VIENNA, Austria -- Defending champion Jurgen Melzer rallied to beat fellow Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-7 (10), 7-6 (4), 6-4 and win his third career title at the Bank Austria Trophy.
Daniel Nestor of Toronto and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 7-5, 3-6, 10-5 in the doubles final.
The 12th-ranked Melzer, who is now 3-10 in career finals, narrowly escaped defeat when Haider-Maurer served for the match at 5-4 in the second set.
However, the 157th-ranked Haider-Maurer, who had never advanced to the quarter-finals and is the lowest-ranked player to reach an ATP final this season, double-faulted twice and hit two unforced errors to let Melzer back into the match.
"It was very, very close," Melzer said. "I just hoped that Andy would start thinking about winning and would get nervous and that's exactly what happened."
Melzer is the first player to successfully defend the title in Vienna since Ivan Ljubicic in 2005-06.
"It's the crown on my great season," said Melzer, who is the only player ranked in the top-15 in both singles and doubles.
In 2010, Melzer reached the semifinals at the French Open, won the Wimbledon doubles title and beat top-ranked Rafael Nadal for the first time earlier this month.
Haider-Maurer said Melzer deserved to win the final.
"He's among the best players in the world and played fantastic in the third set," said Haider-Maurer, who had pulled out of qualification with a thigh injury before entering the main draw as a replacement for Ernests Gulbis.
As a result of reaching the final, he will enter the top 120 when rankings are updated Monday.
"It's all still a dream to me," the 23-year-old Austrian said. "Obviously my next goal is getting in the top 100. When I keep playing on this level, it should be just a matter of time."
Melzer conceded just two points on serve going into the tiebreaker but still lost the opening set when his forehand was called long despite hawk-eye technology showing the ball hit the baseline.
Melzer was visibly irritated when he dropped serve to love at the start of the second set. He saved another break point at 2-4 down.
Melzer finally started to dominate the match when he broke Haider-Maurer at 4-5 and never looked back. He closed out the win with a service winner on his first match point.
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