Roger Federer finished the year rankedworld No. 1 for the third time in his career. He won twelve tournaments during the season, including threemajors at theAustralian Open, theWimbledon Championships, and theUS Open, as well as theTennis Masters Cup. He also won fourMasters Series events and finished runner-up at the fourth major, theFrench 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 | |
| Most finals | |
| Prize money leader | |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | |
| Doubles team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year | |
| Newcomer of the year | |
| Comeback player of the year | |
←2005 2007 → | |
The2006 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2006 tennis season. TheATP Tour is the elite tour for professionaltennis organized by theAssociation of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the fourGrand Slam tournaments, theTennis Masters Cup, theATP Masters Series, theInternational Series Gold and theInternational Series tournaments.
In singles,Roger Federer dominated the season. He won twelve tournaments, including threemajors (Australian Open,Wimbledon and theUS Open), fourMasters Series titles (Indian Wells,Miami Open,Madrid Open andRogers Cup) and theyear-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 $2,919,600 – hard Singles –Doubles | 7–5, 6–3, 6–0 | |||
6–4, 6–4 | |||||
| 20 Mar 27 Mar | NASDAQ-100 Open Key Biscayne, USA ATP Masters Series $3,200,000 – hard Singles –Doubles | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6) | |||
6–4, 6–4 |
| 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 | 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 | |||
6–2, 6–4 | |||||
| 27 Nov | Davis Cup Finals Moscow, Russia – carpet (i) |
| Total titles | Country | Player | Grand Slam | ATP Tour Finals | ATP Tour Masters Series | ATP Tour International Series Gold | ATP Tour International Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Roger Federer | Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open | Masters Cup | Indian Wells, Miami Masters, Rogers Cup, Madrid Masters | Tokyo | Qatar, Halle, Basel | |
| 5 | Rafael Nadal | French Open | Monte-Carlo Masters, Rome Masters | Dubai, Barcelona | |||
| Nikolay Davydenko | Paris Masters | Pörtschach, Sopot, New Haven, Moscow | |||||
| James Blake | Sydney, Indianapolis, Bangkok, Stockholm, Las Vegas | ||||||
| 3 | Tommy Haas | Memphis | Delray Beach, Los Angeles | ||||
| Ivan Ljubičić | Vienna | Chennai, Zagreb | |||||
| Richard Gasquet | Nottingham, Gstaad, Lyon | ||||||
| 2 | Tommy Robredo | Hamburg Masters | Båstad | ||||
| Arnaud Clément | Marseille, Washington, D.C. | ||||||
| Mario Ančić | 's-Hertogenbosch, St. Petersburg | ||||||
| Novak Djokovic | Amersfoort, Metz | ||||||
| 1 | Andy Roddick | Cincinnati Masters | |||||
| Radek Štěpánek | Rotterdam | ||||||
| Luis Horna | Acapulco | ||||||
| David Ferrer | Stuttgart | ||||||
| Agustín Calleri | Kitzbühel | ||||||
| Florent Serra | Adelaide | ||||||
| Jarkko Nieminen | Auckland | ||||||
| José Acasuso | Viña del Mar | ||||||
| Andy Murray | San Jose | ||||||
| Carlos Moyá | Buenos Aires | ||||||
| Nicolás Massú | Salvador | ||||||
| Lleyton Hewitt | Queen's Club | ||||||
| Nicolás Almagro | Valencia | ||||||
| Mardy Fish | Houston | ||||||
| Olivier Rochus | Munich | ||||||
| David Nalbandian | Estoril | ||||||
| Mark Philippoussis | Newport | ||||||
| Stanislas Wawrinka | Umag | ||||||
| Marcos Baghdatis | Beijing | ||||||
| Jürgen Melzer | Bucharest | ||||||
| Dmitry Tursunov | Bangalore | ||||||
| Filippo Volandri | Palermo |
The following players won their first title:
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Winners/runners-up by country:
| # | Country | Wins | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 | 4 | |
| 2. | 10 | 6 | |
| 3. | 7 | 6 | |
| 4. | 6 | 5 | |
| 5. | 6 | 4 | |
| 6. | 5 | 5 | |
| 7. | 3 | 4 | |
| 8. | 3 | 1 | |
| 9. | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 11. | 2 | 1 | |
| 12. | 1 | 6 | |
| 13. | 1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 4 | ||
| 15. | 1 | 3 | |
| 16. | 1 | 2 | |
| 17. | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 19. | 1 | 0 | |
| 20. | 0 | 3 | |
| 21. | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 |
| 1. | US$8,343,885 | |
| 2. | 3,746,360 | |
| 3. | 2,214,890 | |
| 4. | 2,026,845 | |
| 5. | 1,894,295 | |
| 6. | 1,713,167 | |
| 7. | 1,454,675 | |
| 8. | 1,420,040 | |
| 9. | 1,276,265 | |
| 10. | 1,221,485 |
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of theATP 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: