2006 Stella Artois Championships – Singles
# 2006 Stella Artois Championships – Singles

Andy Roddick was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to James Blake.

Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Blake.

## Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

* Rafael Nadal (quarterfinals)
* Ivan Ljubičić (third round)
* Andy Roddick (semifinals)
* Nikolay Davydenko (second round)
* James Blake (final)
* Fernando González (quarterfinals)
* Radek Štěpánek (second round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (champion)
* Robby Ginepri (third round)
* Thomas Johansson (first round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (second round)
* Andre Agassi (first round)
* Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals)
* Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round)
* Dmitry Tursunov (quarterfinals)
* Paradorn Schrichapan (third round)

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 3 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lleyton Hewitt | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lleyton Hewitt | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tim Henman | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| 15 | Dmitry Tursunov | 3 | $6^1$ | | | Tim Henman | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Tim Henman | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tim Henman | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 8 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | James Blake | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Fernando González | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | James Blake | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Andy Roddick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Andy Roddick | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Andy Roddick | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | James Blake | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | James Blake | 6 | 0 | | 5 | James Blake | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 13 | Gaël Monfils | 1 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Baker | 1 | 3 | | WC | M Fish | $6^1$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Fish | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 2 | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | S Greul | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | F Verdasco | 6 | $6^3$ | $6^3$ | | | | | |
| Q | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | Q | F Verdasco | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-T Lee | $7^7$ | $6^3$ | 6 | | H-T Lee | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | P-H Mathieu | $6^4$ | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 3 | $0^r$ |
| 10 | T Johansson | $6^6$ | 6 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | L Hewitt | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| | M Mirnyi | $7^8$ | 3 | $7^7$ | | M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F López | 1 | $6^4$ | | | D Bracciali | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bracciali | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | M Mirnyi | 6 | 1 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
| Q | M Lee | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | L Hewitt | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 6 | 6 | | | F Vicente | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | L Hewitt | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 4 | N Davydenko | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | Y-T Wang | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | Y-T Wang | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | D Udomchoke | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 15 | D Tursunov | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Zíb | 6 | 5 | 0 | | D Udomchoke | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Bogdanović | $6^4$ | 4 | | 15 | D Tursunov | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | D Tursunov | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | D Tursunov | 3 | $6^1$ |
| 12 | A Agassi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Henman | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Delgado | 6 | $7^7$ | | | R Delgado | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Dlouhý | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | N Mahut | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | N Mahut | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | R Štěpánek | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 6 | F González | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rusedski | 7 | 3 | $2^r$ | Q | A Dupuis | $6^5$ | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Dupuis | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | F González | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | W Moodie | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | M Philippoussis | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | M Philippoussis | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Philippoussis | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Minář | 3 | $6^4$ | | 11 | S Grosjean | $6^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | S Grosjean | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | F González | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | P Srichaphan | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Roddick | 6 | 6 |
| | D Norman | 4 | $6^5$ | | 16 | P Srichaphan | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-H Lu | 6 | $7^9$ | | | Y-H Lu | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Müller | 4 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | 16 | P Srichaphan | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | F Dancevic | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Roddick | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 6 | 3 | 3 | Q | F Dancevic | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Roddick | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 5 | J Blake | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob | $7^9$ | 6 | | | J Gimelstob | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Sluiter | $6^7$ | 2 | | | | | | 5 | J Blake | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Murray | $6^3$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | 9 | R Ginepri | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | J Tipsarević | $7^7$ | 3 | 6 | | J Tipsarević | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Goldstein | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | R Ginepri | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | R Ginepri | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Blake | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | G Monfils | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | G Monfils | 1 | $0^r$ |
| | J Melzer | $6^2$ | $6^2$ | | 13 | G Monfils | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kunitsyn | 4 | 4 | | | B Reynolds | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | G Monfils | $7^{13}$ | 7 | | | | | |
| | R Sabău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | I Ljubičić | $6^{11}$ | 5 | | | | | |
| | R Vik | 3 | 3 | | | R Sabău | $6^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | I Ljubičić | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
