Date 15 – 22 May Category ATP Masters Series Prize money $2,200,000 | Edition 100th Draw 64S / 24D Surface Clay / Outdoor | |
The 2006 Hamburg Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 100th 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 15 May through 22 May 2006.
Contents
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.
Singles
Tommy Robredo defeated Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
Doubles
Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 6–2, 7–6(10–8)