2006 ATP Schedule

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2006 ATP Schedule

Week Starting City Tournament Surface Draw

JAN 2 Doha Qatar ExxonMobil Open H 32
Chennai Chennai Open H 32
Adelaide Next Generation Hardcourts H 32
JAN 9 Sydney Sydney International H 32
Auckland Heineken Open H 32
JAN 16 Melbourne Australian Open* H 128
JAN 30 Milan Internazionali di Lombardia in Italy IS 32
Viña del Mar BellSouth Open CL 32
Delray Beach Millennium International Tennis Championships H 32

FEB 6 Davis Cup I*
FEB 13 Buenos Aires ATP Buenos Aires CL 32
San Jose SAP Open IH 32
Marseille Open 13 IH 32
FEB 20 Memphis Regions Morgan Keegan Championships IH 32
Rotterdam ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament IH 32
Costa do Sauipe Brasil Open CL 32
FEB 27 Acapulco Abierto Mexicano Telcel CL 32
Dubai The Dubai Tennis Championships H 32
Scottsdale Tennis Channel Open H 32

MAR 6 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells Pacific Life Open H 96
MAR 20 ATP Masters Series Miami NASDAQ-100 Open H 96

APR 3 Davis Cup II*
APR 10 Valencia Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana CL 32
Houston US Men’s Clay Court Championships CL 32
APR 17 ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo Masters Series Monte-Carlo CL 64
APR 24 Barcelona Open SEAT Godó 2006 CL 56
Casablanca Grand Prix Hassan II CL 32

MAY 1 Estoril Estoril Open CL 32
Munich BMW Open CL 32
MAY 8 ATP Masters Series Rome Telecom Italia Masters Roma 2006 CL 64
MAY 15 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Masters Series Hamburg CL 64
MAY 22 Düsseldorf ARAG World Team Cup CL 8 teams
St. Pölten Internationaler BTM Power Grand Prix St. Pölten CL 32
MAY 29 Paris Roland Garros* CL 128

JUNE 12 Halle Gerry Weber Open G 32
London The Stella Artois Championships G 56
JUNE 19 ’s-Hertogenbosch Ordina Open G 32
Nottingham The 10tele.com Open G 32
JUNE 26 Wimbledon Wimbledon* G 128

JULY 10 Gstaad Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad CL 32
Båstad Synsam Swedish Open CL 32
Newport Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships G 32
JULY 17 Stuttgart Mercedes Cup CL 48
Indianapolis RCA Championships H 48
Amersfoort Priority Telecom Open CL 32
JULY 24 Kitzbühel Generali Open CL 48
Los Angeles Mercedes-Benz Cup H 32
Umag Croatia Open Umag CL 32
JULY 31 Washington Legg Mason Tennis Classic H 48
Sopot Orange Prokom Open CL 32

AUG 7 ATP Masters Series Toronto Rogers Masters H 64
AUG 14 ATP Masters Series Cincinnati Western & Southern Financial Group Masters H 64
AUG 21 New Haven Pilot Pen Tennis H 48
AUG 28 New York US Open* H 128

SEP 11 Bucharest BCR Open Romania CL 32
Beijing China Open H 32
SEP 18 Davis Cup III*
SEP 25 Bangkok Thailand Open IH 32
Palermo Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia CL 32
Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City IH 32

OCT 2 Tokyo AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships H 48
Metz Open de Moselle IH 32
OCT 9 Vienna BA-CA Tennis Trophy IH 32
Stockholm if…Stockholm Open IH 32
Moscow ATP Kremlin Cup IS 32
OCT 16 ATP Masters Series Madrid Masters Series Madrid IH 48
OCT 23 Basel Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel IS 32
St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Open IS 32
Lyon Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon IS 32
OCT 30 ATP Masters Series Paris BNP Paribas Masters IS 48

NOV 13 Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai IS 8 players/teams
NOV 27 Davis Cup Final*

*Grand Slams and Davis Cup are not ATP events.
H = Hard court G = Grass court CL = Clay court IH = Indoor Hard IS = Indoor Synthetic[/code]

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ATP Announces 2006 Calendar

The ATP today announced its 2006 calendar, which comprises 64 tournaments in 31 countries and stamps tennis as the world’s leading international sports circuit. It is projected that more than 330 players from 55 countries will participate in ATP tournaments next year.

The ATP circuit is highlighted by nine premier tournaments, collectively known as the ATP Masters Series, and the Tennis Masters Cup, the circuit finale co-owned by the ATP, ITF and Grand Slams that in 2006 will be played for the second consecutive year in Shanghai, China.

In 2006, 47 tournaments will be played outdoors - 24 events on clay, 18 on hard court, five on grass – and 17 tournaments will be played indoors.

Exactly half (32) of the tournaments – including five ATP Masters Series events – will be played in Europe. The first European event begins January 30 with the Internazionali di Lombardia and the final European event, the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, concludes November 5.

The calendar features the second edition of Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, the new $650,000, 48-draw men’s tournament to be played in Connecticut alongside the Tier II Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in the week before the US Open. The 2006 calendar also will feature the third year of the US Open Series, beginning with the RCA Championships in Indianapolis the week of July 17 and journeying to the Mercedes-Benz Cup in Los Angeles (July 24), the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington (July 31), the Rogers Masters (Canada) in Toronto (August 7), the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati (August 14) and Pilot Pen Tennis on the eve of the US Open.

Also on the calendar is the second edition of a new tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, the first ATP-level tournament ever held in Vietnam. The addition of Ho Chi Minh City reflects the ATP’s growing presence in Asia. In 2006, there will be six ATP tournaments in Asia, including the prestigious Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai. The other Asian tournaments are the Chennai Open; the China Open in Beijing; the Thailand Open in Bangkok; and the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo, which was first held in 1972.

The 2006 season begins January 2 with three tournaments: the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, the Chennai Open in India and the Next Generation Hardcourts in Adelaide.


2006 ATP CALENDAR – BY THE NUMBERS

Tournaments: 64*
Countries: 31
Duration; January 2-November 19
Players: 330+**
Players’ Nationalities: 55**

Hard court: 28
Clay court: 24
Grass: 5
Indoor Synthetic: 7
Outdoor: 47
Indoor: 17


*Does not include Grand Slam tournaments or Davis Cup.
**Projection based on 2004 tournaments draw breakdown

[Catriel]

Still 2 weeks between Roland Garros and Wimbledon

[DickTracy]

Is Shangai confirmed for the Masters in 2006?