Jelena Jankovic celebrated her imminent return to the top of the world rankings with an easy 6-4 6-3 victory over Nadia Petrova in the Stuttgart Grand Prix final on Sunday.

"I am really excited about winning here, it's my second win in two weeks and my confidence is high," said Jelena.

"I played some good tennis this week and I am proud of myself."


JJ must now choose between the prize of a brand-new Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Cabrio or 98,500 dollars of prize money.

She joked: "I already have a Turbo, so why not the Carrera as well?"


The 26-year Petrova was seeking her second title of the year.

"I went for every single point and tried everything," Petrova said courtside. "I just made too many unforced errors and the key to playing Jelena is to be consistent."

"I'd like to congratulate Jelena, she is having an amazing run at the moment and this is another win for her."



In her first 18 events of the year Jankovic fell before the quarterfinals just once, suffering a fourth round loss to Tamarine Tanasugarn at Wimbledon. Her two titles came on the clay courts of Rome in May and on the hardcourts of Beijing just last week. In Stuttgart she won her third title of the year and, for the first time in her career, won titles in back-to-back weeks. She is now 8-10 in finals.


(source Reuters, photo/AP Photo/Matthias Schrader )

Jelena Jankovic defeats Petrova for second straight title