2006 Dutch Open (tennis)
Encyclopedia
The 2006
Dutch Open was an ATP
-tournament staged in Amersfoort
, The Netherlands. The tournament was held from July 17 to July 23. Novak Djokovic
won his first event of the year, and the first title of his professional career.
Novak Djokovic
def.
Nicolás Massú
, 7–6(5), 6–4
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Alberto Martín
/ Fernando Vicente
def.
Lucas Arnold / 
Christopher Kas
, 6–4, 6–3
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2006 in tennis
-Grand Slam events:*Australian Open **Men's Singles: Roger Federer d. Marcos Baghdatis, 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2.**Women's Singles: Amélie Mauresmo d. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-1, 2-0, Henin-Hardenne retires....
Dutch Open was an ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
-tournament staged in Amersfoort
Amersfoort
Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...
, The Netherlands. The tournament was held from July 17 to July 23. Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
won his first event of the year, and the first title of his professional career.
Men's Singles
Novak DjokovicNovak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
def.
Nicolás MassúNicolás Massú
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
, 7–6(5), 6–4
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Men's Doubles
Alberto MartínAlberto Martín
----Alberto Martín Magret is a retired tennis player from Spain. He turned professional in 1995.Martin's best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first round win was his first victory over former World number 1 Andy...
/
Fernando VicenteFernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente Fibla is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 June 2000, when he became the World Number 29.-Singles: 6 :Wins...
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Lucas Arnold / Christopher KasChristopher Kas
Christopher Kas is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 224, which he reached on 4 November 2002. His career high in doubles is No. 23 set at 3 November 2008.-Doubles: 15 :...
, 6–4, 6–3
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