2006 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles
# 2006 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles

Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2006 Tennis Masters Cup.

Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro were the reigning champions, but did not qualify as a team as they did not compete together in 2006. Llodra failed to qualify overall, while Santoro qualified with Nenad Zimonjić, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.

## Seeds

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (round robin)
* Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi (champions)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (final)
* Paul Hanley / Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
* Fabrice Santoro / Nenad Zimonjić (round robin)
* Martin Damm / Leander Paes (semifinals)
* Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (round robin)
* Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (round robin)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | $6^4$ | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Martin Damm Leander Paes | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | $6^5$ | | | | |

### Red group

| | | Bryan Bryan | Hanley Ullyett | Damm Paes | Erlich Ram | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | | 6–3, $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 4–6 | 6–2, $6–7^{(4–7)},$ $7–6^{(7–5)}$ | $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 6–2, 1–6 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 48–46 | 4 |
| 4 | Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett | 3–6, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 6–4 | | $7–6^{(8–6)},$ 4–6, 6–3 | 6–4, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 45–39 | 1 |
| 6 | Martin Damm Leander Paes | 2–6, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ $6–7^{(5–7)}$ | $6–7^{(6–8)},$ 6–4, 3–6 | | 6–4, $7–6^{(8–6)}$ | 1–2 | 4–4 | 43–46 | 2 |
| 6 | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram | $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 2–6, 6–1 | 4–6, 4–6 | 4–6, $6–7^{(6–8)}$ | | 1–2 | 2–5 | 33–38 | 3 |

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

### Gold group

| | | Björkman Mirnyi | Knowles Nestor | Santoro Zimonjić | Frystenberg Matkowski | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | | 4–6, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–2)}$ | 6–3, $7–6^{(9–7)}$ | 6–3, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 42–32 | 1 |
| 3 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6–4, 4–6, $6–7^{(2–7)}$ | | 6–3, 6–2 | 6–3, 6–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 40–28 | 2 |
| 5 | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić | 3–6, $6–7^{(7–9)}$ | 3–6, 2–6 | | 6–3, $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 6–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 32–38 | 3 |
| 8 | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 3–6, 4–6 | 3–6, 3–6 | 3–6, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 3–6 | | 0–3 | 1–6 | 26–42 | 4 |

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

