Class told the tale in the end, as No. 1 seed Phillip King took both men's singles and doubles titles at the HK$200,000 SCAA Open Tennis Championships 2011 over the weekend.

Remarkably, all four singles winners also managed to bag the doubles title in the same category of competition, with Ki Yan Tung claiming both ladies' singles and doubles.

In the Chairman's Cup events, Andy Lau took home both men's singles and doubles, while Nikita Tang likewise captured both ladies' singles and doubles as well.

At King's Park on Sunday, play began with the Chairman's Cup men's singles final between a pair of teenagers currently training under the HKTA's National Programme. Andy Lau (ITF 431) needed three sets before finally shaking off the spirited resistance of 13-year-old Lawrence Lo with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory to add to the doubles he had won earlier in collaboration with Dilip Mohanty.

Earlier in June, Lawrence Lo earned the right to compete in the 2011 Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament at Roland Garros after overcoming one-set deficits in both the semis and the final to win the Hong Kong Road to the French Open qualifying tournament.

The men's singles final at 3pm pitted Americans Carter Morris up against No. 1 seed Phillip King.

Morris, who possesses a very potent first serve, held at love to begin proceedings. The top seed then responded with a love hold himself to even things at 1-1.

After throwing down his first double fault, Carter was broken to love before King consolidated for a quick-fire 3-1 lead without having lost a point on his serve yet.

Morris then threw down a pair of double faults to trail 0-40. Although he managed to save the first two break points with well-struck forehands, such shots did not materialize on a consistent enough basis to seriously threaten his opponent's stranglehold. His low first serve percentages also compounded the mounting difficulty to make less taxing holds.

King eventually came good on his third break chance, as Carter yielded his serve again to fall behind, 4-1. The number one seed did not hesitate in consolidating for a second time to jump out to a healthy 5-1 lead.

After Carter finally held to make it 5-2, the top seed went walkabout and his sudden lackadaisical display saw him concede his first service break tamely to love. To his credit, King regained his equanimity at once in the ensuing game and broke Carter for the third time in this opening set to take it, 6-3.

The second set turned out to be a mirror image of the first.

After both players held to bring the score to 1-1, King went on the offensive again, breaking his opponent twice in succession with some pinpoint crosscourt backhands deep into Carter's corner to take a commanding 5-1 lead.

The No. 1 seed's consistent baseline game remained a constant problem for his adversary and at times, it seemed Carter was hitting against a brick wall with balls just coming back over the net with disheartening frequency.

Again, just like the opening set, King did not face a break point until he was broken to love after establishing a 5-1 advantage. Following a solid hold for 5-3, Carter did well to save two match points to force deuce after King had initially gone in front 40-15.

However, it proved to be a mere slight delay of the inevitable, as the former ATP No. 286 tightened his grip when it mattered most to collect the next two points to secure the set and the match, 6-3, 6-3.

In the men's doubles final, top-seeded Phillip King and Jonathan Chu took on defending champions and No. 2 seeds Coenie Van Wyk and Jason Lijewski.

The entertaining contest was highlighted by some very lively exchanges, wild double faults, and one or two spectacular miscues. Yet towards the business end of either sets, it was the No. 1-seeded Americans who took control with crucial breaks to ensure victory.

In the opening set, for instance, King uncharacteristically began with a pair of double faults and had to save a break point right at the start before holding for 1-0. That, incidentally, turned out to be the lone game that went to deuce in the entire opening set.

Van Wyk then held his serve authoritatively for 1-1 which, curiously, also happened to be the only service game he managed to hold in the entire match.

From 2-2, King and Chu conjured successive breaks, aided in part by a pair of double faults from Van Wyk and then three more from Lijewski in the tenth game, and went on a four-game run to seize the set, 6-2.

In the second set, King again started off facing break points after double faulting but recovered in time to win four straight points from 15-40 down to hold for 1-0.

Following a love hold by Lijewski, Chu belted consecutive double faults from 0-30 down to lose serve. Although Van Wyk did extremely well to fight off three break points in a row, he was eventually broken in the following game, as the top-seeded duo managed to regain an immediate 2-2 impasse.

After King and Lijewski held their next service game to take matters to 3-3, the American duo pounced on Van Wyk's serve once again to register the winning break, as they ended up sweeping the final three games on the trot for a 6-2, 6-3 victory.

There was some lingering drama in the last service game though, as King first double faulted on match point, was made to save a break point, then wasted another match point, before finally holding on to take the title.

Twelve months ago, Jonathan Chu and Jack Hui were up a set against Van Wyk and Lijewski before the South African-Australian combo came back strong to take the match, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.

Elsewhere in the ladies' singles final that was played on Thursday evening, 2nd-seeded Ki Yan Tung needed in excess of three hours to finally overcome 14-year-old qualifier Claire Spackman, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, to capture the SCAA Open title for the first time.

She then joined forces with Hong Kong Junior Fed Cup player, Eudice Chong, to beat Suki Law and Christy Chan, 7-6(2), 6-2, to lift the ladies' doubles title.

As reported earlier, the mixed doubles crown went to No. 3-seeded Kevin Wong and Jessica Yang after they came from a set down to beat Andrew Lee and Carmen Lai in the final, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

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Results
SCAA Open 2011
King's Park, Kowloon
Oct 17-23, 2011

MEN'S SINGLES FINAL
(1)Phillip King (USA) d. Carter Morris (USA) 6-3 6-3


LADIES' SINGLES FINAL
(2)Ki Yan Tung d. (q)Claire Spackman 6-4 2-6 6-4

MEN'S DOUBLES FINAL
(1)Phillip King/Jonathan Chu d. (2)Coenie Van Wyk/Jason Lijewski 6-2 6-3


LADIES' DOUBLES FINAL
(2)Ki Yan Tung/Eudice Chong d. Suki Law/Christy Chan 7-6(6) 6-2


MIXED DOUBLES FINAL
(3)Kevin Wong/Jessica Yang d. Andrew Lee/Carmen Lai 3-6 6-3 6-4


CHAIRMAN'S CUP MEN'S SINGLES FINAL
Andy Lau d. Lawrence Lo 6-3 4-6 6-3


CHAIRMAN'S CUP MEN'S DOUBLES FINAL
Andy Lau/Dilip Mohanty d. Zhao Xinsong/Liu Yang 7-5 3-6 [10-8]


CHAIRMAN'S CUP LADIES' SINGLES FINAL
(5)Nikita Tang d. (14)Janet Law 6-2 6-1


CHAIRMAN'S CUP LADIES' DOUBLES FINAL
(5)Nikita Tang/Man Kwan Wun d. (4)Jamie Wong/Suki Law 0-6 6-1 [14-12]