From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2006 Roger Federer tennis season
2006 Roger Federer tennis season
2006 Roger Federer tennis season Winter Hard Court Season
Calendar prize money $8,343,885
Federer started the year off by winning the Qatar Open in
Singles Doha. This was his second consecutive championship in
Doha, he deafeated Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6(5) in
Season record 92–5 (94.84%)
the final.
Calendar titles 12 After traveling down under, Federer won the year’s
Year-end ranking #1 first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, by de-
feating Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. This was
Ranking change from previous year = Federer’s seventh consecutive victory in a Grand Slam fi-
Grand Slam results nal (2003 Wimbledon – 2006 Australian Open), a record to
start a career, and second overall only to Pete Sampras’s
Australian Open W eight consecutive wins (1995 Wimbledon – 2000 Wimble-
French Open F don). This was Federer’s 7th Grand Slam title which tied
him for sixth place in the open era with John McEnroe
Wimbledon W
and Mats Wilander.
US Open W Moving back to the Middle East, Federer reached the
finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships without losing
Tour Finals W
a set before losing to his budding arch-rival Rafael Nadal
Last updated on: 31 December 2006. 6-2, 4-6, 4-6. This ended the 16 match winning streak that
he had started the 2006 season on. It was also the first
Main article: Roger Federer time Federer had lost a match on a hard court in over a
Roger Federer reached all four Grand Slam finals in 2006, year, the last time coming 13 months earlier in the semi-
winning three of them. His only loss came against Rafael finals of the 2005 Australian Open.
Nadal in the French Open final in four sets, 6-1, 1-6, 4-6, Federer successfully defended his Masters title at the
6-7(4). This was the first time they had met in a Major fi- Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, defeating
nal. In the other three Grand Slams of 2006, Federer de- American James Blake in the final 7-5, 6-3, 6-0. This was
feated Nadal in the final of the Wimbledon Champion- his third consecutive title in Indian Wells which set the
ships, 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3. He defeated Marcos Bagh- tournament record for most consecutive titles. This third
datis, 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2, at the Australian Open and Andy championship also tied Michael Chang’s record of three
Roddick, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, at the US Open. In addition, titles in Indian Wells.
Federer made it to six ATP Masters Series 1000 finals, Two weeks later he also successfully defended his
winning four on hard surfaces and losing two on clay Masters title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida,
to Nadal. Also, Federer won one ATP 500 series event in defeating Croatian Ivan Ljubicic in the final 7-6(5), 7-6(4),
Tokyo, three ATP 250 series events in Doha, Halle, and 7-6(6). With his victory in Miami he picked up his second
Basel, and captured the Year-End Championships for the masters title of the year, and became the first player ever
third time in his career. In December 2011 Stephen Tign- to win the grueling Indian Wells-Key Biscayne double in
or, chief editorial writer for Tennis.com, ranked Feder- consecutive years.
er’s 2006 season as the second greatest season of all-time
during the open era; behind only Rod Laver’s Calander Clay Court Season
Grand Slam year of 1969.[1]
As the spring clay-court season began the focus shifted
to the red clay of Europe. Federer started the clay-court
Year summary season by reaching the final of the ATP Masters Series
event at Monte Carlo. He opened the tournament with a
Federer won three of the four Grand Slam singles tour-
scare needing three sets to defeat an 18 year old Novak
naments for the second time and ended the year ranked
Djokovic; this would be the first match of two great rivals
world no. 1, with his points being several thousand points
who have now played in 24 matches.[3] After reaching the
greater than world no. 2 Nadal.[2]
final he lost in four sets to Nadal 2-6, 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-7(5).
Nadal had yet to prove the dominant clay court force
that he would become and the close nature of the match
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Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer compete at the 2006 French
Open.
Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon Championship
gave little indication that Nadal would be a persistent title in 2006.
nuisance to the Swiss star on clay courts in the future.
In Italy Federer had a difficult road to the finals of
and met his arch-rival Rafael Nadal in the finals. Federer
Rome defeating Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-5 in the
had not defeated Nadal all season going 0-4 against Nadal
quarters and David Nalbandian 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) in the
but 55-4 overall heading into the final. Federer against
semifinals. His encounter with Rafael Nadal in the finals
thrashed Nadal in the first set, the same way he had in
would prove to be the greatest clay court match of their
the opening set at Roland Garros, bageling the Spaniard
respective rivalry. Federer ended up losing the final
6-0. The second set was much closer with Federer tak-
7-6(0), 6-7(5), 4-6, 6-2, 6-7(5)in an epic five-set match that
ing the tiebreaker 7-5. Federer surrendered his first set
culminated in a decisive tiebreak.[4] This was a devastat-
of the tornament when he lost the third set in a tiebreak-
ing loss for Federer because he had held two champion-
er 2-7. In the fourth set Federer reasserted his superior
ship points at 6-5 in the fifth set. Because of the physical-
grass court play and took it by a score of 6-3. Federer won
ity and grueling nature of the match, both players would
the final 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3. This was his fourth Wim-
skip the Hamburg Masters the following week.
bledon title and his 8th Grand Slam title of his career.
Federer only dropped 2 sets en route to making his
With this Major title win he tied Andre Agassi, Jimmy
first French Open final of his career. He met the reigning
Connors, and Ivan Lendl for third on the all-time Grand
champion Rafael Nadal in the final. Federer had gone un-
Slam list behind only Bjorn Borg (11) and Pete Sampras
defeated in 2006 except against Nadal compiling a 44-3
(14). After Wimbledon, Federer set his sights on winning
record heading into the finals. He got off to a fast start
the US Open.
winning the first set decisvely 6-1. The relentless nature
of Nadal’s play, constantly hitting high bouncing shots
to Federer’s one-handed backhand, proved a devastating
Summer Hard Court Season
formula. Federer eventually lost the match in a fourth set
tiebreaker 6-1, 1-6, 4-6, 6-7(4). This ended many predic-
tions of Federer winning the calander year Grand Slam
in 2006.[5] Although the French Open title eluded him,
Federer became one of only two active players who had
reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tourna-
ments, the other being Andre Agassi.[6]
Grass Court Season
Federer won his fourth consecutive title at the Gerry
Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Federer had three close
third set victories en route to making the final, including
a thrilling triple tiebreak match against Olivier Rochus in Federer won his third consecutive US Open title in 2006.
the quarterfinals 6-7(2), 7-6(9), 7-6(5). In the final he de-
feated Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-2. Federer then started his North American tour by winning
Federer entered Wimbledon as the top seed, trying his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, defeating Richard
to become the first man since Pete Sampras (1997-2000) Gasquet of France in the final 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.[8]
to win Wimbledon in four consecutive years.[7] Federer After his victory in Toronto, Federer entered the
raced through the tournament without dropping a set Cincinnati Masters as the defending champion looking to
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tie the all-time record he and Nadal set in 2005 of four round match against Robin Soderling, Federer defeated
masters titles in a single season. After reaching the finals Fernando Gonzalez 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 in the finals. This was
of his first eleven tournaments in 2006, Federer was up- his fourth masters tournament victory of the year, which
set by 19 year old British upstart Andy Murray. Follow- tied the all-time record held by himself and Nadal in
ing this loss to Murray, Federer would not lose another 2005.
match for the remainder of the year. He finished the sea- Federer entered his hometown tournament, the
son with a perfect record of 29-0 (this would continue in- Swiss Indoors held in Basel, having never won it despite
to 2007 and be part of his career best 41 match winning having reached the finals in 2000 and 2001. Federer was
streak). forced to win a final set tiebreaker against Paradorn
During the US Open, the year’s last Grand Slam tour- Srichaphan in the semifinals to advance and ending up
nament, he defeated American Andy Roddick in four sets defeating Fernando Gonzalez in the final 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3).
6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 for his third consecutive title at Flushing This victory was especially touching for Federer who had
Meadows. During the open era, 2006 is the only year in grown up in Basel and had been a ball boy at the tourna-
which the same man (Federer) and woman (Justine ment during his youth.[9]
Henin) reached the finals of all four Grand Slams. This At the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai,
was Federer’s 9th Grand Slam title which put him solely Federer defeated defending champion David Nalbandian
in third place on the all-time Grand Slam list. in one of his three round-robin matches. He also scored
his second victory of the year over rival Rafael Nadal 6-4,
7-5 in a thrilling semifinal matchup of the top 2 players in
the world. Federer then defeated American James Blake,
6–0, 6–3, 6–4, in the finals to win his third Masters Cup ti-
tle.
Season Accomplishments
Federer won 12 titles in 2006, which included three Grand
Slam titles and four ATP Masters titles. During the year,
he lost to only two players, Nadal in the French Open,
Rome, Monte Carlo, and Dubai finals; and Andy Murray
in the second round of the Masters Series tournament
in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati loss to Murray was Feder-
er’s only straight-set loss of the year and the only tour-
nament out of 17 in which he did not reach the final. His
win-loss record for the 2006 season was 92-5, this was the
best record of any year end #1 player since John McEn-
roe’s record of 82-3 in 1984.
Matches
Grand Slam performance
All matches
Singles
Federer won his first Basel title in 2006. 2006 Tournament Schedule
Fall Indoor Season Singles schedule
Toyko was the last outdoor event that Federer partici-
pated in during the 2006 season. He defeated his former See also
nemesis Tim Henman in the finals 6-3, 6-3.
• Roger Federer
With victory in Asia, Federer turned his focus to the
• Roger Federer career statistics
indoor circut of Europe. He entered the Madrid Masters
for the first time since 2003. After surviving a close third
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Tournament Round Result Opponent Score
Australian Open 1R Win Denis Istomin 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
2R Win Florian Mayer 6–1, 6–4, 6–0
3R Win Max Mirnyi 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
4R Win Tommy Haas 6–4, 6–0, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
QF Win Nikolay Davydenko 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7), 7–6(5)
SF Win Nicolas Kiefer 6–3, 5–7, 6–0, 6–2
F Win (7) Marcos Baghdatis 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–2
French Open 1R Win Diego Hartfield 7–5, 7–6(2), 6–2
2R Win Alejandro Falla 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
3R Win Nicolás Massú 6–1, 6–2, 6–7(4), 7–5
4R Win Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
QF Win Mario Ančić 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
SF Win David Nalbandian 3–6, 6–4, 5–2 retired
F Loss Rafael Nadal 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(4)
Wimbledon 1R Win Richard Gasquet 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
2R Win Tim Henman 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
3R Win Nicolas Mahut 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–4
4R Win Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
QF Win Mario Ančić 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
SF Win Jonas Björkman 6–2, 6–0, 6–2
F Win (8) Rafael Nadal 6–0, 7–6(5), 6–7(2), 6–3
US Open 1R Win Yeu-Tzuoo Wang 6–4, 6–1, 6–0
2R Win Tim Henman 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
3R Win Vincent Spadea 6–3, 6–3, 6–0
4R Win Marc Gicquel 6–3, 7–6(2), 6–3
QF Win James Blake 7–6(7), 6–0, 6–7(9), 6–4
SF Win Nikolay Davydenko 6–1, 7–5, 6–4
F Win (9) Andy Roddick 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
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Match Tournament Start Type I/O Surface Round Opponent Result Score
Date
727 Doha 1/2 250 Outdoor Hard R32 Ivo Minar W 6-1, 6-3
728 Doha 1/2 250 Outdoor Hard R16 Fabrice San- W 7-6(2), 7-6(5)
toro
729 Doha 1/2 250 Outdoor Hard Q Marcos Bagh- W 6-4, 6-3
datis
730 Doha 1/2 250 Outdoor Hard S Tommy Haas W 6-3, 6-3
731 Doha 1/2 250 Outdoor Hard W Gael Monfils W 6-3, 7-6(5)
732 Australian Open 1/16 GS Outdoor Hard R128 Denis Istomin W 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
733 Australian Open 1/16 GS Outdoor Hard R64 Florian Mayer W 6-1, 6-4, 6-0
734 Australian Open 1/16 GS Outdoor Hard R32 Max Mirnyi W 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
735 Australian Open 1/16 GS Outdoor Hard R16 Tommy Haas W 6-4, 6-0, 3-6, 4-6,
(2) 6-2
736 Australian Open 1/16 GS Outdoor Hard Q Nikolay Davy- W 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7),
denko 7-6(5)
737 Australian Open 1/16 GS Outdoor Hard S Nicolas Kiefer W 6-3, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
738 Australian Open 1/16 GS Outdoor Hard W Marcos Bagh- W 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
datis (2)
739 Dubai 2/27 500 Outdoor Hard R32 Stanislas W 7-6(3), 6-3
Wawrinka
740 Dubai 2/27 500 Outdoor Hard R16 Mohammad W 7-6(5), 6-4
Ghareeb
741 Dubai 2/27 500 Outdoor Hard Q Robin Vik W 6-3, 6-2
742 Dubai 2/27 500 Outdoor Hard S Mikhail W 6-2, 6-3
Youzhny
743 Dubai 2/27 500 Outdoor Hard F Rafael Nadal L 6-2, 4-6, 4-6
744 Indian Wells 3/6 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye W
Masters
745 Indian Wells 3/6 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Nicolas Massu W 6-3, 7-6(4)
Masters
746 Indian Wells 3/6 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Olivier Rochus W 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Masters
747 Indian Wells 3/6 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Richard Gas- W 6-3, 6-4
Masters quet
748 Indian Wells 3/6 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Ivan Ljubicic W 6-2, 6-3
Masters
749 Indian Wells 3/6 1000 Outdoor Hard S Paradorn W 6-2, 6-3
Masters Srichaphan
750 Indian Wells 3/6 1000 Outdoor Hard W James Blake W 7-5, 6-3, 6-0
Masters
751 Miami Masters 3/20 1000 Outdoor Hard R128 Bye W
752 Miami Masters 3/20 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Arnaud Cle- W 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-0
ment
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753 Miami Masters 3/20 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Tommy Haas W 6-1, 6-3
(3)
754 Miami Masters 3/20 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Dmitry Tur- W 6-3, 6-3
sunov
755 Miami Masters 3/20 1000 Outdoor Hard Q James Blake (2) W 7-6(2), 6-4
756 Miami Masters 3/20 1000 Outdoor Hard S David Ferrer W 6-1, 6-4
757 Miami Masters 3/20 1000 Outdoor Hard W Ivan Ljubicic W 7-6(5), 7-6(4),
(2) 7-6(6)
758 Monte Carlo 4/17 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Novak W 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Masters Djokovic
759 Monte Carlo 4/17 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Alberto Martin W 6-0, 6-1
Masters
760 Monte Carlo 4/17 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Benjamin W 6-3, 6-2
Masters Balleret
761 Monte Carlo 4/17 1000 Outdoor Clay Q David Ferrer (2) W 6-1, 6-3
Masters
762 Monte Carlo 4/17 1000 Outdoor Clay S Fernando Gon- W 6-2, 6-4
Masters zalez
763 Monte Carlo 4/17 1000 Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (2) L 2-6, 7-6(2), 3-6,
Masters 6-7(5)
764 Rome Masters 5/8 1000 Outdoor Clay R64 Juan Ignacio W 6-2, 6-1
Chela
765 Rome Masters 5/8 1000 Outdoor Clay R32 Potito Starace W 6-3, 7-6(2)
766 Rome Masters 5/8 1000 Outdoor Clay R16 Radek W 6-1, 6-4
Stepanek
767 Rome Masters 5/8 1000 Outdoor Clay Q Nicolas Alma- W 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-5
gro
768 Rome Masters 5/8 1000 Outdoor Clay S David Nalban- W 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5)
dian
769 Rome Masters 5/8 1000 Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (3) L 7-6, 6-7(5), 4-6,
6-2, 6-7(5)
770 Roland Garros 5/29 GS Outdoor Clay R128 Diego Hartfield W 7-5, 7-6(2), 6-2
771 Roland Garros 5/29 GS Outdoor Clay R64 Alejandro Falla W 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
772 Roland Garros 5/29 GS Outdoor Clay R32 Nicolas Massu W 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-5
(2)
773 Roland Garros 5/29 GS Outdoor Clay R16 Tomas W 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Berdych
774 Roland Garros 5/29 GS Outdoor Clay Q Mario Ancic W 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
775 Roland Garros 5/29 GS Outdoor Clay S David Nalban- W 3-6, 6-4, 5-2 RET
dian (2)
776 Roland Garros 5/29 GS Outdoor Clay F Rafael Nadal (4) L 6-1, 1-6, 4-6, 6-7(4)
777 Halle 6/12 250 Outdoor Grass R32 Rohan Bopan- W 7-6(4), 6-2
na
778 Halle 6/12 250 Outdoor Grass R16 Richard Gas- W 7-6(7), 6-7(7), 6-4
quet (2)
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779 Halle 6/12 250 Outdoor Grass Q Olivier Rochus W 6-7(2), 7-6(9),
(2) 7-6(5)
780 Halle 6/12 250 Outdoor Grass S Tommy Haas W 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
(4)
781 Halle 6/12 250 Outdoor Grass W Tomas W 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-2
Berdych (2)
782 Wimbledon 6/26 GS Outdoor Grass R128 Richard Gas- W 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
quet (3)
783 Wimbledon 6/26 GS Outdoor Grass R64 Tim Henman W 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
784 Wimbledon 6/26 GS Outdoor Grass R32 Nicolas Mahut W 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-4
785 Wimbledon 6/26 GS Outdoor Grass R16 Tomas W 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Berdych (3)
786 Wimbledon 6/26 GS Outdoor Grass Q Mario Ancic (2) W 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
787 Wimbledon 6/26 GS Outdoor Grass S Jonas Bjork- W 6-2, 6-0, 6-2
man
788 Wimbledon 6/26 GS Outdoor Grass W Rafael Nadal W 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2),
6-3
789 Canada Masters 8/7 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Paul-Henri W 6-3, 6-4
Mathieu
790 Canada Masters 8/7 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Sebastien W 6-3, 6-3
Grosjean
791 Canada Masters 8/7 1000 Outdoor Hard R16 Dmitry Tur- W 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
sunov (2)
792 Canada Masters 8/7 1000 Outdoor Hard Q Xavier Malisse W 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-3
793 Canada Masters 8/7 1000 Outdoor Hard S Fernando Gon- W 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
zalez (2)
794 Canada Masters 8/7 1000 Outdoor Hard W Richard Gas- W 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
quet (4)
795 Cincinnati Masters 8/14 1000 Outdoor Hard R64 Paradorn W 7-5, 6-4
Srichaphan (2)
796 Cincinnati Masters 8/14 1000 Outdoor Hard R32 Andy Murray L 5-7, 4-6
797 US Open 8/28 GS Outdoor Hard R128 Yeu-Tzuoo W 6-4, 6-1, 6-0
Wang
798 US Open 8/28 GS Outdoor Hard R64 Tim Henman W 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
(2)
799 US Open 8/28 GS Outdoor Hard R32 Vincent W 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
Spadea
800 US Open 8/28 GS Outdoor Hard R16 Marc Gicquel W 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3
801 US Open 8/28 GS Outdoor Hard Q James Blake (3) W 7-6(7), 6-0, 6-7(9),
6-4
802 US Open 8/28 GS Outdoor Hard S Nikolay Davy- W 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
denko (2)
803 US Open 8/28 GS Outdoor Hard W Andy Roddick W 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
804 SUI v. SCG WG Play- 9/22 DC Indoor Hard RR Janko Tipsare- W 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
offs vic
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805 SUI v. SCG WG Play- 9/22 DC Indoor Hard RR Novak W 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
offs Djokovic (2)
806 Tokyo 10/2 500 Outdoor Hard R64 Bye W
807 Tokyo 10/2 500 Outdoor Hard R32 Viktor Troicki W 7-6(2), 7-6(3)
808 Tokyo 10/2 500 Outdoor Hard R16 Wesley Moodie W 6-2, 6-1
809 Tokyo 10/2 500 Outdoor Hard Q Takao Suzuki W 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3)
810 Tokyo 10/2 500 Outdoor Hard S Benjamin W 6-3, 6-4
Becker
811 Tokyo 10/2 500 Outdoor Hard W Tim Henman W 6-3, 6-3
(3)
812 Madrid Masters 10/ 1000 Indoor Hard R64 Bye W
16
813 Madrid Masters 10/ 1000 Indoor Hard R32 Nicolas Massu W 6-3, 6-2
16 (3)
814 Madrid Masters 10/ 1000 Indoor Hard R16 Robin Soder- W 7-6(5), 7-6(8)
16 ling
815 Madrid Masters 10/ 1000 Indoor Hard Q Robby Ginepri W 6-3, 7-6(4)
16
816 Madrid Masters 10/ 1000 Indoor Hard S David Nalban- W 6-4, 6-0
16 dian (3)
817 Madrid Masters 10/ 1000 Indoor Hard W Fernando Gon- W 7-5, 6-1, 6-0
16 zalez (3)
818 Basel 10/ 250 Indoor Carpet R32 Tomas Zib W 6-1, 6-2
23
819 Basel 10/ 250 Indoor Carpet R16 Guillermo W 6-2, 6-0
23 Garcia-Lopez
820 Basel 10/ 250 Indoor Carpet Q David Ferrer (3) W 6-3, 7-6(14)
23
821 Basel 10/ 250 Indoor Carpet S Paradorn W 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)
23 Srichaphan (3)
822 Basel 10/ 250 Indoor Carpet W Fernando Gon- W 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(3)
23 zalez (4)
823 Tennis Masters Cup 11/ WC Indoor Hard RR David Nalban- W 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
13 dian (4)
824 Tennis Masters Cup 11/ WC Indoor Hard RR Andy Roddick W 4-6, 7-6(8), 6-4
13 (2)
825 Tennis Masters Cup 11/ WC Indoor Hard RR Ivan Ljubicic W 7-6(2), 6-4
13 (3)
826 Tennis Masters Cup 11/ WC Indoor Hard S Rafael Nadal (2) W 6-4, 7-5
13
827 Tennis Masters Cup 11/ WC Indoor Hard W James Blake (4) W 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
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Date Championship Location Category Surface 2005 2005 New Outcome
Result Points Points
2 January Qatar ExxonMobil Doha (QAT) ATP Interna- Hard W 250 250 Winner (defeated Gael
2006– Open tional Series Monfils, 6–3, 7-6(7-5))
7 January
2006
16 January Australian Open Melbourne Grand Slam Hard SF 450 1000 Winner (defeated
2006– (AUS) Marcos Baghdatis, 5-7,
29 January 7-5, 6-0, 6-2)
2006
20 Febru- Dubai Duty Free Dubai (UAE) ATP Interna- Hard W 300 210 Final (lost to Rafael
ary 2006– Tennis Champion- tional Series Nadal, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6)
26 Febru- ships Gold
ary 2006
6 March Pacific Life Open Indian ATP Masters Hard W 500 500 Winner (defeated
2006– Wells (USA) Series James Blake, 7-5, 6-3,
19 March 6-0)
2006
20 March NASDAQ-100 Open Miami ATP Masters Hard W 500 500 Winner (defeated Ivan
2006– (USA) Series Ljubicic,
2 April 7-6(7-5),7-6(7-4),7-6(8-6))
2006
17 April Monte Carlo Monte Carlo ATP Masters Clay QF 125 350 Final (lost to Rafael
2006– Masters (MON) Series Nadal, 2–6, 7-6(7-2),
25 April 3-6, 6-7(5-7))
2006
8 May Internazionali BNL Rome (ITA) ATP Masters Clay A 0 350 Final (lost to Rafael
2006– d’Italia Series Nadal, 7-6(7-0), 6-7(5-7),
15 May 4-6, 6-2, 6-7(5-7))
2006
15 May Hamburg Masters Hamburg ATP Masters Clay W 500 0 Withdrew
2006– (GER) Series
22 May
2006
28 May French Open Paris (FRA) Grand Slam Clay SF 450 700 Final (lost to Rafael
2006– Nadal, 6-1, 4-6,
11 June 6–7(4–7))
2006
12 June Gerry Weber Open Halle (GER) ATP Interna- Grass W 225 225 Winner (defeated To-
2006– tional Series mas Berdych, 6-0,
18 June 6-7(4-7), 6-2)
2006
26 June The Champion- Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass W 1000 1000 Winner (defeated
2006– ships, Wimbledon (GBR) Rafael Nadal, 6-0,
9 July 2006 7-6(7-5),6-7(2-7), 6-3)
7 August Rogers Cup Toronto ATP Masters Hard A 0 500 Winner (defeated
2006– (CAN) Series Richard Gasquet, 2-6,
13 August 6-3, 6-2)
2006
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14 August Western & South- Cincinnati ATP Masters Hard W 500 35 Second Round (lost to
2006– ern Open (USA) Series Andy Murray, 5-7, 4-6
21 August
2006
28 August US Open New York Grand Slam Hard W 1000 1000 Winner (defeated
2006– (USA) Andy Roddick, 6-2,
10 4-6, 7-5, 6-1)
September
2006
22 Davis Cup World Geneva Davis Cup Hard Switzerland def.
September Group Play-offs: (SUI) (i) Serbia and Montene-
2006– Switzerland vs. gro 4–1, advances to
24 Serbia and Mon- 2007 World Group
September tenegro
2006
2 October Japan Open Tennis Tokyo (JPN) ATP Interna- Hard A 0 250 Winner (defeated Tim
2006– Championships tional Series Henman, 6-3, 6-3)
8 October Gold
2006
16 October Mutua Madrilena Madrid ATP Masters Hard A 0 500 Winner (defeated Fer-
2006– Masters Madrid (ESP) Series (i) nando Gonzalez, 7-5,
22 October 6-1, 6-0)
2006
23 October Davidoff Swiss In- Basel (SUI) ATP Interna- Hard A 0 250 Winner (defeated Fer-
2006– doors tional Series (i) nando Gonzalez, 6–3,
29 Novem- 6–2, 7-6(7-3))
ber 2006
12 Novem- Tennis Masters Shanghai Tennis Masters Hard W 500 750 Winner (defeated
ber 2006– Cup (CHN) Cup (i) James Blake, 6–0, 6–3,
19 Novem- 6-4)
ber 2006
Total year-end points 6305 8370 2070 difference
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