2006
year 2006
1/2/06 Chennai WS First Round Def. Yeu-Tzuoo Wang TPE 100 6-3 6-2
Second Round Def. Rainer Schuettler GER 88 6-2 6-4
Quarterfinals Def. Paradorn Srichaphan THA 42 6-1 6-2
semifinals Lost to Ivan Ljubicic CRO 9 6-3 3-6 7-6(6)
1/9/06 Sydney WS First Round Lost to Andreas Seppi ITA 60 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3
1/16/06 Australian Open GS First Round Def. Christophe Rochus BEL 43 6-3 6-1 6-4
Second Round Def. Fernando Verdasco ESP 30 3-6 6-2 7-6(4) 7-5
Third Round Lost to Juan Ignacio Chela ARG 51 6-1 6-4 6-4
2/13/06 San Jose WS First Round Def. Rainer Schuettler GER 96 6-1 6-3
Second Round Def. Justin Gimelstob USA 98 7-6(1) 4-6 6-1
Quarterfinals Lost to Vince Spadea USA 79 6-1 2-6 6-3
2/20/06 Memphis CS First Round Def. James Blake USA 20 6-4 6-4
Second Round Def. Paul Goldstein USA 73 6-1 6-4
Quarterfinals Def. Paul Capdeville CHI 127 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Semifinals Lost to Robin Soderling SWE 87 7-5 2-6 7-6(5)
3/6/06 Indian Wells MS First Round Def. Lars Burgsmuller GER 150 6-4 4-6 6-4
Second Round Lost to Sebastien Grosjean FRA 22 6-1 6-3
3/20/06 Miami MS First Round Def. Boris Pashanski SRB 59 6-2 4-6 6-3
Second Round Def. Gaston Gaudio ARG 8 7-5 7-6(6)
Third Round Lost to Juan Ignacio Chela ARG 33 6-3 7-6(3)
4/3/06 E/A I: BEL d. UKR 4-1 DC Second Round Def. Sergey Stakhovsky UKR 254 6-3 6-3 7-6(5)
4/17/06 Monte Carlo MS First Round Def. Jarkko Nieminen FIN 20 1-6 6-4 7-6(5)
Second Round Def. Jan Hernych CZE 84 7-5 6-1
Third Round Lost to Rafael Nadal ESP 2 6-3 6-3
4/24/06 Barcelona CS First Round Lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP 28 6-1 6-2
5/1/06 Munich WS First Round Def. Janko Tipsarevic SRB 101 5-7 6-2 6-4
Second Round Def. Robin Soderling SWE 57 5-7 6-3 6-2
Quarterfinals Def. Philipp Kohlschreiber GER 86 7-5 6-4
Semifinals Def. Jarkko Nieminen FIN 20 6-1 6-2
Finals Lost to Olivier Rochus BEL 30 6-4 6-2
5/15/06 Hamburg MS First Round Def. Richard Gasquet FRA 43 6-4 6-2
Second Round Lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA 38 6-2 6-4
5/29/06 French Open GS First Round Lost to Lukas Dlouhy CZE 86 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2
6/12/06 Halle WS First Round Def. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 66 6-2 6-3
Second Round Def. Marco Chiudinelli SUI 450 7-6(4) 6-0
Quarterfinals Def. Florian Mayer GER 69 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4
Semifinals Lost to Tomas Berdych CZE 15 6-3 6-2(8)
6/19/06 's-Hertogenbosc WS First Round Def. Lukas Dlouhy CZE 84 7-5 6-4
Second Round Lost to Fabrice Santoro FRA 44 2-6 6-1 6-4
6/26/06 Wimbledon GS First Round Def. Jiri Novak CZE 110 6-4 7-5 6-2
Second Round Lost to Nicolas Mahut FRA 77 6-4 6-4 6-3
7/17/06 Stuttgart CS First Round bye
Second Round Lost to Juan Monaco ARG 88 6-3 1-0 ret.
8/7/06 Toronto MS First Round Lost to Denis Gremelmayr GER 117 7-6(2) 6-2
8/14/06 Cincinnati MS First Round Def. Marc Gicquel FRA 85 7-6(7) 7-6(3)
Second Round Lost to Andy Roddick USA 12 6-4 6-4
8/28/06 US Open GS First Round Lost to Lukasz Kubot POL 138 2-6 6-1 6-4 1-6 6-3
9/18/06 World Group: BEL d. SVK 3-2 DC Qualifying Lost to Dominik Hrbaty SVK 28 2-6 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-2
10/2/06 Mons Ch First Round Def. Joseph Sirianni AUS 311 6-2 6-3
Second Round Lost to Stefan Wauters BEL 328 6-7(8) 6-3 7-6(4)
10/9/06 Stockholm CS First Round Def. Nicolas Massu CHI 45 6-2 6-4
Second Round Def. Frank Dancevic CAN 86 3-6 6-3 6-4
Quarterfinals Lost to Joachim Johansson SWE 690 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-6(7)
10/16/06 Madrid MS First Round Def. Dmitry Tursunov RUS 21 6-3 6-1
Second Round Def. James Blake USA 7 6-4 3-6 7-6(5)
Third Round Lost to Marat Safin RUS 49 6-3 6-2
10/30/06 Paris MS First Round Def. Florent Serra FRA 60 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)
Second Round Lost to Mario Ancic
