Ancic Wins Second Consecutive Ordina Open Title

Third-seeded Mario Ancic claimed his second consecutive Ordina Open title in 's-Hertogenbosch by defeating Jan Hernych 6-0, 5-7, 7-5 on Saturday. Ancic, who captured his career-second ATP title, became the first player to win back-to-back crowns since Sjeng Schalken in 2002-03.

The Croat holds a strong 36-12 record this year. He reached a career-best INDESIT ATP Ranking of No. 9 last week and will once again be ranked inside the Top 10 in the INDESIT ATP Rankings next week.

The Croat had reached two finals this season in Auckland in January (l. to Nieminen) and Marseille in February (l. to Clement). But it was in the ATP Masters Series Rome that Ancic started an amazing run, winning 18 of his last 21 matches, reaching the semis at the ATP Masters Series Hamburg and quarterfinals in Rome and Roland Garros.

Ancic defeated qualifier Aisam?Ul-Haq Qureshi, Raemon Sluiter, Fabrice Santoro, Marcos Baghdatis and Jan Hernych en route to the title.

The 26-year-old Hernych was playing in his career-first ATP final. He has an 11-14 mark this year.
-- ATP