2006 Hamburg Masters

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2006 Hamburg Masters
Date May 15 – May 22
Edition 99th
Category ATP Masters Series
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Champions
Singles
Spain Tommy Robredo
Doubles
Canada Daniel Nestor / Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić

The 2006 Hamburg Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 99th edition of the Hamburg Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from May 15 through May 22, 2006.

The top two seeds, world number one Roger Federer and number two Rafael Nadal, both withdrew from the singles draw before the tournament started with fatigue. Lukáš Dlouhý and Robin Söderling came in as unseeded replacements.

The men's field was therefore headlined by ATP No. 3 and 2005 Madrid Masters, 2005 Paris Masters and Miami finalist Ivan Ljubičić, Kremlin Cup and New Haven winner Nikolay Davydenko, and Indian Wells runner-up and Stockholm, Bangkok winner James Blake. Other top seeds competing were 2004 French Open champion Gastón Gaudio, Fernando González and Tommy Robredo.

Champions

Singles

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Spain Tommy Robredo defeated Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 6–3, 6–3

  • It was Tommy Robredo's 1st title of the year, and his 3rd overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year, and overall.

Doubles

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Australia Paul Hanley / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett defeated The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor 6–2, 7–6(10–8)

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