Monte Carlo Masters

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The Monte Carlo Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament is played on clay courts. It is currently held every year in the April-May period. Prior to the establishment of the Tennis Masters Series in the early-1990s, the event was known as the Monte Carlo Open.

The Monte Carlo tennis championship was first held in 1897. It became an "Open" event in 1969.

1 Past results
- 1.1 Singles finals
- 1.2 Doubles champions
2 Detailed 2006 singles results
3 External links

[edit] Past results

[edit] Singles finals

Since 1969:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2006	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
2005	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Coria	6-3, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5
2004	Guillermo Coria	Rainer Schüttler	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
2003	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Guillermo Coria	6-2, 6-2
2002	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Carlos Moya	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
2001	Gustavo Kuerten	Hicham Arazi	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
2000	Cedric Pioline	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4, 7-6, 7-6
1999	Gustavo Kuerten	Marcelo Ríos	6-4, 2-1 (retired)
1998	Carlos Moya	Cedric Pioline	6-3, 6-0, 7-5
1997	Marcelo Ríos	Alex Corretja	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1996	Thomas Muster	Albert Costa	6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1995	Thomas Muster	Boris Becker	4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6, 6-0
1994	Andrei Medvedev	Sergi Bruguera	7-5, 6-1, 6-3
1993	Sergi Bruguera	Cedric Pioline	7-6, 6-0
1992	Thomas Muster	Aaron Krickstein	6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1991	Sergi Bruguera	Boris Becker	5-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6
1990	Andrei Chesnokov	Thomas Muster	7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1989	Alberto Mancini	Boris Becker	7-5, 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
1988	Ivan Lendl	Martin Jaite	5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
1987	Mats Wilander	Jimmy Arias	4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
1986	Joakim Nyström	Yannick Noah	6-3, 6-2
1985	Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander	6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1984	Henrik Sundström	Mats Wilander	6-3, 7-5, 6-2
1983	Mats Wilander	Mel Purcell	6-1, 6-2, 6-3
1982	Guillermo Vilas	Ivan Lendl	6-1, 7-6, 6-3
1981	Jimmy Connors vs. Guillermo Vilas		5-5 (unfinished - rain)
1980	Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas	6-1, 6-0, 6-2
1979	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1978	Raul Ramirez	Tomáš Šmíd	6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1977	Björn Borg	Corrado Barazzutti	6-3, 7-5, 6-0
1976	Guillermo Vilas	Wojtek Fibak	6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1975	Manuel Orantes	Bob Hewitt	6-2, 6-4
1974	Andrew Pattison	Ilie Năstase	5-7, 6-3, 6-4
1973	Ilie Năstase	Björn Borg	6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1972	Ilie Năstase	Frantisek Pala	6-1, 6-0, 6-3
1971	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker	3-6, 8-6, 6-1, 6-1
1970	Željko Franulović	Manuel Orantes	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1969	Tom Okker	John Newcombe	8-10, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3

[edit] Doubles champions

Since 1974:

Year	Champions
2006	Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi
2005	Leander Paes / Nenad Zimonjic
2004	Tim Henman / Nenad Zimonjic
2003	Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi
2002	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge
2001	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge
2000	Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov
1999	Olivier Delaitre / Tim Henman
1998	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
1997	Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana
1996	Ellis Ferreira / Jan Siemerink
1995	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
1994	Nicklas Kulti / Magnus Larsson
1993	Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda
1992	Boris Becker / Michael Stich
1991	Luke Jensen / Laurie Warder
1990	Petr Korda / Tomáš Šmíd
1989	Tomáš Šmíd / Mark Woodforde
1988	Sergio Casal / Emilio Sanchez
1987	Hans Gildemeister / Andres Gomez
1986	Guy Forget / Yannick Noah
1985	Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd
1984	Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart
1983	Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy
1982	Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee
1981	Heinz Günthardt / Markus Günthardt
1980	Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
1979	Ilie Năstase / Raul Ramirez
1978	Peter Fleming / Tomáš Šmíd
1977	Francois Jauffret / Jan Kodeš
1976	Wojtek Fibak / Karl Meiler
1975	Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
1974	John Alexander / Phil Dent

[edit] Detailed 2006 singles results

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	Roger Federer	6	6
8	David Ferrer	1	3
				1	Roger Federer	6	6

				12	Fernando González	2	4
4	Ivan Ljubičić	5	1

12	Fernando González	7	6
									1	Roger Federer	2	7	3	6
									2	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6	7
7	Gastón Gaudio	6	6
15	Tommy Robredo	1	3
				7	Gastón Gaudio	7	1	1

				2	Rafael Nadal	5	6	6
6	Guillermo Coria	2	1

2	Rafael Nadal	6	6