2006 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
The 2006 US Open Men's Qualifying Tournament ran from August 22 to 25. Sixteen players qualified for the Men's Singles Main Draw, which started on August 28. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Players who have lost are listed with the round in which they exited. # Frank Dancevic ''(second round)'' # Denis Gremelmayr ''(qualifying competition)'' # Jiří Vaněk (qualified) # Stefano Galvani ''(second round)'' # Dick Norman ''(first round)'' # Rik de Voest ''(second round)'' # Nicolás Lapentti ''(qualifying competition)'' # Benjamin Becker (qualified) # Juan Martín del Potro (qualified) # Stefan Koubek (qualified) # Kristian Pless (qualified) # Evgeny Korolev ''(qualifying competition)'' # Danai Udomchoke ''(first round)'' # Kenneth Carlsen ''(second round)'' # Thiago Alves (qualified) # Paul Capdeville ''(second round)'' # Alejandro Falla (qualified) # Alexander Peya ''(qualifying competition)'' # Albert Portas ''(first round)'' # Cyril Saulnier ''(first ro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alejandro Falla
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George Bastl
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Peter Luczak
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Alex Bogdanovic
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Łukasz Kubot
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Diego Hartfield
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Tomáš Zíb
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Ilija Bozoljac
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Ivo Minář
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Lu Yen-hsun
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Ricardo Mello
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