Dmitry Tursunov ended a week of top-class tennis at the University of Bath on a triumphant note by beating Andreas Beck to win the AEGON GB Pro-Series. The Russian, a former World top-20 player, thrilled the crowd by producing a running backhand winner down the line on match point to clinch a 6-4, 6-4 victory.

“I’ve really enjoyed my stay in Bath, it’s a beautiful city,” said Tursunov, who is coming back from injury. “In the first set I was a little nervous and didn’t move too well. It was very important for me to play safe and not try to blast the ball everywhere until I could get hold of my nerves.”

The third seed, who had beaten Dan Evans 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals, broke Beck in the ninth game of the first set thanks to some superb returns off the German’s heavy serve.

Tursonov then raced into a 4-0 lead in the second set, only for Beck to win three successive games, but the Russian comfortably saw out his last two service games to secure a sixth career title.

Sixth-seed Beck suffered further disappointment in the men’s doubles final as he and partner Yves Allegro of Switzerland were beaten to the $2,650 prize by Britain’s Jamie Delgado and Jonathan Marray.

Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele won the women’s singles title, the eighth seed beating Marta Domachowska of Poland 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2.

Both players had previously been in the world’s top 100 and the early phases of the match were tense, with Domachowska using her consistent retrieving to great effect. Voegele gradually found her power and range in the second set, though, and played aggressively and accurately to win the decider.

Hopes of British success were ended at the quarter-final stage when Melanie South lost 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Bulgaria’s Elitsa Kostova.

Hungary’s Timea Babos won a fifth successive women’s doubles title, although it was her first with Luxembourg’s Anne Kremer after the new pairing defeated Domachowska and Katarzyna Piter 7-6 (5), 6-2 in Friday’s final.

Babos admitted: “We didn’t really know each other before the start of the week – I only asked Anne if she would play with me five minutes before the sign-in was due to close.”

Tournament director Richard Joyner praised the university during the prize-giving ceremony and TeamBath’s head tennis coach, Barry Scollo, was pleased that his academy players had been able to drink in the atmosphere of a big event.

“It’s been very interesting for me as a coach and a great experience for the players here to see tennis of this calibre,” he said.

“We also need to say a big thank you to the academy players, the TeamBath Tribe players and the University club for providing helpers and volunteers, as well as ball boys and girls.

“The same goes for Ralph Allen, Monkton Combe, All Hallows’, Writhlington and Oakfield St John’s schools for providing a great team of ball boys and girls who have worked long hours throughout the week.”