Andy Roddick retained his Stella Artois title on Sunday with a 7-6 6-4 victory over Sebastien Grosjean - a repeat of last year's final.
The top seed's triumph in 83 minutes gave him a 14th career title and his second on grass after he won this tournament last year. The 21 year-old now collects €93,780 for his efforts at London's Queen's Club.
The two players were inseparable in the opening set, trading groundstrokes from the baseline.
Grosjean, having served first, kept his nose ahead throughout and held two set points when Roddick fell 15-40 behind while trailing 6-5.
The U.S. Open champion saved the first with an ace and Grosjean missed the second by millimetres when a whipped forehand flew just beyond the baseline.
Roddick grabbed the first mini-break of the tiebreak to lead 3-2 but by staying at the back of the court after his serve allowed Grosjean to work his way back into it, the Frenchman breaking back for 3-3 with a foray to the net.
The American inched ahead with a wrong-footing backhand behind Grosjean and then broke again for 5-4 when the fifth seed sailed a forehand long at the end of a long rally.
This time there was no way back. Roddick smashed an overhead for 6-4 and two set points of his own before thumping his 10th ace to wrap it up 9-7 in 48 minutes.
Suddenly, Roddick chose to serve-and-volley in the next game and the rash tactic played straight into Grosjean's hands.
The Frenchman broke him to love with a forehand pass bent round the American's lunge.
Grosjean handed the break straight back, though, and Roddick took a grip of the match once more.
Keeping Grosjean on the back foot, he earned a first match point when the Frenchman fired a backhand long and closed out the match when he whipped another wide.