GSTAAD, Switzerland (AFP) — Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas won his first ATP title in nearly a year-and-a-half with a three-set win over Belgian Raphael Collignon at the Swiss Open in Gstaad on Sunday.

The former world No. 3 won through 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3 in the clay-court tournament to lift the 13th trophy of his career and first since Dubai in February 2025.

The 27-year-old has dropped to 85th in the world from his career-high ranking of three in 2021 and reached two Grand Slam finals in the French Open that year and the Australian Open in 2023.

Tsitsipas also won the ATP Masters in London in 2019 and the Monte Carlo Masters three times in 2021, 2022 and 2024.

Collignon, a 24-year-old ranked 42nd in the world, was playing his first ATP final, having saved a match point to defeat Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the semifinals.

"We both really want it," Tsitsipas said after coming through three sets in the semifinals.

"We've come to the end, the two of us, so I feel like no one wants to go out there and not give it their all. It’s one last breath. I want to get out there and take the court by storm.”

In Athens, Barbora Krejcikova spoiled the party as she beat hometown favorite Maria Sakkari 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in the final of the WTA hard-court tournament also on Sunday.

The two-time Grand Slam winner from the Czech Republic needed just shy of an hour and three-quarters to claim her first title of the season.

Krejcikova, 30, battled back from 4-1 down in the opener to force a tie-break, before eventually edging into the lead.

Sakkari again went up a break in the next set before the world number 32 roared back to claim the ninth title of her career, and first since Wimbledon two years ago.

For former world No. 3 and Athens native Sakkari her almost three-year wait for a third trophy goes on.

The 30-year-old was following in her mother's footsteps by playing in the title-decider at the event, which returned to the Greek capital this season after a 35 years hiatus.

Meanwhile, world No. 16 Andrey Rublev dethroned defending champion Luciano Darderi on Sunday in the final of the ATP 250 tournament in Bastad on clay, 6-4, 6-3.

This was his second win in Bastad following his success in 2023 and the 18th title of his career. It was his first in 17 months since his victory on the hard court in Doha in February 2025.

The Russian, who was No. 1 seed, also secured his first title on clay since the Madrid Masters 1000 in April 2024, having previously won the Monte Carlo event in 2023.

Italian Darderi, ranked 18th in the world and seeded No. 2, showed signs of frustration early in the final.

He was broken on his last service game of the first set and his first in the second, never managing to fight his way back.