MensTennisForums.com - TT Awards 2006: Player of the Year [Winner: Labamba]

The 2006 Tennis Tipping Player of the Year

This poll is to determine who was the best TT player overall (both singles and doubles) in 2006?

The poll can only have 10 options, so we (keqtqiadv and I) had to nominate nine players for this award. If your pick is not included, please vote for the [Other] option and tell us why you believe this player should win.

Here are the nominees in alphabetical order:

A_Skywalker (BUL)

Singles Rank: 1
- W/L: 51-30 (T2nd in wins)
- Best Results: [W] Roland Garros and Barcelona [F] TMC Shanghai and Costa Do Sauipe
Doubles Rank: 24
- W/L: 27-28
- Best Results: [W] Barcelona, Valencia and San Jose [F] Toronto

Aiken Drum (SCO)

Singles Rank: 3
- W/L: 41-22
- Best Results: [W] Wimbledon and San Jose [F] Miami and Poertschach
Doubles Rank: 17
- W/L: 23-26
- Best Results: [W] Memphis [F] Queen's

alansk (GBR)

Singles Rank: 2
- W/L: 45-29
- Best Results: [W] TMC Shanghai, Miami and Memphis [F] US Open
Doubles Rank: 32
- W/L: 29-26
- Best Results: [W] Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Washington

Bubba08 (FRA)

Singles Rank: 10
- W/L: 37-28
- Best Results: [W] Madrid and Casablanca
Doubles Rank: 1
- W/L: 43-26 (T2nd in wins)
- Best Results: [W] Indian Wells, Rome, Dubai and New Haven [F] Hamburg and Metz

coreyschucky (USA)

Singles Rank: 7
- W/L: 51-33 (T2nd in wins)
- Best Results: [W] Hamburg, Delray Beach and Estoril [F] Paris
Doubles Rank: 3
- W/L: 43-31 (T2nd in wins)
- Best Results: [W] Miami, Las Vegas and Halle [F] Madrid
WTC Champion (Team USA)

GustavoM_Fan (ARG)

Singles Rank: 5
- W/L: 30-15
- Best Results: [W] US Open and Kitzbühel [F] Moscow
Doubles Rank: 31
- W/L: 18-17
- Best Results: [W] Wimbledon [F] St. Petersburg

keqtqiadv (BRA)

Singles Rank: 4
- W/L: 49-34
- Best Results: [W] Vina del Mar and Gstaad [F] Toronto and Halle
Doubles Rank: 18
- W/L: 36-24
- Best Results: [W] Houston, Halle, 's-Hertogenbosch and Gstaad [F] Paris

Labamba (FIN)

Singles Rank: 6
- W/L: 56-38 (1st in wins)
- Best Results: [W] Dubai [F] New Haven
Doubles Rank: 5
- W/L: 49-30 (1st in wins)
- Best Results: [W] Toronto, Barcelona and Båstad [F] Miami, Stuttgart, Bangkok and Stockholm
Davis Cup Champion and WTC Finalist (Team Finland)

Sheva (NED)

Singles Rank: 11
- W/L: 48-31
- Best Results: [W] Cincinnati and Rotterdam
Doubles Rank: 11
- W/L: 34-31
- Best Results: [W] Roland Garros, Rotterdam and Amersfoort [F] Vienna
Davis Cup Finalist (Team Netherlands)

Other

Here are a few players we unfortunately could not include in the poll:

JMG (GER)

Singles Rank: 8
- W/L: 41-30
- Best Results: [W] Monte-Carlo and Metz [F] Dubai
Doubles Rank: 40
- W/L: 22-29
- Best Results: [W] Newport [F] Dubai and Valencia

scythe19pro (ROM)

Singles Rank: 9
- W/L: 37-36
- Best Results: [F] Indian Wells
Doubles Rank: 16
- W/L: 34-30
- Best Results: [W] Houston [F] Toronto, Paris, Indianapolis and Marseille

ZackBusner (GER)

Singles Rank: 13
- W/L: 28-19
- Best Results: [W] 's-Hertogenbosch [F] Hamburg
Doubles Rank: 14
- W/L: 39-19
- Best Results: [W] Stockholm, Beijing and Umag [F] Madrid and Munich