2006 Italian Open – Men's doubles

2006 Italian Open s BAH Mark KnowlesCAN Daniel Nestor ISR Jonathan ErlichISR Andy Ram 6–4, 5–7, [13–11] 2006 Italian Open (tennis) Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. While Llodra did not compete this year, Santoro partnered with Nenad Zimonjić and reached the Quarterfinals, before losing to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi. Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 6–4, 5–7, [13–11] in the final. It was the 4th title of the year for the pair, and the 43rd title for Knowles and 45th title for Nestor, in their respective careers. Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan (quarterfinals) SWE Jonas Björkman / BLR Max Mirnyi (semifinals) BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (champions) AUS Paul Hanley / ZIM Kevin Ullyett (quarterfinals) FRA Fabrice Santoro / SCG Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals) ISR Jonathan Erlich / ISR Andy Ram (final) SWE Simon Aspelin / AUS Todd Perry (quarterfinals) IND Mahesh Bhupathi / RSA Wesley Moodie (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 CHI Fernando GonzálezCHI Nicolás Massú 3 7 [5] 6 ISR Jonathan ErlichISR Andy Ram 6 5 [10] 3 BAH Mark KnowlesCAN Daniel Nestor 6 77 2 SWE Jonas BjörkmanBLR Max Mirnyi 3 65 6 ISR Jonathan ErlichISR Andy Ram 4 7 [11] 3 BAH Mark KnowlesCAN Daniel Nestor 6 5 [13] Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals IND L PaesCZE R Štěpánek 7 6 RUS M SafinRUS D Tursunov 5 3 CHI F GonzálezCHI N Massú 66 77 [10] WC ITA D BraccialiITA G Galimberti 78 64 [6] USA J BlakeBEL X Malisse 6 64 [10] USA R GinepriUSA A Roddick 3 77 [8] FIN J NieminenBEL O Rochus 7 3 [10] RUS N DavydenkoSVK D Hrbatý 5 6 [4] 1 USA B BryanUSA M Bryan 6 7 IND L PaesCZE R Štěpánek 1 5 CHI F GonzálezCHI N Massú 6 6 8 IND M BhupathiRSA W Moodie 3 2 4 AUS P HanleyZIM K Ullyett 6 6 USA J BlakeBEL X Malisse 3 1 FIN J NieminenBEL O Rochus 4 3 6 ISR J ErlichISR A Ram 6 6 1 USA B BryanUSA M Bryan 6 2 [4] CHI F GonzálezCHI N Massú 3 6 [10] 4 AUS P HanleyZIM K Ullyett 1 4 6 ISR J ErlichISR A Ram 6 6 CHI F GonzálezCHI N Massú 3 7 [5] 6 ISR J ErlichISR A Ram 6 5 [10] Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals CZE T BerdychCZE L Friedl 78 6 ARG G CoriaARG M García 66 2 WC ITA S BolelliITA A Seppi 3 4 AUT J KnowleARG S Prieto 6 6 Alt ARG J AcasusoARG JI Chela 67 7 [2] POL M FyrstenbergPOL M Matkowski 79 5 [10] AUS S HussCZE C Suk 2 6 [7] FRA S GrosjeanTHA P Srichaphan 6 2 [10] 7 SWE S AspelinAUS T Perry 6 7 CZE T BerdychCZE L Friedl 4 5 AUT J KnowleARG S Prieto 65 5 3 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 77 7 5 FRA F SantoroSCG N Zimonjić 4 6 [10] POL M FyrstenbergPOL M Matkowski 6 4 [6] FRA S GrosjeanTHA P Srichaphan 3 3 2 SWE J BjörkmanBLR M Mirnyi 6 6 7 SWE S AspelinAUS T Perry 1 5 3 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 7 5 FRA F SantoroSCG N Zimonjić 2 67 2 SWE J BjörkmanBLR M Mirnyi 6 79 3 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 77 2 SWE J BjörkmanBLR M Mirnyi 3 65 External links Main Draw Italian Open - Doubles Men's Doubles