ATP Stuttgart - Tipsarevic beats Monaco to win Mercedes Cup

Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic has won the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart on Sunday beating Juan Monaco in a hard fought final.

Top seeded Tipsarevic won 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory over second seeded Monaco to win the €64,700 first place cheque and 250 ATP Ranking points.

Tipsarevic also leveled their career head to head at 2-2 with this win.

The Serb led 4-0 in the second set after winning the first but the Argentine rallied to win five straight gamesand then win the second set 7-5.

The match was also interrupted for a while in the third set due to rain.

This is the Serb's 36th win of the year as he looks to have a career best season in 2012.

It was Tipsarevic's third career title on the ATP tour.