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2006 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
2006 Tennis Masters Cup
Final
ChampionsSweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Runners-upThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Score6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw8
Events
Singles Doubles
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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

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Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
4 Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6 1 3
3 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
4 6 6
3 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
2 4  
2 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6 6  
2 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
64 77 77
6 Czech Republic Martin Damm
India Leander Paes
77 64 65

Red group

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  United States Bryan
United States Bryan
Australia Hanley
Zimbabwe Ullyett
Czech Republic Damm
India Paes
Israel Erlich
Israel Ram
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1 United States Bob Bryan
United States 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 Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe 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 Czech Republic Martin Damm
India 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 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel 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

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  Sweden Björkman
Belarus Mirnyi
The Bahamas Knowles
Canada Nestor
France Santoro
Serbia Zimonjić
Poland Frystenberg
Poland Matkowski
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus 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 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada 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 France Fabrice Santoro
Serbia 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 Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland 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

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  1. ^ "2006 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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