2006 Queen's Club Championships
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The 2006 Queen's Club Championships
(known as the Stella Artois
Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis
tournament on the 2006 ATP Tour and the 35th edition of the event. It took place at the Queen's Club
in London
, United Kingdom
, from June 12 through June 18, 2006. The tournament was part of the International Series
.
Lleyton Hewitt
def.
James Blake
, 6–4, 6–4
Paul Hanley
/
Kevin Ullyett
def.
Jonas Björkman
/
Max Mirnyi
, 6–4, 7–6(5)
Queen's Club Championships
The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event is now an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of...
(known as the Stella Artois
Stella Artois
Stella Artois is a 5% ABV lager brewed in Leuven, Belgium since 1926. In the UK, Canada and New Zealand a 4% ABV version is also available.-Production:...
Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament on the 2006 ATP Tour and the 35th edition of the event. It took place at the Queen's Club
Queen's Club
The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London, England. Founded in 1886, the Queen's Club was the world's first multipurpose sports complex and named after Queen Victoria, its first patron...
in London
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, United Kingdom
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, from June 12 through June 18, 2006. The tournament was part of the International Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
.
Singles
Lleyton HewittLleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1.In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20...
def.
James BlakeJames Blake
James Riley Blake is an American professional tennis player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. As of August 2011, Blake is ranked no. 63 among active male players with 24 career finals appearances...
, 6–4, 6–4
- It was Lleyton Hewitt's 1st title of the year and his 25th overall. It was his 4th win at the event, also winning in 20002000 Queen's Club ChampionshipsThe 2000 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour...
, 20012001 Queen's Club ChampionshipsThe 2001 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in England and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour...
and 20022002 Queen's Club ChampionshipsThe 2002 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in England and was part of the International Series of the 2002 ATP Tour...
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Doubles
Paul HanleyPaul Hanley (tennis)
Paul Jason Hanley is a professional male tennis player from Australia, specialising in doubles. His parents, Jay and Judy, co-own a tennis centre, one of the main reasons Hanley pursued a career in the sport.He lost the 2005 Wimbledon finals in mixed doubles, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis...
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Kevin UllyettKevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...
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Jonas BjörkmanJonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
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Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...
, 6–4, 7–6(5)