2006 Monte Carlo Masters – Doubles

2006 Monte Carlo Masters
2005 champions   Leander Paes
Nenad Zimonjić
Champions   Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
Runners-up   Fabrice Santoro
Nenad Zimonjić
Final score   6–2, 7–6(2)
Events
Singles   Doubles

Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together.
Paes partnered up with Martin Damm, but they were eliminated by Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Štěpánek in the second round.
Zimonjić played alongside Fabrice Santoro and reached to the final, where lost to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.

Contents

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi (Champions)
  2. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Second Round)
  3. Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić (Final)
  4. Martin Damm / Leander Paes (Second Round)
  1. Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (Second Round)
  2. Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry (Quarterfinals)
  3. Leoš Friedl / Julian Knowle (Second Round)
  4. Stephen Huss / Pavel Vízner (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1   Jonas Björkman
  Max Mirnyi
6 7    
    Mahesh Bhupathi
  Radek Štěpánek
3 5    
  1   Jonas Björkman
  Max Mirnyi
6 7  
  3   Fabrice Santoro
  Nenad Zimonjić
3 62  
3   Fabrice Santoro
  Nenad Zimonjić
6 6  
      José Acasuso
  Sebastián Prieto
3 1    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1   J Björkman
  M Mirnyi
6 6    
    G Coria
  M García
3 4           C Haggard
  D Tursunov
3 1    
    C Haggard
  D Tursunov
6 6         1   J Björkman
  M Mirnyi
6 6    
    X Malisse
  O Rochus
6 3 [8]           M Fyrstenberg
  M Matkowski
3 4    
    M Fyrstenberg
  M Matkowski
3 6 [10]         M Fyrstenberg
  M Matkowski
7 4 [10]
    5   J Erlich
  A Ram
61 6 [4]  
      1   J Björkman
  M Mirnyi
6 7  
          M Bhupathi
  R Štěpánek
3 5  
    4   M Damm
  L Paes
1 4    
    F González
  N Massú
6 4 [2]         M Bhupathi
  R Štěpánek
6 6    
    M Bhupathi
  R Štěpánek
3 6 [10]           M Bhupathi
  R Štěpánek
6 7  
    J Levinský
  Marat Safin
3 6 [6]           Y Allegro
  R Federer
4 5    
    Y Allegro
  R Federer
6 3 [10]         Y Allegro
  R Federer
6 6  
    8   S Huss
  P Vízner
1 2    
 

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    7   L Friedl
  J Knowle
4 7 [8]  
Alt   S Bolelli
  A Seppi
7 0 [10]     Alt   S Bolelli
  A Seppi
6 5 [10]  
    I Andreev
  N Davydenko
5 6 [6]       Alt   S Bolelli
  A Seppi
3 4    
    T Berdych
  J Nieminen
2 r         3   F Santoro
  N Zimonjić
6 6    
WC   T Henman
  A Murray
3         WC   T Henman
  A Murray
6 3 [8]
    3   F Santoro
  N Zimonjić
3 6 [10]  
      3   F Santoro
  N Zimonjić
6 6  
          J Acasuso
  S Prieto
3 1  
    6   S Aspelin
  T Perry
3 6 [10]  
WC   A Clément
  M Llodra
6 6       WC   A Clément
  M Llodra
6 3 [7]  
    D Ferrer
  T Robredo
3 4         6   S Aspelin
  T Perry
5 4  
    D Hrbatý
  C Suk
63 3             J Acasuso
  S Prieto
7 6    
    J Acasuso
  S Prieto
7 6           J Acasuso
  S Prieto
6 6  
    2   M Knowles
  D Nestor
4 4    
 

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