The 2006 Tennis Masters Cup was a men's
tennis
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tournament played on
indoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the
year-end singles championships, the 32nd edition of the
year-end doubles championships, and was part of the
2006 ATP Tour
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. It took place at the
Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena
The Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, also known as Qizhong Stadium, is a tennis arena in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Also known as "Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center",
see "Welcome to Minhang", 2008, webpage:
S-cn
"Tennis ...
in
Shanghai
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,
People's Republic of China
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, from November 12 through November 19, 2006.
Finals
Singles
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...
defeated
James Blake 6–0, 6–3, 6–4
* It was Federer's 12th title of the year, and his 45th overall. It was his 3rd year-end championships title.
Doubles
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 T ...
/
Max Mirnyi
Maksim "Max" Mikalaevich Mirnyi ( be, Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны, ; russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный, ; born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player.
Mirnyi became a doubles speci ...
defeated
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971) is a Bahamian professional tennis coach and former professional tennis player, becoming the former number 1 in world as a specialist in doubles tennis. He won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in ...
/
Daniel Nestor 6–2, 6–4
Points and prize money
*RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage.
*
1 Prize money for doubles is per team.
*An undefeated singles champion would earn the maximum 750 points and $1,520,000 in prize money ($120,000 participation, $360,000 undefeated round robin, $370,000 semifinal win, $700,000 final win)
*An undefeated doubles champion would earn the maximum 750 points and $220,000 in prize money ($50,000 participation, $45,000 undefeated round robin, $25,000 semifinal win, $100,000 final win). While each of them would get 1,500 points, the $220,000 would be split, so $110,000 for each member of the team.
Points breakdown
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
Official websiteSingles drawDoubles draw
{{2006 in tennis
Tennis Masters Cup
The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant event in the annual ATP calendar after the four majors as it features the top-eight singles players and top-eight doubles teams based on their results th ...
2006
Tennis tournaments in China
Sports competitions in Shanghai
2006 in Chinese tennis