Men's doubles
2006 Pacific Life Open
ChampionsThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Runners-upUnited States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Score64, 64
Draw32 (2WC)
Seeds8

The 2006 Pacific Life Open men's doubles was an event of the 2006 Pacific Life Open men's tennis tournament played in Indian Wells, USA from March 6 through March 19, 2006.

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, and won again, defeating Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the final 64, 64.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan (final)
  2. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi (semifinals)
  3. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (champions)
  4. Australia Paul Hanley / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett (first round)
  5. Czech Republic Martin Damm / India Leander Paes (second round)
  6. France Fabrice Santoro / Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)
  7. Israel Jonathan Erlich / Israel Andy Ram (first round)
  8. Czech Republic František Čermák / Czech Republic Leoš Friedl (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7 6
  Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry
5 2
1 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4 4
3 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6 6
3 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
77 6
2 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
65 1

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
4 6 [10]
  India M Bhupathi
South Africa W Moodie
6 3 [4] 1 United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
6 6
  Chile F González
Chile N Massú
3 6 [7]   Czech Republic T Berdych
Czech Republic J Levinský
1 0
  Czech Republic T Berdych
Czech Republic J Levinský
6 2 [10] 1 United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
6 6
  France R Gasquet
France S Grosjean
77 7   France R Gasquet
France S Grosjean
3 2
  Switzerland Y Allegro
Switzerland R Federer
64 5   France R Gasquet
France S Grosjean
w/o
  Spain R Nadal
Russia M Youzhny
3 6 [10]   Spain R Nadal
Russia M Youzhny
7 Israel J Erlich
Israel A Ram
6 4 [7] 1 United States B Bryan
United States M Bryan
7 6
4 Australia P Hanley
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
4 6 [7]   Sweden S Aspelin
Australia T Perry
5 2
  Poland M Fyrstenberg
Poland M Matkowski
6 4 [10]   Poland M Fyrstenberg
Poland M Matkowski
4 6 [7]
  Argentina A Calleri
Argentina D Nalbandian
4 2   Sweden S Aspelin
Australia T Perry
6 3 [10]
  Sweden S Aspelin
Australia T Perry
6 6   Sweden S Aspelin
Australia T Perry
6 6
  France P-H Mathieu
France G Monfils
0 2   Austria J Knowle
Austria J Melzer
3 1
  Austria J Knowle
Austria J Melzer
6 6   Austria J Knowle
Austria J Melzer
64 77 [10]
  Croatia M Ančić
Croatia I Ljubičić
7 4 [11] 8 Czech Republic F Čermák
Czech Republic L Friedl
77 61 [7]
8 Czech Republic F Čermák
Czech Republic L Friedl
6 6 [13]

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Czech Republic M Damm
India L Paes
78 6
  United States R Ginepri
South Africa C Haggard
66 3 5 Czech Republic M Damm
India L Paes
6 3 [8]
  Russia I Andreev
Russia N Davydenko
6 6   Russia I Andreev
Russia N Davydenko
1 6 [10]
  Spain D Ferrer
Spain T Robredo
1 4   Russia I Andreev
Russia N Davydenko
3 6 [8]
  Russia M Safin
Switzerland S Wawrinka
3 6 [5] 3 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
6 1 [10]
WC United States P Goldstein
United States J Thomas
6 2 [10] WC United States P Goldstein
United States J Thomas
5 6 [13]
  Czech Republic C Suk
Czech Republic P Vízner
4 4 3 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
7 4 [15]
3 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
6 6 3 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
77 6
6 France F Santoro
Serbia and Montenegro N Zimonjić
4 77 [10] 2 Sweden J Björkman
Belarus M Mirnyi
65 1
  Sweden R Lindstedt
Finland J Nieminen
6 64 [4] 6 France F Santoro
Serbia and Montenegro N Zimonjić
7 6
  Argentina G Etlis
Argentina G Gaudio
6 6   Argentina G Etlis
Argentina G Gaudio
5 3
  Slovakia D Hrbatý
Czech Republic R Štěpánek
2 2 6 France F Santoro
Serbia and Montenegro N Zimonjić
6 65 [5]
WC United States J Gimelstob
Australia S Huss
2 6 [10] 2 Sweden J Björkman
Belarus M Mirnyi
4 77 [10]
  Cyprus M Baghdatis
Italy F Volandri
6 2 [4] WC United States J Gimelstob
Australia S Huss
5 1
  Argentina J Acasuso
Argentina S Prieto
77 60 [3] 2 Sweden J Björkman
Belarus M Mirnyi
7 6
2 Sweden J Björkman
Belarus M Mirnyi
62 77 [10]

References

  1. "Federer Overcomes Slow Start". The New York Times. Indian Wells, California. Associated Press. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2019. The men's doubles champions were Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor, who defeated the twins Bob and Mike Bryan, 6-4, 6-4.
  2. "Knowles/Nestor Win 15th ATP Masters Series Shield". Men's Tennis Forums. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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