AEGON CLASSIC – Melanie Oudin Wins

Written by: on 18th June 2012
Tennis French Open 2012
AEGON CLASSIC - Melanie Oudin Wins

epa03241660 Melanie Oudin of the USA returns to Sara Errani of Italy during their second round match for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 30 May 2012. EPA/IAN LANGSDON  |

AEGON CLASSIC

Birmingham, England

June 11-17, 2012

$220,000/International

Grass/Outdoors

Results – Monday, June 18, 2012

Singles – Final

(Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) d. (5/WC) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 64 62

Doubles – Final (played Sunday)

Babos/Hsieh (HUN/TPE) d. (1) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) 75 67(2) 108 (Match TB)

Final Facts

– Oudin wins the first WTA title of her career in her maiden final.

– Oudin’s previous best performance at a WTA event was a semifinal run at Paris [indoors] in 2010.

– Oudin is the first player outside the Top 200 to win a WTA title since Clijsters at the 2009 US Open.

– Oudin is the fourth qualifier to win a WTA title in 2012; Barthel (Hobart), Hsieh (Kuala Lumpur) and Bertens (Fès) were the other three winners.

– Jankovic falls to 12-15 in WTA finals, and 1-3 in grass court finals.

– Oudin rises to No.122 in the rankings, while Jankovic moves up to No.21.

– Babos and Hsieh win their first doubles title together; it was also Babos’ first career doubles title, while Hsieh now has nine.

Final Quotes

Melanie Oudin: “I played smart today. I’d hit one shot then hit a totally different shot like a slice or drop shot. I also held my ground well and used her pace. She’s really consistent but by doing all that I got her to make some errors. I don’t think she served as well as she did yesterday, but I’ll take it. I’ve learned a lot about my game, how I want to play, how to play within myself and not trying to do more than I can. That’s what I did really well all week.”

Jelena Jankovic: “Melanie played very solid. She didn’t really give me much and was striking the ball so well, not making any mistakes. I had to work hard for every point but unfortunately was missing a lot. You have to give all credit to her – she played well throughout the whole week. Overall, I’m pleased with the week. It was my first week back on grass and to be in this stage of the tournament is always great.”

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