2006 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2006 Tennis Masters Cup | |
| Champions | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
| Runners-up | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
| Score | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Draw | 8 |
Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup.[1]
Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro were the reigning champions, but did not qualify as a team as they did not compete together in 2006. Llodra failed to qualify overall, while Santoro qualified with Nenad Zimonjić, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.
Seeds
- Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (round robin)
- Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi (champions)
- Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (final)
- Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
- Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić (round robin)
- Martin Damm / Leander Paes (semifinals)
- Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (round robin)
- Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (round robin)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 64 | 77 | 77 | |||||||||
| 6 | Martin Damm Leander Paes | 77 | 64 | 65 | |||||||||
Red group
| Bryan Bryan |
Hanley Ullyett |
Damm Paes |
Erlich Ram |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5) | 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 1–6 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 48–46 | 4 | |
| 4 | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett |
3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3 | 6–4, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 45–39 | 1 | |
| 6 | Martin Damm Leander Paes |
2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7) | 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6 | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | 1–2 | 4–4 | 43–46 | 2 | |
| 6 | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–1 | 4–6, 4–6 | 4–6, 6–7(6–8) | 1–2 | 2–5 | 33–38 | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Gold group
| Björkman Mirnyi |
Knowles Nestor |
Santoro Zimonjić |
Frystenberg Matkowski |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi |
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) | 6–3, 7–6(9–7) | 6–3, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 42–32 | 1 | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(2–7) | 6–3, 6–2 | 6–3, 6–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 40–28 | 2 | |
| 5 | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić |
3–6, 6–7(7–9) | 3–6, 2–6 | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 32–38 | 3 | |
| 8 | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3–6, 4–6 | 3–6, 3–6 | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 26–42 | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
References
- ^ "2006 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).