US Open runners-up Alexander Zverev clinched the Cologne ATP title Sunday beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3.
The German world No 7 claimed his third ATP Tour win on home soil as third seed Auger-Aliassime lost his sixth successive final.
Auger-Aliassime, 20, overcame second seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the semi-final but failed to repeat his performance against Zverev.
His run of losses stretches back to his maiden ATP final in February 2019 at the Rio Open.
Zverev will also be top seed for next week's Cologne Championships tournament where he is joined in the draw by French Open semi-finalist Diego Schwartzman and Auger-Aliassime who will be fifth seed.
