2006 Thailand Open (tennis)

2006 Thailand Open
Date	25 September – 1 October
Edition	4th
Category	International Series
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
Venue	Impact Arena
Champions
Singles
James Blake[1]
Doubles
Justin Gimelstob / Graydon Oliver[2]

The 2006 Thailand Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 September through 1 October 2006. James Blake won the singles title.

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
CRO	Ivan Ljubičić	3	1
CYP	Marcos Baghdatis	8	2[3]
USA	James Blake	9	3
GBR	Andy Murray	16	4
FIN	Jarkko Nieminen	17	5
ESP	Juan Carlos Ferrero	18	6
USA	Robby Ginepri	40	7
THA	Paradorn Srichaphan	41	8

• Rankings are as of September 25, 2006.^[4]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:^[1]

• Mikhail Ledovskikh
• Feliciano López
• Marin Čilić

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:^[5]

• George Bastl
• Michael Ryderstedt
• Lars Burgsmüller
• Mischa Zverev

The following players received the Lucky loser spot:^[1]

• Benjamin Balleret
• Satoshi Iwabuchi

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2006 Thailand Open – Singles

James Blake defeated Ivan Ljubičić, 6–3, 6–1.^[1][6]

Doubles

Main article: 2006 Thailand Open – Doubles

Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram defeated Andy Murray / Jamie Murray, 6–2, 2–6, [10–4].^[2][7]

References

1. "2006 Thailand Open Singles Draw". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
2. "2006 Thailand Open Doubles Draw". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
3. "Ljubicic struggles into next round". CNN. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
4. "ATP World Rankings - September 25, 2006". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
5. "Bangkok 2006 - Qualifying Draw". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
6. "Blake blasts to Bangkok victory". BBC Sport. 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
7. "Murrays lose out in doubles final". BBC Sport. 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2011-02-28.

External links

• Thailand Open on the official Association of Tennis Professionals website