2006 Chennai open

he 2006 event was the eleventh ATP event held in India, the tennis-crazy city of Chennai having played host to the event during the past nine years.
This year too the field was of a high-calibre with World #5 Carlos Moya, Paradorn Srichaphan, Rainer Schuettler and Jonas Bjorkman fighting it out for the singles title. The singles crown was won by Ivan Ljubicic who edged out Carlos Moya in a closely fought encounter 7-6(8-6), 6-2. The pair of Michal Mertinak(SVK) and Petr Pala(CZE) clinched the doubles title, beating Prakash Amritraj (IND) & Rohan Bopanna(IND) 6-2,7-5.

Winners

Men's Singles

Ivan Ljubičić defeated Carlos Moyà 7-6 (8-6), 6-2

• It was Ljubičić's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Michal Mertiňák / Petr Pála defeated Prakash Amritraj / Rohan Bopanna 6-2, 7-5

• It was Mertiňák's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Pála's 1st title of the year and the 5th of his career.