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2006 Rogers Masters
The 2006 Canadian Open (also known as the 2006 Rogers Masters and 2006 Rogers Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 117th edition of the Canadian Open, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 7 through August 13, 2006, and the women's event at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 14 through August 20, 2006. The men's field featured World No. 1, Australian Open and Wimbledon winner Roger Federer, French Open champion and 2005 Canada Masters winner Rafael Nadal, and ATP No. 3 David Nalbandian. Others top seeds competing were Miami Masters runner-up Ivan Ljubičić, Indianapolis champion and Indian Wells finalist James Blake, Nikolay Davydenko, Tommy Robredo and Marcos Baghdatis. The women's draw was headlined by WTA No. 1 and Stanford winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks (List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, second-most of all time), including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Federer won 103 singles titles on the ATP Tour, the second most since the start of the Open Era in 1968, including 20 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major men's singles titles (among which a record eight men's singles Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon titles, and an Open Era joint-record five men's singles US Open (tennis), US Open titles) and six ATP Finals, year-end championships. For nearly two decades, Federer was a leading figure in men's tennis alongside Rafael Nadal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of ATP Number 1 Ranked Players
The PIF ATP rankings are the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) merit-based system for determining the rankings in men's tennis. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the ATP Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerized system for determining the World number 1 ranked male tennis players, rankings since August 23, 1973. Starting in 1979, an updated rankings list is released at the beginning of each week. Since 1973, 29 players have been ranked No. 1 by the ATP, of which 19 have been year-end No. 1. Ranking method Since the introduction of the rankings, the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. As of 2019, the rankings are calculated by totaling the points a player wins in his best eighteen tournaments, subject to certain restrictions. For top players the countin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semi-finals, which he accomplished on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer in all but one of them. His biggest achievement was winning the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles, 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, and he also won three ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP Masters Series. In mid-October 2014 Davydenko retired from playing professionally.Российский теннисист Николай Давыденко ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blake (tennis)
James Riley Blake (born December 28, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. He won 10 titles on the ATP Tour (out of 24 finals contested), reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4. His career highlights included reaching the final of the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup, the semifinals of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (beating world No. 1 Roger Federer en route), the quarterfinals of the 2008 Australian Open and 2005 and 2006 US Opens, two titles at the Hopman Cup (in 2003 and 2004) and being the American No. 1 in men's singles. Blake was also a key performer for the victorious United States 2007 Davis Cup team, winning both his matches in the championship tie against Russia. In 2004, Blake fractured a vertebra in an accident while training. He made a full recovery, and in 2005 he was presented with the Comeback Player of the Year award for his return to the tour. Later, in 2008, Blake was named the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year. Blake's autobiogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Indian Wells Masters
The 2006 Indian Wells Open (also known as the ''Pacific Life Open'' for sponsorship reasons) was a joint ATP Tour and WTA Tour tournament that took place on the hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and took place from March 6 to March 19. The event was part of the upper echelon of both the women's and men's tours, as part of the ATP Masters Series and the WTA Tier I events respectively. Roger Federer won his third consecutive title at Indian Wells, a feat that no other player had achieved until this point. Finals Men's singles Roger Federer defeated James Blake 7–5, 6–3, 6–0 Women's singles Maria Sharapova defeated Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–2 Men's doubles Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–4 Women's doubles Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual / Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 7–5 References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Indianapolis Tennis Championships
The 2006 RCA Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from July 17 through July 24, 2006. It was the first event of the 2004 US Open series. The singles draw featured Americans James Blake (seeded #3), Andy Roddick ( 2003 U.S. Open champion – #2) and Robby Ginepri (#4) as three of the top four seeds. It also featured Delray Beach and Los Angeles winner Tommy Haas, Fernando González, Dmitry Tursunov and former grand slam finalist Marat Safin. Finals Singles James Blake defeated Andy Roddick, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) *It was James Blake's 3rd title of the year, and his 6th overall. Doubles Bobby Reynolds / Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a major semifinal at the 2006 French Open, and a Masters title at the Indian Wells Masters in 2010. He also contested three other Masters finals, two in 2005 at Madrid and Paris, and the other at the 2006 Miami Open. Since retiring, Ljubičić has coached ATP top-3-ranked players Milos Raonic and Roger Federer. He was credited with Federer's improved backhand later in his career, especially evident on high shots, as well as introducing tactical changes of taking shots much earlier: taking more time, pace, and rhythm off opponents and simultaneously making Federer's game more offensive. Tennis career Ljubičić turned pro in 1998. During his career, he achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Miami Masters
The 2006 NASDAQ-100 Open was the 22nd edition of this tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour and was classified as a Tier I event on the 2006 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States, from March 20 through April 2, 2006. Finals Men's singles Roger Federer defeated Ivan Ljubičić 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6) Women's singles Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Maria Sharapova 6–4, 6–3 Men's doubles Jonas Björkman & Max Mirnyi defeated Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–4 Women's doubles Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur defeated Liezel Huber & Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nalbandian
David Pablo Nalbandian (; born 1 January 1982) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He reached his highest ranking in singles of world No. 3 in March 2006, during a career that spanned from 2000 to 2013. Nalbandian was runner-up in the singles event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. During his career, he won 11 singles titles, including the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005 and two Masters 1000 tournaments. Nalbandian is the only Argentine man in history to reach the semifinals or better at all four majors and to reach the Wimbledon final. He was a member of the Argentinian Davis Cup team who reached the finals of the World Group in 2006, 2008 and 2011. Nalbandian played right-handed with a two-handed backhand, regarded at the time to be one of the best on tour. Nalbandian was considered one of the greatest players to have never won a Grand Slam title. Since his retirement, Nalbandian has taken up the sport of rally racing and has competed in Rally Argentina. Biogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of professional tennis players, and Drysdale became the first president. Since 1990 the association has organized the ATP Tour, the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization's name. It is the governing body of men's professional tennis. In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour, which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour. In 2009 the name of the tour was changed again and was known as the ATP World Tour, but changed again to the ATP Tour by 2019. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis (WCT). The ATP's global headquarters are in London. ATP Americas is base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal won 92 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including 22 List of Grand Slam men's singles champions#Champions list, major titles (among which a Rafael Nadal at the French Open, record 14 French Open titles), as well as 36 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters titles and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medal. Nadal is one of three men to complete the List of Grand Slam men's singles champions#Career Golden Slam, career Golden Slam in singles. His Rafael Nadal career statistics#81 match win streak on clay courts, 81 consecutive wins on clay constitute the longest single-surface win streak in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Canada Masters
The 2005 Canada Masters (also known as the 2005 Rogers Masters and 2005 Rogers Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 116th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 8 through August 14, 2005, and the women's event at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 15 through August 21, 2005. The men's field was led by ATP No. 2 and French Open champion Rafael Nadal, Australian Open and Indian Wells finalist Lleyton Hewitt, and Wimbledon runner-up and Washington winner Andy Roddick. Among other seeds were former World No. 1 and recent Los Angeles champion Andre Agassi, Pörtschach titlist Nikolay Davydenko, Gastón Gaudio, Guillermo Coria and Mariano Puerta. The women's draw featured WTA No. 2 and Rome winner Amélie Maur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
