The 2006 Austrian Open was men's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 36th edition of the Austrian Open, and was part of the

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of the

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. It took place at the

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, Austria, from 24 July through 30 July 2006. Ninth-seeded

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won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

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7–6^(11–9), 6–2, 6–3 * It was Calleri's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Doubles

Stefan Koubek Stefan Koubek (born 2 January 1977) is a retired tennis player from Austria. Koubek played left-handed with a double-handed backhand. His idol when growing up was Thomas Muster. Koubek won three titles, two of which came on hardcourts; despite th ...

Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...

defeated

Oliver Marach Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised in doubles. He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he ...

Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III (born 29 January 1967) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his caree ...

6–2, 6–3 * It was Koubek's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Kohlschreiber's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

References

External links

Official website

ATP tournament profile

ITF tournament edition details
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Austrian Open (tennis) Austrian Open may refer to: * Austrian International, a badminton tournament. * Austrian Open (tennis) * Austrian Open (golf) * Austrian Open (snooker) * Austrian Open (table tennis), latest being 2018 Austrian Open (table tennis) {{disambig