2006 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles

2006 Monte Carlo Masters ESP Rafael Nadal SUI Roger Federer 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 64 (8 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wild Cards / 1 LL Lucky Loser) 16 singles doubles 2006 Monte Carlo Masters Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer in the final, 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to win the singles tennis title at the 2006 Monte Carlo Masters.Nadal gana el Torneo de Montecarlo tras vencer en la final a Federer Nadal wins the Monte Carlo tournament after defeating Federer in the final https://cadenaser.com/ser/2006/04/23/deportes/1145748495_850215.html 26 February 2024 Cadena SER 23 April 2006 esNadal Beats Federer In 2006 Monte Carlo Classic Moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9k4wsmtUOw YouTube 26 February 2024 13 April 2016 This tournament marked the first professional-level match played between Novak Djokovic and Federer, who would go on to play a total of 50 ATP Tour-level matches against each other; Federer won their first-round encounter. This was the last Monte-Carlo Masters tournament to have a best-of-five title match. Seeds 30em SUI Roger Federer (final) ESP Rafael Nadal (champion) ARG David Nalbandian (third round) CRO Ivan Ljubičić (quarterfinals) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (first round) ARG Guillermo Coria (quarterfinals) ARG Gastón Gaudio (semifinals) ESP David Ferrer (quarterfinals) GER Nicolas Kiefer (third round) CZE Radek Štěpánek (second round) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round) CHI Fernando González (semifinals) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (second round, retired because of a back injury) FIN Jarkko Nieminen (first round) ESP Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals) CZE Tomáš Berdych (second round) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 SUI Roger Federer 6 6 8 ESP David Ferrer 1 3 4 CRO Ivan Ljubičić 5 1 12 CHI Fernando González 7 6 7 ARG Gastón Gaudio 6 6 15 ESP Tommy Robredo 1 3 6 ARG Guillermo Coria 2 1 2 ESP Rafael Nadal 6 6 1 SUI Roger Federer 6 6   12 CHI Fernando González 2 4   7 ARG Gastón Gaudio 7 1 1 2 ESP Rafael Nadal 5 6 6 1 SUI Roger Federer 2 77 3 65   2 ESP Rafael Nadal 6 62 6 77 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 SUI R Federer 6 2 6 Q SCG N Djokovic 3 6 3   CRO I Karlović 4 63     ESP A Martín 6 77     BEL C Rochus 3 3   Q MON B Balleret 6 6     ESP F Verdasco 66 3   13 FRA S Grosjean 78 6   11 ESP J C Ferrero 6 6     RUS D Tursunov 1 2     ARG J I Chela 6 65 6   GBR G Rusedski 4 77 1   SVK D Hrbatý 6 3 6 LL ITA 2003 D Bracciali 4 6 4   CHI N Massú 0 6 2 8 ESP D Ferrer 6 4 6 1 SUI R Federer 6 6     ESP A Martín 0 1   Q MON B Balleret 4 7 3 13 FRA S Grosjean 6 5 2r 11 ESP J C Ferrero 6 6     ARG J I Chela 1 2     SVK D Hrbatý 4 6 4 8 ESP D Ferrer 6 3 6 1 SUI R Federer 6 6   Q MON B Balleret 3 2   11 ESP J C Ferrero 1 77 3 8 ESP D Ferrer 6 65 6 1 SUI R Federer 6 6   8 ESP D Ferrer 1 3   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 CRO I Ljubičić 6 4 6   RUS I Andreev 3 6 2   THA P Srichaphan 1 5     FRA F Serra 6 7   WC FRA G Simon 6 6   Q RUS T Gabashvili 4 2     FRA F Santoro 2 4   16 CZE T Berdych 6 6   12 CHI F González 6 3 6   ESP C Moyà 3 6 1   ROM V Hănescu 4 6 62   ESP F López 6 4 77 Q FRA N Mahut 62 2   Q ITA 2003 P Starace 77 6     SWE R Söderling 6 2 6 5 RUS N Davydenko 3 6 4 4 CRO I Ljubičić 4 6 7   FRA F Serra 6 3 5 WC FRA G Simon 77 65 6 16 CZE T Berdych 62 77 4 12 CHI F González 64 6 7   ESP F López 77 2 5 Q ITA 2003 P Starace 4 4     SWE R Söderling 6 6   4 CRO I Ljubičić 6 6   WC FRA G Simon 3 2   12 CHI F González 6 3     SWE R Söderling 2 1r 4 CRO I Ljubičić 5 1   12 CHI F González 7 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 ARG G Gaudio 6 6     GBR T Henman 1 3     ARG J Acasuso 6 6     ITA 2003 F Volandri 4 2   Q ITA 2003 A di Mauro 6 6     SUI S Wawrinka 4 2   Q RUS E Korolev 2 65   10 CZE R Štěpánek 6 77   15 ESP T Robredo 6 6     PER L Horna 3 4     FRA G Monfils 6 4 1   BEL O Rochus 4 6 6   ITA 2003 D Sanguinetti 6 1 4   ITA 2003 A Seppi 2 6 6   BEL X Malisse 4 4   3 ARG D Nalbandian 6 6   7 ARG G Gaudio 6 3 6   ARG J Acasuso 3 6 4 Q ITA 2003 A di Mauro 6 2 77 10 CZE R Štěpánek 2 6 64 15 ESP T Robredo 7 6     BEL O Rochus 5 4     ITA 2003 A Seppi 5 5   3 ARG D Nalbandian 7 7   7 ARG G Gaudio 6 6   Q ITA 2003 A di Mauro 2 4   15 ESP T Robredo 5 6 7 3 ARG D Nalbandian 7 1 5 7 ARG G Gaudio 6 6   15 ESP T Robredo 1 3   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 ARG G Coria 6 6     RUS M Youzhny 3 1     FRA P-H Mathieu 6 7     RUS M Safin 0 5     SCG B Pašanski 3 0   WC FRA M Llodra 6 6     BLR M Mirnyi 4 6 62 9 GER N Kiefer 6 4 77 14 FIN J Nieminen 6 4 65   BEL K Vliegen 1 6 77 Q CZE J Hernych 711 4 77 WC FRA J Benneteau 69 6 64 WC MON J-R Lisnard 4 77 7   GBR A Murray 6 65 5   FRA A Clément 4 4   2 ESP R Nadal 6 6   6 ARG G Coria 1 78 6   FRA P-H Mathieu 6 66 4 WC FRA M Llodra 64 4   9 GER N Kiefer 77 6     BEL K Vliegen 7 6   Q CZE J Hernych 5 1   WC MON J-R Lisnard 4 1   2 ESP R Nadal 6 6   6 ARG G Coria 65 6 6 9 GER N Kiefer 77 4 3   BEL K Vliegen 3 3   2 ESP R Nadal 6 6   6 ARG G Coria 2 1   2 ESP R Nadal 6 6   Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em SCG Novak Djokovic (qualified) ITA 2003 Daniele Bracciali (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SWE Jonas Björkman (qualifying competition) GER Florian Mayer (first round) GER Björn Phau (first round, retired) ITA 2003 Potito Starace (qualified) FRA Nicolas Mahut (qualified) ITA 2003 Alessio di Mauro (qualified) CZE Jan Hernych (qualified) ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (qualifying competition) ESP Guillermo García López (qualifying competition) ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti (first round) ESP Albert Portas (first round) FRA Marc Gicquel (first round) GER Michael Berrer (first round) NED Melle van Gemerden (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em SCG Novak Djokovic CZE Jan Hernych MON Benjamin Balleret RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili RUS Evgeny Korolev ITA 2003 Potito Starace FRA Nicolas Mahut ITA 2003 Alessio di Mauro Lucky loser ITA 2003 Daniele Bracciali Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 SCG Novak Djokovic 6 710 Alt SCG Nenad Zimonjić 4 68 ITA 2003 Simone Bolelli 3 6 6 15 GER Michael Berrer 6 2 2 1 SCG Novak Djokovic 6 6 ITA 2003 Simone Bolelli 3 4 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 ITA 2003 Daniele Bracciali 6 78 GER Denis Gremelmayr 4 66 FRA Thierry Ascione 4 62 9 CZE Jan Hernych 6 77 2 ITA 2003 Daniele Bracciali 5 6 4 9 CZE Jan Hernych 7 2 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 SWE Jonas Björkman 4 7 6 FRA Olivier Patience 6 5 4 WC MON Benjamin Balleret 4 78 6 13 ESP Albert Portas 6 66 4 3 SWE Jonas Björkman 65 3 WC MON Benjamin Balleret 77 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 GER Florian Mayer 5 1 RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili 7 6 GER Dominik Meffert 2 1 16 NED Melle van Gemerden 6 6 RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili 77 6 16 NED Melle van Gemerden 63 3 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 GER Björn Phau 7 3 1r RUS Evgeny Korolev 5 6 4 WC FRA Alexandre Sidorenko 0 2 10 ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6 6 RUS Evgeny Korolev 7 6 10 ESP Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 5 2 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ITA 2003 Potito Starace 6 6 WC MON Thomas Drouet 1 3 ITA 2003 Flavio Cipolla 7 6 12 ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 5 3 6 ITA 2003 Potito Starace 6 6 ITA 2003 Flavio Cipolla 4 2 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Nicolas Mahut 6 4 6 WC CRO Marin Čilić 2 6 2 ITA 2003 Giorgio Galimberti 5 6 3 11 ESP Guillermo García López 7 3 6 7 FRA Nicolas Mahut 7 6 11 ESP Guillermo García López 5 4 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 ITA 2003 Alessio di Mauro 5 FRA Jean-Christophe Faurel 2r ITA 2003 Federico Luzzi 77 6 14 FRA Marc Gicquel 63 1 8 ITA 2003 Alessio di Mauro 6 4 ITA 2003 Federico Luzzi 1 1r References External links ITF tournament profile 2006 Monte Carlo Masters draw 2006 Monte Carlo Masters Qualifying draw Singles