The 2006 Thailand Open was a tennis

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 tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Thailand Open

Thailand Open (tennis)

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, and was part of the International Series

ATP International Series

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 of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok

Bangkok

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, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, from September 25 through October 1, 2006.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
Croatia	Ivan Ljubicic Ivan Ljubicic ----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....	3	1
Cyprus	Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis At the French Open, Baghdatis lost in the second round in five sets to Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.At Wimbledon, Baghdatis defeated British player Andy Murray in the fourth round in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Baghdatis beat the 2002 champion and former world no. 1...	8	2
United States	James Blake James 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...	9	3
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	16	4
Finland	Jarkko Nieminen Jarkko Nieminen Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen is a professional tennis player from Finland.His highest ranking is 13th, which was achieved on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals...	17	5
Spain	Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a professional tennis player, and a former world no. 1 player, from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2002...	18	6
United States	Robby Ginepri Robby Ginepri Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-Early life:Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry....	40	7
Thailand	Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan is a retired professional tennis player from Thailand. He is the highest ranked men's singles player from Thailand and Asia in history, reaching a career high World No. 9. His nickname is "Ball".-Career:...	41	8

• Rankings are as of September 25, 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards

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 into the main draw: Mikhail Ledovskikh

Mikhail Ledovskikh

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 Feliciano Lopez

Feliciano López

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 Marin Cilic

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
George Bastl

George Bastl

George Edward Bastl is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. He is ranked at World No. 845 as of August 22, 2011.He has reached one singles final in his career – at Tashkent in 1999.-Tennis career:...

 Michael Ryderstedt

Michael Ryderstedt

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 Lars Burgsmüller

Lars Burgsmuller

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 Mischa Zverev

Mischa Zverev

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The following players received the Lucky loser

Lucky Loser

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 spot: Benjamin Balleret

Benjamin Balleret

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 Satoshi Iwabuchi

Satoshi Iwabuchi

is a retired professional tennis player from Japan.Iwabuchi won one ATP Tour doubles title in his career, the 2005 Japan Open, where he and Takao Suzuki defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in straight sets 7-6, 7-6.As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which...

Singles

  James Blake

James 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...

def.   Ivan Ljubičić

Ivan Ljubicic

----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....

, 6–3, 6–1.

Doubles

  Jonathan Erlich

Jonathan Erlich

Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player...

/   Andy Ram

Andy Ram

Andy Ram is a professional tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event . He plays more doubles than singles as he prefers doubles more and wins more matches...

def.   Andy Murray /   Jamie Murray

Jamie Murray

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, 6–2, 2–6, [10–4].

External links

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