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The 2006 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2006 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.
Roger Federer finished the year ranked world No. 1 for the third time in his career. He won twelve tournaments during the season, including three majors at the Australian Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open, as well as the Tennis Masters Cup. He also won four Masters Series events and finished runner-up at the fourth major, the French Open. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 30 December 2005 – 13 November 2006 |
| Edition | 37th |
| Tournaments | 66 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) ATP Masters Series (9) ATP International Series Gold (9) ATP International Series (44) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles |  Roger Federer (12) |
| Most finals | Roger Federer (16) |
| Prize money leader | Roger Federer ($8,343,885) |
| Points leader | Roger Federer (8,370) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Roger Federer |
| Doubles team of the year |  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
| Most improved player of the year |  Novak Djokovic |
| Newcomer of the year |  Benjamin Becker |
| Comeback player of the year | Mardy Fish |
← 2005 2007 → | |
In singles, Roger Federer dominated the season. He won twelve tournaments, including three majors (Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open), four Masters Series titles (Indian Wells, Miami Open, Madrid Open and Rogers Cup) and the year-end championship. He finished the year with a 92–5 record.
The table below shows the 2006 ATP Tour schedule
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Tennis Masters Cup |
| ATP Masters Series |
| ATP International Series Gold |
| ATP International Series |
| Team events |
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 13 Mar | Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, USA ATP Masters Series $3,169,600 – hard Singles – Doubles | Roger Federer 7–5, 6–3, 6–0 | James Blake |  Paradorn Srichaphan Rafael Nadal |  Ivan Ljubičić Jarkko Nieminen Igor Andreev Marcos Baghdatis |
 Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 6–4, 6–4 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | ||||
| 20 Mar 27 Mar | NASDAQ-100 Open Key Biscayne, USA ATP Masters Series $3,450,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Roger Federer 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6) | Ivan Ljubičić | David Ferrer David Nalbandian | James Blake Andy Roddick Mario Ančić Agustín Calleri |
 Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 6–4, 6–4 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Round robin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov | Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, China Tennis Masters Cup $4,450,000 – hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Roger Federer 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 | James Blake | Rafael Nadal David Nalbandian | Andy Roddick Ivan Ljubičić Nikolay Davydenko Tommy Robredo |
| Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 6–2, 6–4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | ||||
| 27 Nov | Davis Cup Finals Moscow, Russia – carpet (i) | Russia 3–2 | Argentina |
| Total titles | Country | Player | Grand Slam | ATP Tour Finals | ATP Tour Masters Series | ATP Tour International Series Gold | ATP Tour International Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | SUI | Roger Federer | Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open | Masters Cup | Indian Wells, Miami Masters, Rogers Cup, Madrid Masters | Tokyo | Qatar, Halle, Basel |
| 5 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | French Open | Monte-Carlo Masters, Rome Masters | Dubai, Barcelona | ||
| RUS | Nikolay Davydenko | Paris Masters | Pörtschach, Sopot, New Haven, Moscow | ||||
| USA | James Blake | Sydney, Indianapolis, Bangkok, Stockholm, Las Vegas | |||||
| 3 | GER | Tommy Haas | Memphis | Delray Beach, Los Angeles | |||
| CRO | Ivan Ljubičić | Vienna | Chennai, Zagreb | ||||
 FRA | Richard Gasquet | Nottingham, Gstaad, Lyon | |||||
| 2 | ESP | Tommy Robredo | Hamburg Masters | Båstad | |||
| FRA | Arnaud Clément | Marseille, Washington, D.C. | |||||
| CRO | Mario Ančić | 's-Hertogenbosch, St. Petersburg | |||||
 SCG/ SRB | Novak Djokovic | Amersfoort, Metz | |||||
| 1 | USA | Andy Roddick | Cincinnati Masters | ||||
 CZE | Radek Štěpánek | Rotterdam | |||||
 PER | Luis Horna | Acapulco | |||||
| ESP | David Ferrer | Stuttgart | |||||
| ARG | Agustín Calleri | Kitzbühel | |||||
| FRA | Florent Serra | Adelaide | |||||
| FIN | Jarkko Nieminen | Auckland | |||||
| ARG | José Acasuso | Viña del Mar | |||||
 GBR | Andy Murray | San Jose | |||||
| ESP | Carlos Moyá | Buenos Aires | |||||
 CHI | Nicolás Massú | Salvador | |||||
 AUS | Lleyton Hewitt | Queen's Club | |||||
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | Valencia | |||||
| USA | Mardy Fish | Houston | |||||
 BEL | Olivier Rochus | Munich | |||||
| ARG | David Nalbandian | Estoril | |||||
| AUS | Mark Philippoussis | Newport | |||||
| SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | Umag | |||||
| CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | Beijing | |||||
 AUT | Jürgen Melzer | Bucharest | |||||
| RUS | Dmitry Tursunov | Bangalore | |||||
 ITA | Filippo Volandri | Palermo |
The following players won their first title:
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Winners/runners-up by country:
| # | Country | Wins | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Switzerland | 13 | 4 |
| 2. | | 10 | 6 |
| 3. | USA | 7 | 6 |
| 4. | Russia | 6 | 5 |
| 5. | France | 6 | 4 |
| 6. | Croatia | 5 | 5 |
| 7. | Argentina | 3 | 4 |
| 8. | | 3 | 1 |
| 9. | Australia | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | |
| 11. | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia | 2 | 1 |
| 12. | Chile | 1 | 6 |
| 13. | Belgium | 1 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | |
| 15. | Austria | 1 | 3 |
| 16. | Great Britain | 1 | 2 |
| 17. | Finland | 1 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | |
| 19. | Peru | 1 | 0 |
| 20. | Sweden | 0 | 3 |
| 21. |  Romania | 0 | 1 |
 Ecuador | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 0 | 1 |
| 1. | Roger Federer | US$8,343,885 |
| 2. | Rafael Nadal | 3,746,360 |
| 3. | Andy Roddick | 2,214,890 |
| 4. | Nikolay Davydenko | 2,026,845 |
| 5. | James Blake | 1,894,295 |
| 6. | Ivan Ljubičić | 1,713,167 |
| 7. | Tommy Robredo | 1,454,675 |
| 8. | David Nalbandian | 1,420,040 |
| 9. | Mario Ančić | 1,276,265 |
| 10. | Jonas Björkman | 1,221,485 |
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2006 season:
Andre Agassi (born April 29, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) became a professional in 1986, won eight Grand Slam championships and competed in 15 Grand Slam finals, and was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He won four Australian Open titles and achieved the Career Grand Slam (all four Grand Slam championships) and was the first of two to achieve the Career Golden Slam (Career Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal), and the only man to win the Career Golden Slam and the ATP Tour World Championships (won in 1990). He also won 17 ATP Masters Series titles, and was part of a winning Davis Cup team in 1990 and 1992. Agassi was troubled by personal issues during the mid-to-late 1990s and sank to world no. 141 in 1997, prompting many to believe that his career was over. Agassi, however, returned to world no. 1 in 1999 and enjoyed the most successful run of his career over the next four years. He played his last match at the US Open against Benjamin Becker in August.[2]
Wayne Black (born 17 November 1973 in Salisbury, Rhodesia, now Harare, Zimbabwe) He turned professional in 1994 and reached his career-high doubles ranking of no. 4 in 2005. He won the Australian Open in 2005 and the US Open in 2001. He played his last career match at Wimbledon partnering Jeff Coetzee.[3] Galo Blanco (born 8 October 1976, in Oviedo, Spain) turned professional in 1995 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 40. He won one singles title on the ATP Tour. Blanco played his last professional match at the 2006 Torneo Godó against Guillermo Coria.[4] Albert Costa (born 25 June 1975, in Lleida, Spain) turned professional in 1993 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 6. He won the French Open in 2002 and was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open. He won 12 career ATP titles. He played his last career match in Barcelona in April against Dominik Hrbatý.[5] Nicolas Escudé (born 3 April 1976 in Chartres, France) turned professional in 1995 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 17 in 2000. He reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1998 and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2001 and 1999, respectively. He earned four career singles titles. In doubles, he reached his career-high ranking of no. 35 in 2003 and earned two career titles. Cyril Suk (born 29 January 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) turned professional in 1988 and reached his career-high doubles ranking of world no. 7 in 1994. He won the US Open doubles tournament in 1998 and reached the quarterfinals of all the other Grand Slam events multiple times: Australian Open in 1992 and 1994, French Open in 1991, 2001, and 2002, and Wimbledon in 1994, 2002, and 2003. He earned a total of 32 career doubles titles. He won the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1991 and Wimbledon in 1996 and 1997, and reached the final at the Australian Open in 1998 and the US Open in 1995. His last match was in Vienna in October partnering Oliver Marach.[6]Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
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