2006 Tennis Masters Cup

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2006 Tennis Masters Cup
Date12–19 November
Edition37th (singles) / 32nd (doubles)
Category Masters Cup
Draw8S / 8D
Prize money$3,700,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationShanghai, China
Venue Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [1]
Doubles
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi [2]
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The 2006 Tennis Masters Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 32nd edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China, from November 12 through November 19, 2006. Roger Federer won the singles title.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer defeated Flag of the United States.svg James Blake 6–0, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi defeated Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor 6–2, 6–4

Points and prize money

StageSinglesDoubles1Points
ChampionRR + $1,070,000RR +$125,000RR + 450
Runner-upRR + $370,000RR +$25,000RR + 200
Round robin win per match$120,000$15,000100
Participation fee$90,000$50,000

Points breakdown

Singles

RankPlayerGrand SlamATP World Tour Masters 1000Best OtherTotal pointsTourn
AUS FRA WIM USO IW MIA MC ROM HAM CAN CIN MAD PAR 12345
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer W
200
F
140
W
200
W
200
W
100
W
100
F
70
F
70
A
0
W
100
R32
7
W
100
A
0
W
50
W
50
W
50
W
45
F
42
1,52418
2 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal A
0
W
200
F
140
QF
50
SF
45
R64
1
W
100
W
100
A
0
R16
15
QF
25
QF
25
A
0
W
60
W
60
SF
18
QF
11
R16
4
85418
3 Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko QF
50
QF
50
R128
1
SF
90
R32
7
R16
15
R64
1
R16
15
QF
25
R64
1
R64
1
R32
1
W
100
W
50
W
40
W
35
W
35
F
28
54531
4 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić QF
50
SF
90
R32
15
R128
1
QF
25
F
70
QF
25
R64
1
R32
7
R16
15
QF
25
R32
1
A
0
W
50
W
35
W
35
F
24
QF
10
47921
5 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick R16
30
R128
1
R32
15
F
140
R16
15
QF
25
A
0
QF
25
A
0
A
0
W
100
R16
15
A
0
F
28
SF
20
SF
22
SF
15
QF
15
46320
6 Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo R16
30
R16
30
R64
7
R16
30
R32
7
R64
1
QF
25
R64
1
W
100
R32
7
SF
45
R16
15
SF
45
F
42
W
35
SF
15
QF
12
QF
8
45526
7 Flag of Argentina.svg David Nalbandian SF
90
SF
90
R32
15
R64
4
R16
15
SF
45
R16
15
SF
45
A
0
R64
1
R32
7
SF
45
A
0
W
40
QF
15
QF
12
43916
8 Flag of the United States.svg James Blake R32
15
R32
15
R32
15
QF
50
F
70
QF
25
A
0
R64
1
R16
15
R32
7
R32
7
R32
1
R16
15
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
35
42625
Source: [3]

Doubles

RkName1234567891011121314TotalTour
1 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
W
200
W
200
F
140
W
100
W
100
F
70
F
70
F
70
SF
45
SF
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
R16
30
1,18020
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi
W
200
F
140
W
100
W
100
W
100
W
50
QF
50
QF
50
SF
45
SF
45
SF
45
SF
45
F
31
QF
25
1,02616
3 Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
W
100
W
100
SF
90
F
70
F
70
W
60
W
50
SF
45
F
42
W
35
R16
30
F
28
QF
25
QF
25
77024
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Hanley
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kevin Ullyett
W
100
SF
90
SF
90
F
70
W
60
W
50
QF
50
W
45
W
45
SF
45
SF
45
F
28
QF
25
F
24
76722
5 Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Nenad Zimonjić
F
140
F
70
F
70
W
50
QF
50
SF
45
W
45
W
35
R16
30
SF
27
QF
25
QF
25
QF
25
QF
25
66220
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
W
200
F
140
SF
90
SF
45
SF
45
W
35
SF
27
R16
15
QF
8
QF
8
R16
0
R16
0
R16
0
R16
0
61318
7 Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
F
70
SF
45
SF
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
35
F
35
R16
30
R16
30
QF
25
QF
25
SF
22
SF
18
49025
8 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski
SF
90
F
42
F
42
W
35
R16
30
F
28
QF
25
QF
25
F
24
F
24
QF
25
SF
22
R32
15
R16
15
44230

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