Number six seed Sloane Stephens of the United States defeated Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic in three sets to win the Akron Zapopan Open, her first title in four years.

World ranked 57th Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion and a former world number three, won her seventh career title with a challenging two-hour and 28-minute victory over the 96th-ranked Bouzkova.

“I’m excited to be able to put some matches together,” Stephens said after her win. “I still want to get back to where I was; that’s still really important to me. I think it’s possible; it’s doable, so I’m really excited about that.”

Stephens’ last title was the WTA 1000 crown at Miami in March 2018.  She has appeared in three finals since then, but lost all of them.

The doubles title was won by Kaitlyn Christian of the United States and Lidziya Marozava of Belarus, who defeated the all-Chinese pairing of Wang Xinyu and Zhu Lin 7-5, 6-3.