The 2006 Torneo Godó was a men's professional
tennis
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tournament that was part of the
International Series Gold of the
2006 ATP Tour
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. It was the 54th edition of the
Torneo Godó and it took place from 24 April until 30 April 2006 in
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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, Spain. First-seeded
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
won the singles title.
The event also featured a seniors' tournament that was part of the
ATP Champions Tour, which was held from 20 to 23 April.
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player . He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in men's singl ...
won the title.
Finals
Singles
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
defeated
Tommy Robredo, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
Doubles
Mark Knowles
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/
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; ; born Danijel Nestorović, September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 108 weeks ( fifth-most ...
defeated
Mariusz Fyrstenberg /
Marcin Matkowski
Marcin Matkowski (; born 15 January 1981) is a Polish former professional tennis player whose speciality is in doubles. He played college tennis at UCLA, where Jean-Julien Rojer
Jean-Julien Rojer ( "John Julian" , ; born 25 August 1981) is a ...
, 6–2, 6–7
(4–7),
0–5
Seniors
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player . He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in men's singl ...
defeated
Carlos Costa, 6–1, 6–4
External links
ITF tournament details
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2006
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Events
January
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Torneo Godo
Tennis
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Godo