Rezai, the tournament No. 10 seed, was declared the winner when top-seeded Marion Bartoli retired with a leg injury. Rezai won the first set 7-5 and Bartoli was unable to come out for a second set.
Bartoli led 5-3 but needed to have her left thigh taped and then lost the set when she had a double fault on set point.
"I'm very sorry for Marion that this happened," Rezai said. "I'd prefer to win in a different way, but it's tennis, a lot of different things happen."
It was the second WTA title for Rezai, whose win in May at Strasbourg, France, earned her a berth in the season-ending Tournament of Champions.
Rezai lost her first set in the tournament but was untouched from there, which allowed her to get a bonus for being undefeated.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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