Stephanie Vogt won her third Aegon GB Pro Series title in Bath at the weekend and increased her career singles titles to eleven, with strong performances through-out the week at the University campus.
The 24 year old from Liechtenstein followed up on her $15,000 singles win in 2013 and doubles title in 2012 with an excellent win over Italy’s Alberta Brianti 6-3; 7-6.
In the Sunday final, Vogt closed out the first set comfortably and then raced to a 6-1 lead in the second set tiebreak. Brianti won the next two points but Vogt proved too strong and took the title.
After her win, Vogt commented ‘this is a great way to end the season for me. I always enjoy coming to this city and feel very comfortable playing here. It is such a nice atmosphere with the university’.
In the men’s event, number two seed Maxime Authom won his fourth futures title in a row. The 27 year old from Belgium survived a marathon match in the quarter finals against Sandro Ehrat 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, but used his experience from the last few weeks to beat Great Britain’s Josh Milton 6-2, 6-4 in the title match.
Reflecting on the week Maxime said ‘I have had a great week in Bath, and I am very happy to win my fourth tournament in a row. I am playing well. I am very tired but very happy, and I hope I can come back to Bath and play here again in the future’.
The men’s doubles title was won by in-form pairing of Joe Salisbury and David O’Hare. The duo, who played together at the Univesity of Memphsis, claimed their second title together with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Richard Gabb and Jonny O’Mara.
Lesley Kerkhove and Xenia Knoll lived up to their number one seeding and triumphed in the ladies doubles final.