Karolina Pliskova cemented her status as one of the big favourites for Wimbledon by winning the Aegon International title in Eastbourne.
The Czech world number three defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-4 to go one better than last year, when she was beaten in the final by Dominika Cibulkova.
Pliskova has been one of the stand-out players of the last 12 months, reaching her first grand slam final at the US Open.
The big-hitting 25-year-old was also a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open and a semi-finalist at the French Open and is now looking to reach the latter stages at Wimbledon for the first time having never been past the second round.
Referencing her near miss last year, Pliskova said on BBC1: "Definitely this feels better. I was hoping I could go one step further and lift the trophy and that's what I did.
"I feel quite okay on grass. I'm still waiting for some good results at Wimbledon but I reached the final here as well last year.
"I know it's going to be tough to do well in Wimbledon, a lot of matches this week, but I'm going to try."
Pliskova will hope to follow in the footsteps of the last Czech winner of the Eastbourne title, Jana Novotna, who went on to lift the Wimbledon trophy in 1998.
Wozniacki has also had a very good season but this was her fourth final and her fourth loss. "Fifth time's the charm," she said with a rueful smile.
