KITZBUEHEL, Austria -- Alex Corretja upset second seed Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-4 6-1 6-3 in an all-Spanish final at the Austrian Open on Sunday to win his second crown at this Tyrolean Alpine resort.

"I played one of my best tournaments ever. I've beaten three of the world's best players on clay," an elated Corretja said after beating Ferrero, as well as sixth seed Gaston Gaudio and French Open champion Albert Costa in the previous rounds.

With the sun beating down on the clay from a cloudless sky, both players had difficulty holding their serve in the first set and traded seven breaks of serve, Reuters reported.

The eighth-seeded Corretja then turned up the pressure in the second, forcing a rash of errors from Ferrero.

"I was very aggressive and I think the (victory) came because I was moving about a lot more. my service was better and I came to the net more often than he did," Corretja said.

Ferrero, ranked eighth in the ATP Tour champion's race to Corretja's 17th, was unable to tame his opponent's powerful game and had to concede defeat after just under two hours.

The 2000 champion, who has now notched up 17 career titles, had never beaten Ferrero before and the high altitude evidently suits his game. Corretja won his first title of the year just two weeks ago at gstaad in the Swiss Alps.

The 28-year-old from Barcelona said he had been playing some of his best tennis to date at Kitzbuehel in a week which saw him pulverize top seed Costa in the quarterfinals.

"It's great to have won the final without losing a set. I also won gstaad without losing a set. I must be careful to keep my feet on the floor, and not panic whenever I do lose a set in a final," he added.

Kitzbuehel, the last major claycourt tournament of the year, has now been won by a Spaniard six times in the last eight years with the nation fielding at least one finalist in each of those years.