian Open and Wimbledon winner Roger Federer, French Open champion and 2005 Canada Masters winner Rafael Nadal, and ATP No. 3 David Nalbandian. Others top seeds competing were Miami Masters runner-up Ivan Ljubičić, Indianapolis champion and Indian Wells finalist James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Tommy Robredo and Marcos Baghdatis. The women's draw was headlined by WTA No. 1 and Stanford winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nalbandian
David Pablo Nalbandian (; born 1 January 1982) is an Argentine retired professional tennis player who played on the ATP Tour from 2000 until his retirement in 2013. He reached the highest ranking in singles of world No. 3 in March 2006. Nalbandian was runner-up in the singles event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. During his career, he won 11 singles titles, including the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005 and two Masters 1000 tournaments. Nalbandian is the only male Argentine player in history who ever reached the semifinals or better at all four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments and reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon. He was a member of the Argentina Davis Cup team, Argentinian Davis Cup team who reached the finals of the World Group in 2006, 2008 and 2011. Nalbandian played right-handed with a two-handed backhand, which was known for being a devastating shot. Since his retirement, Nalbandian has taken up the sport of rally racing and has competed in Rally Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Tennis Masters Cup
The 2005 Tennis Masters Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 36th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 31st edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China, from November 13 through November 20, 2005. Finals Singles David Nalbandian defeated Roger Federer 6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3) *It was Nalbandian's 2nd title of the year, and his 4th overall. It was his 1st career year-end championships title. Doubles Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro defeated Leander Paes / Nenad Zimonjić 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Points and prize money *RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage. *1 Prize money for doubles is per team. *2 Participation fee for 1 RR match is $45,000 and for 2 RR matches is $70,000. *An undefeated singles champion would earn the maximum 750 points and $1,520,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Estoril Open
The 2006 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. This event was the 17th edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 10th for the women), included in the 2006 ATP Tour International Series and in the 2006 WTA Tour Tier IV Series. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estoril Court Central, in Oeiras, Portugal, from 1 May through 7 May 2006. Finals Men's singles David Nalbandian defeated Nikolay Davydenko, 6–3, 6–4 Women's singles Zheng Jie defeated Li Na, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, retired Men's doubles Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner defeated Lucas Arnold / Leoš Friedl, 6–3, 6–1 Women's doubles Li Ting / Sun Tiantian defeated Gisela Dulko / María Sánchez Lorenzo María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo (born 7 November 1977) is a retired tennis player from Spain. Her highest WTA ranking has been world No. 33, a position she achieved in April 2004. She played two-handed on both sides, and her favourite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2006 French Open, and an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Indian Wells Masters in 2010 as well as 3 other finals, 2 of them coming in 2005 at Madrid and Paris, and the other at the Miami Masters in 2006. Since retiring, Ljubičić has coached ATP top 3 players Milos Raonic and Roger Federer. He was credited with Federer's improved backhand, especially evident on high shots, and tactical change of taking shots much earlier, taking more time, pace, and rhythm off his opponents at the same time making his overall game more offensive. Tennis career Ljubičić turned pro in 1998. During his career, he achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on carpet or hardcourt. He reached consecutive indoor Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 BA-CA-TennisTrophy
The 2006 BA-CA-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the event known that year as the BA-CA-TennisTrophy, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, from 9 October through 15 October 2006. Finals Singles Ivan Ljubičić defeated Fernando González, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 *It was Ivan Ljubičić's 3rd title of the year, and his 6th overall. Doubles Petr Pála / Pavel Vízner defeated Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a younger brother, Geral ..., 6–4, 3–6, 2–10 References External links Official websiteATP tournament profile {{2006 ATP Tour BA-CA-TennisTrophy Vienna Open 2006 in Austrian tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 PBZ Zagreb Indoors
The 2006 PBZ Zagreb Indoors was a men's tennis tournament held on indoor carpet courts. It was the first edition of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors under its new name and 4th overall and was part of the ATP International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia from 30 January through 6 February 2006. First-seeded Ivan Ljubičić won the singles title. Finals Singles Ivan Ljubičić defeated Stefan Koubek 6–3, 6–4 * It was Ljubičić's 2nd singles title of the year and the 5th of his career. Doubles Jaroslav Levinský / Michal Mertiňák defeated Davide Sanguinetti / Andreas Seppi 7–6(9–7), 6–1 External links ATP tournament profileOfficial websiteSingles drawDoubles drawQualifying Singles draw {{2006 ATP Tour PBZ Zagreb Indoors The Zagreb Indoors (currently sponsored by PBZ) was a men's tennis event on the ATP Tour held in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. In 1996 and 1997 the tournament was named Croatian Indoors. From 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Chennai Open
The 2006 Chennai Open was an ATP men's tennis tournament held on outdoor hard courts in Chennai, India. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 2 January through 9 January 2006. First-seeded Ivan Ljubičić won the singles title. Finals Singles Ivan Ljubičić defeated Carlos Moyà 7–6(8–6), 6–2 * It was Ljubičić's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career. Doubles Michal Mertiňák / Petr Pála defeated Prakash Amritraj / Rohan Bopanna 6–2, 7–5 * It was Mertiňák's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Pála's 1st title of the year and the 5th of his career. References Chennai Open Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ... Chennai Open 2006 in Indian tennis {{tennis-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal has won an List of Grand Slam men's singles champions#Champions list, all-time record 22 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. He has won 92 ATP singles titles, including 36 ATP Tour Masters 1000, Masters titles, with 63 of these on clay courts. Nadal is one of only two men to complete the Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Career Golden Slam in singles. His Rafael Nadal career statistics#81 match win streak on clay courts, 81 consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era. For over a decade, Nadal has dominated men's tennis along with Roger Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Italian Open (tennis)
The 2006 Italian Open (also known as 2006 Rome Masters and the 2006 Internazionali d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 63rd edition of the Italian Open and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour and of the Tier I Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy from May 8 through May 22, 2006. Review The men's tournament was won by Rafael Nadal with a five-set victory against the Swiss top seed Roger Federer. The women's draw was won by Swiss player, Martina Hingis, who prevailed 6–2, 7–5, against Dinara Safina. Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama were victorious in the women's doubles, beating Francesca Schiavone and Květa Peschke, while third seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor beat sixth seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the final of the men's doubles. Finals Men's singles Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 6–7(0–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5) Women's singles Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Monte Carlo Masters
The 2006 Monte Carlo Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 100th edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France from 17 April through 23 April 2006. The men's singles was headlined by world No. 1 Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and David Nalbandian. Second-seeded Rafael Nadal won the singles title. Finals Singles Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Doubles Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić 6–2, 7–6(7–2) References External links * ATP tournament profileITF tournament edition details Monte Carlo Masters The Monte-Carlo Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, a commune that borders on Monaco. The event is part of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
