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ATP & WTA Weekend Winners for July 15, 2012

Good week for top seeds as 5 of 6 tournies were won by the top dog.

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Umag ATP 250: 2 Marin Cilic d 4 Marcel Granollers - 64 62

The 23 year-old Croat won his 8th title and 2nd on the season.

He went one further this year as he was the runner-up last year.

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Bastad ATP 250: 1 David Ferrer d 2 Nicolas Almagro - 62 62

David picked up his 16th title, 2nd at Bastad & 5th on the season.

All this and he's still stuck at #5 in the rankings.

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Newport ATP 250: 1 John Isner d W/C Lleyton Hewitt - 76(1) 64

This is John's 4th title and 1st of the season.

This is the 1st time he has ever defended a title.

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Stuttgart ATP 250: 1 Janko Tipsarevic d 2 Juan Monaco - 64 57 63

Janko earned his 3rd career ATP crown and 1st of the season.

He is now 3-6 in finals.

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Stanford WTA: 1 Serena Williams d LL Coco Vandeweghe - 75 63

Serena won her 43rd WTA title, 4th on the year and 2nd at Stanford.

This is also the 2nd straight Sunday with a title following Wimbldeon.

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Palermo WTA: 1 Sara Errani d 8 Barbora Zahlavova Strycov - 61 63

Sara won her 6th WTA title and 4th of the year.

She is the 1st Italian to win 4 titles in a single season.

ATP Weekend Winners for June 17, 2012

ATP 250 Queen's Club - Final

6 Marin Cilic d 10 David Nalbandian - 67(3) 43 Def.

David was defaulted for assaulting and leaving bloodied a lines judge.

Thus handing Marin his 7th career ATP title.

Marin has been struggling with injuries of late and said post-match:

I played good today and came here to play four, five matches.

I won them and pretty comfortably in those first two or three.

I’m feeling really good & I think my form is on the spot where it should be.

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ATP 250 Halle - Final

WC Tommy Haas d 2 Roger Federer - 76(5) 64

This is Tommy's 13th career ATP title & 1st since winning Halle in '09.

The win also gave him a near 40 spot ranking boost to #49.

This was Tommy's 3rd win over Fed - the last win was way back in '02.

Post match: I don’t have many words to say really...

Except that it is an amazing feeling to win another title in Germany.

To have somebody across the net like Roger is a real honour for me.

To have that picture with the winning trophy and Roger next to me...

Is something really special, something I’ll obviously never forget.

I’m just really happy and proud.

Robin Soderling & JC Ferrero: ATP Weekend Winners

Bastad ATP 250 - Men's Final

1 Robin Soderling d 2 David Ferrer - 62 62

This is Robin's 4th ATP title on the year & the 10th of his career.

He is now 10-10 in finals.

This is the 3rd time Robin's become a 2-time champ: Lyon & Rotterdam.

The win did nothing for his ranking... He's stuck at #5 - way behind Murray.

Battle for #5: Ferrer is at Robin's heels with only 115 points separating them.

Neither of them had a good US swing last year so... It's on.

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Stuttgart ATP 250 - Men's Final

Juan Carlos Ferrero d Pablo Andujar - 64 60

This is JC's 1st ATP title on the year & the 16th of his career.

He is now 16-18 in finals.

The win moves JC up 21 ranking spots to #64.

Deep field: And that only makes in the #11 player from Spain.

Plum loco.

 

 

WTA Weekend WInners: Wow, Go Dokic!

WTA Kuala Lumpur

Jelena Dokic d 5 Lucie Safarova - 26 76(9) 64

Jelena survived 2 match points in this satisfyingly tasty match.

Savor it: Jelena last won a WTA title at Birmingham 2002.

This is her 6th title.

I don't know where I pulled it out from today... I even surprised myself.

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WTA Monterrey

2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d 1 Jelena Jankovic - 26 62 63

Tough task: I spelled out AP's name by memory.

Which means I'm writing it a lot. Which means - she's winning matches.

This is her 3rd WTA title and 2nd straight in Monterrey.

Anastasia: It's always tough to defend a title so it means a lot.

ATP & WTA 1st Weekend 2011 Winners

Doha: 2 Roger Federer d 4 Nikolay Davydenko - 63 64

Brisbane: 1 Robin Soderling d 2 Andy Roddick - 63 75

Chennai: 3 Stanislas Wawrinka d 7 Xavier Malisse - 75 46 61

Auckland: Greta Arn d 2 Yanina Wickmayer - 63 63

Brisbane: Petra Kvitova d Andrea Petkovic - 61 63

Photos: Getty Images

Weekend Winner Wrap-Up - January 16, 2010

Medibank International in Sydney

Marcos Baghdatis d. Richard Gasquet - 64 76(2)

Elena Dementieva d. Serena WIlliams - 63 62

Kooyong Classic Exhibition in Melbourne

Fernando Verdasco d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - 75 63

Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand

John Isner d. Arnaud Clement - 63 57 76(2)

Hobart, Australia

Alona Bondarenko d. Shahar Peer - 62 64

Weekend Winner Wrap-Up - January 10, 2010

Brisbane International in Australia

Andy Roddick d. Radek Stepanek - 76(1) 76(8)

Kim Clijsters d. Justine Henin - 63 46 76(6)

Chennai Open in India

Croatian Marin Cilic  Photo: Eurosport

Marin Cilic d. Stanislas Wawrinka - 76(2) 76(3)

Qatar Open in Doha

Nikolay Davydenko d. Rafael Nadal - 06 76(8) 64

ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand

Yanina Wickmayer d. Flavia Pennetta - 63 62

Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia

Spain's Tommy Robredo & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez d.

Great Britain's Andy Murray & Laura Robson - 2 matches to 1