2006 Monte Carlo Masters – Singles

Singles
Singles
2006 Monte Carlo Masters
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Roger Federer
Score	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Details
Draw	64 (8 Q / 4 WC / 1 LL )
Seeds	16
Events
Singles	Doubles

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.

Seeds

Roger Federer (final)
Rafael Nadal (champion)
David Nalbandian (third round)
Ivan Ljubičić (quarterfinals)
Nikolay Davydenko (first round)
Guillermo Coria (quarterfinals)
Gastón Gaudio (semifinals)
David Ferrer (quarterfinals)
Nicolas Kiefer (third round)
Radek Štěpánek (second round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round)
Fernando González (semifinals)
Sébastien Grosjean (second round, retired because of a back injury)
Jarkko Nieminen (first round)
Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals)
Tomáš Berdych (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	Roger Federer	6	6

8	David Ferrer	1	3
				1	Roger Federer	6	6

				12	Fernando González	2	4
4	Ivan Ljubičić	5	1

12	Fernando González	7	6
									1	Roger Federer	2	7⁷	3	6⁵

									2	Rafael Nadal	6	6²	6	7⁷
7	Gastón Gaudio	6	6

15	Tommy Robredo	1	3
				7	Gastón Gaudio	7	1	1

				2	Rafael Nadal	5	6	6
6	Guillermo Coria	2	1

2	Rafael Nadal	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

1	R Federer	6	2	6
Q	N Djokovic	3	6	3	1	R Federer	6	6
	I Karlović	4	6³			A Martín	0	1
	A Martín	6	7⁷							1	R Federer	6	6
	C Rochus	3	3							Q	B Balleret	3	2
Q	B Balleret	6	6		Q	B Balleret	4	7	3
	F Verdasco	6⁶	3		13	S Grosjean	6	5	2^r
13	S Grosjean	7⁸	6												1	R Federer	6	6
11	J C Ferrero	6	6												8	D Ferrer	1	3
	D Tursunov	1	2		11	J C Ferrero	6	6
	J I Chela	6	6⁵	6		J I Chela	1	2
	G Rusedski	4	7⁷	1						11	J C Ferrero	1	7⁷	3
	D Hrbatý	6	3	6						8	D Ferrer	6	6⁵	6
LL	D Bracciali	4	6	4		D Hrbatý	4	6	4
	N Massú	0	6	2	8	D Ferrer	6	3	6
8	D Ferrer	6	4	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

4	I Ljubičić	6	4	6
	I Andreev	3	6	2	4	I Ljubičić	4	6	7
	P Srichaphan	1	5			F Serra	6	3	5
	F Serra	6	7							4	I Ljubičić	6	6
WC	G Simon	6	6							WC	G Simon	3	2
Q	T Gabashvili	4	2		WC	G Simon	7⁷	6⁵	6
	F Santoro	2	4		16	T Berdych	6²	7⁷	4
16	T Berdych	6	6											4	I Ljubičić	5	1
12	F González	6	3	6										12	F González	7	6
	C Moyà	3	6	1	12	F González	6⁴	6	7
	V Hănescu	4	6	6²		F López	7⁷	2	5
	F López	6	4	7⁷						12	F González	6	3
Q	N Mahut	6²	2								R Söderling	2	1^r
Q	P Starace	7⁷	6		Q	P Starace	4	4
	R Söderling	6	2	6		R Söderling	6	6
5	N Davydenko	3	6	4

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

7	G Gaudio	6	6
	T Henman	1	3		7	G Gaudio	6	3	6
	J Acasuso	6	6			J Acasuso	3	6	4
	F Volandri	4	2							7	G Gaudio	6	6
Q	A di Mauro	6	6							Q	A di Mauro	2	4
	S Wawrinka	4	2		Q	A di Mauro	6	2	7⁷
Q	E Korolev	2	6⁵		10	R Štěpánek	2	6	6⁴
10	R Štěpánek	6	7⁷												7	G Gaudio	6	6
15	T Robredo	6	6												15	T Robredo	1	3
	L Horna	3	4		15	T Robredo	7	6
	G Monfils	6	4	1		O Rochus	5	4
	O Rochus	4	6	6						15	T Robredo	5	6	7
	D Sanguinetti	6	1	4						3	D Nalbandian	7	1	5
	A Seppi	2	6	6		A Seppi	5	5
	X Malisse	4	4		3	D Nalbandian	7	7
3	D Nalbandian	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

6	G Coria	6	6
	M Youzhny	3	1		6	G Coria	1	7⁸	6
	P-H Mathieu	6	7			P-H Mathieu	6	6⁶	4
	M Safin	0	5							6	G Coria	6⁵	6	6
	B Pašanski	3	0							9	N Kiefer	7⁷	4	3
WC	M Llodra	6	6		WC	M Llodra	6⁴	4
	M Mirnyi	4	6	6²	9	N Kiefer	7⁷	6
9	N Kiefer	6	4	7⁷											6	G Coria	2	1
14	J Nieminen	6	4	6⁵											2	R Nadal	6	6
	K Vliegen	1	6	7⁷		K Vliegen	7	6
Q	J Hernych	7¹¹	4	7⁷	Q	J Hernych	5	1
WC	J Benneteau	6⁹	6	6⁴							K Vliegen	3	3
WC	J-R Lisnard	4	7⁷	7						2	R Nadal	6	6
	A Murray	6	6⁵	5	WC	J-R Lisnard	4	1
	A Clément	4	4		2	R Nadal	6	6
2	R Nadal	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Novak Djokovic (qualified)
Daniele Bracciali (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Jonas Björkman (qualifying competition)
Florian Mayer (first round)
Björn Phau (first round, retired)
Potito Starace (qualified)
Nicolas Mahut (qualified)
Alessio di Mauro (qualified)
Jan Hernych (qualified)
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (qualifying competition)
Guillermo García López (qualifying competition)
Nicolás Lapentti (first round)
Albert Portas (first round)
Marc Gicquel (first round)
Michael Berrer (first round)
Melle van Gemerden (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Daniele Bracciali

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Novak Djokovic	6	7¹⁰

Alt	Nenad Zimonjić	4	6⁸
					1	Novak Djokovic	6	6

						Simone Bolelli	3	4
	Simone Bolelli	3	6	6

15	Michael Berrer	6	2	2

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Daniele Bracciali	6	7⁸

	Denis Gremelmayr	4	6⁶
				2	Daniele Bracciali	5	6	4

				9	Jan Hernych	7	2	6
	Thierry Ascione	4	6²

9	Jan Hernych	6	7⁷

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Jonas Björkman	4	7	6

	Olivier Patience	6	5	4
					3	Jonas Björkman	6⁵	3

					WC	Benjamin Balleret	7⁷	6
WC	Benjamin Balleret	4	7⁸	6

13	Albert Portas	6	6⁶	4

Fourth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

4	Florian Mayer	5	1

	Teymuraz Gabashvili	7	6
					Teymuraz Gabashvili	7⁷	6

				16	Melle van Gemerden	6³	3
	Dominik Meffert	2	1

16	Melle van Gemerden	6	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Björn Phau	7	3	1^r

	Evgeny Korolev	5	6	4
						Evgeny Korolev	7	6

					10	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	5	2
WC	Alexandre Sidorenko	0	2

10	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Potito Starace	6	6

WC	Thomas Drouet	1	3
				6	Potito Starace	6	6

					Flavio Cipolla	4	2
	Flavio Cipolla	7	6

12	Nicolás Lapentti	5	3

Seventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Nicolas Mahut	6	4	6

WC	Marin Čilić	2	6	2
					7	Nicolas Mahut	7	6

					11	Guillermo García López	5	4
	Giorgio Galimberti	5	6	3

11	Guillermo García López	7	3	6

Eighth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Alessio di Mauro	5

	Jean-Christophe Faurel	2^r
				8	Alessio di Mauro	6	4

					Federico Luzzi	1	1^r
	Federico Luzzi	7⁷	6

14	Marc Gicquel	6³	1

References

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