Jeremy Chardy captured his first ATP World Tour title and became the first Frenchman to win the MercedesCup in Stuttgart since Henri Leconte in 1984, after defeating fourth seed Victor Hanescu of Romania 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s final. It was the pair’s third meeting (Chardy 2-1).
Chardy, who won two matches on Saturday to reach his second ATP World Tour final, collected €71,700 and 250 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking points while Hanescu picked up €37,700 and 150 points.
The 22 year old, runner-up to compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg in February, is the fourth first-time winner on the ATP World Tour circuit this year (also Guillermo Garcia-Lopez-Kitzbuhel, Benjamin Becker-‘s-Hertogenbosch and Rajeev Ram-Newport).
Chardy will move to around No. 35 in the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings. He is one of eight Frenchmen in the Top 50.
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