2006 ATP Tour
Template:Short description Template:Infobox tennis circuit season
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.
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. Template:TOC limit
Calendar
The table below shows the 2006 ATP Tour schedule
- Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Tennis Masters Cup |
| ATP Masters Series |
| ATP International Series Gold |
| ATP International Series |
| Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
| 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 |
Template:Flagicon Roger Federer 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 |
Template:Flagicon James Blake | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian |
Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo |
| Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi 6–2, 6–4 |
Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor | ||||
| 27 Nov | Davis Cup Finals Moscow, Russia – carpet (i) |
Template:Davis 3–2 | Template:Davis |
Entry rankings
Statistics
Titles won by player
| Total titles | Country | Player | Grand Slam | ATP Tour Finals | ATP Tour Masters Series | ATP Tour International Series Gold | ATP Tour International Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Template:Country data SUI | Roger Federer | Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open | Masters Cup | Indian Wells, Miami Masters, Rogers Cup, Madrid Masters | Tokyo | Qatar, Halle, Basel |
| 5 | Template:Country data ESP | Rafael Nadal | French Open | Monte-Carlo Masters, Rome Masters |
Dubai, Barcelona |
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| Template:Country data RUS | Nikolay Davydenko | Paris Masters | Pörtschach, Sopot, New Haven, Moscow | ||||
| Template:Flagu | James Blake | Sydney, Indianapolis, Bangkok, Stockholm, Las Vegas | |||||
| 3 | Template:Country data GER | Tommy Haas | Memphis | Delray Beach, Los Angeles | |||
| Template:Country data CRO | Ivan Ljubičić | Vienna | Chennai, Zagreb | ||||
| Template:Country data FRA | Richard Gasquet | Nottingham, Gstaad, Lyon | |||||
| 2 | Template:Country data ESP | Tommy Robredo | Hamburg Masters | Båstad | |||
| Template:Country data FRA | Arnaud Clément | Marseille, Washington, D.C. | |||||
| Template:Country data CRO | Mario Ančić | 's-Hertogenbosch, St. Petersburg | |||||
| Template:Country data SCG/Template:Country data SRB | Novak Djokovic | Amersfoort, Metz | |||||
| 1 | Template:Flagu | Andy Roddick | Cincinnati Masters | ||||
| Template:Country data CZE | Radek Štěpánek | Rotterdam | |||||
| Template:Country data PER | Luis Horna | Acapulco | |||||
| Template:Country data ESP | David Ferrer | Stuttgart | |||||
| Template:Country data ARG | Agustín Calleri | Kitzbühel | |||||
| Template:Country data FRA | Florent Serra | Adelaide | |||||
| Template:Country data FIN | Jarkko Nieminen | Auckland | |||||
| Template:Country data ARG | José Acasuso | Viña del Mar | |||||
| Template:Country data GBR | Andy Murray | San Jose | |||||
| Template:Country data ESP | Carlos Moyá | Buenos Aires | |||||
| Template:Country data CHI | Nicolás Massú | Salvador | |||||
| Template:Country data AUS | Lleyton Hewitt | Queen's Club | |||||
| Template:Country data ESP | Nicolás Almagro | Valencia | |||||
| Template:Flagu | Mardy Fish | Houston | |||||
| Template:Country data BEL | Olivier Rochus | Munich | |||||
| Template:Country data ARG | David Nalbandian | Estoril | |||||
| Template:Country data AUS | Mark Philippoussis | Newport | |||||
| Template:Country data SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | Umag | |||||
| Template:Country data CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | Beijing | |||||
| Template:Country data AUT | Jürgen Melzer | Bucharest | |||||
| Template:Country data RUS | Dmitry Tursunov | Bangalore | |||||
| Template:Country data 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. | Template:Flagicon Switzerland | 13 | 4 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon | 10 | 6 |
| 3. | Template:Flagu | 7 | 6 |
| 4. | Template:Flagicon Russia | 6 | 5 |
| 5. | Template:Flagu | 6 | 4 |
| 6. | Template:Flagicon Croatia | 5 | 5 |
| 7. | Template:Flagicon Argentina | 3 | 4 |
| 8. | Template:Flagicon | 3 | 1 |
| 9. | Template:Flagicon Australia | 2 | 2 |
| Template:Flagicon Italy | 2 | 2 | |
| 11. | Template:Flagicon Serbia and Montenegro Template:Flagicon Serbia |
2 | 1 |
| 12. | Template:Flagicon Chile | 1 | 6 |
| 13. | Template:Flagicon Belgium | 1 | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | |
| 15. | Template:Flagicon Austria | 1 | 3 |
| 16. | Template:Flagicon Great Britain | 1 | 2 |
| 17. | Template:Flagicon Finland | 1 | 1 |
| Template:Flagicon Cyprus | 1 | 1 | |
| 19. | Template:Flagicon Peru | 1 | 0 |
| 20. | Template:Flagicon Sweden | 0 | 3 |
| 21. | Template:Flagicon Romania | 0 | 1 |
| Template:Flagicon Ecuador | 0 | 1 | |
| Template:Flagicon Slovakia | 0 | 1 |
Prize money leaders
- As of 18 December 2006
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Roger Federer | US$8,343,885 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 3,746,360 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick | 2,214,890 |
| 4. | Template:Flagicon Nikolay Davydenko | 2,026,845 |
| 5. | Template:Flagicon James Blake | 1,894,295 |
| 6. | Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić | 1,713,167 |
| 7. | Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo | 1,454,675 |
| 8. | Template:Flagicon David Nalbandian | 1,420,040 |
| 9. | Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić | 1,276,265 |
| 10. | Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman | 1,221,485 |
Retirements
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:
- Template:Flagicon 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]
- Template:Flagicon 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]
- Template:Flagicon 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]
- Template:Flagicon 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]
- Template:Flagicon 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.
- Template:Flagicon 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]
See also
References
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