World No. 1 ranked Justine Henin won the Zurich Open on Sunday, beating French teenager Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the women's event.

It was Henin's ninth WTA title of the season and her 20th consecutive win in 13 tournaments.

"It's been the best season of my career, and to win my ninth title of the year is pretty amazing," the Belgian told reporters after the match.

Henin, who went into the final injured, admitted that she had struggled initially as Golovin put her under pressure.

"I needed a bit of time to come into the match today... but slowly and surely I came back."

Golovin started aggressively and took an early 3-1 lead. But Henin fought back to level the score, and went 5-4 ahead in the first set as the French teenager hit three unforced errors.

Henin then broke ahead in the second set and finally won with an ace on her first of two match points.

The Zurich event is Europe's most important indoor women's tournament with prize money of US$1.3 million.

(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2007)