Simona Halep of Romania won the WTA Garanti Koza Tournament of Champions here on Sunday after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Top seed Halep, who suffered from a muscle strain in her left leg, overcame the pain and beat Stosur after one hour and 37 minutes to lift her sixth WTA title of the season.

"It was an incredible week for me," Halep said. "I want to thank the fans, who came to support me and helped me win the title."

The 22-year-old added 375 points to become number 11 in the world ranking, three places up from a week ago, and pocketed 270,000 U.S. dollars of prize money.

On the road to the glory since Tuesday, Halep beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 6-3, 6-3, Alize Cornet of France 6-4, 6-4, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-1, 6-1 and former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

The six highest-ranked players who have won at least one International Series title during the year and did not qualify for the WTA Championships participated in the tournament, plus two wildcards.

The next edition of the Tournament of Champions will be held again in Sofia in 2014. Endi

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