No. 6 seed
Tommy Haas won his second consecutive title after Delray Beach Sunday at the ATP stop in Memphis, defeating unseeded Swede
Robin Soderling 6-3, 6-2 to win his second Memphis title after his 1999 victory.
"I really played solid," Haas said. "I'm really happy to win this title again."
Now eight of the former No. 2-ranked German's nine career titles have come on hardcourt, with Haas dispatching of Soderling in under and hour.
Haas joins
Roger Federer and
Ivan Ljubicic as the only two-time title winners thus far in 2006.
In the doubles final the South African/Croatian combo of Chris Haggard and "Dr."
Ivo Karlovic defeated American wildcards
James Blake and
Mardy Fish 0-6, 7-5, 10-5 in a third-set match tiebreak.
Blake and Fish, who received a wildcard entry into the event, won the 2004 San Jose title and the 2004 Houston crown.
