One couple has ended the year and decade on a high.
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Omar Fields and his girlfriend Monique Barry, both from Beaumaris Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, took out the men's and women's singles events at Warrnambool grasscourt tournament on Tuesday.
Barry defeated Bianca Duff 6-1, 6-3 before Fields beat Mustafa Ibraimi 6-2, 6-4.
Fields said it was a thrill for the pair to take out the top prizes - $550 each.
"It was really good to get the win and obviously I'm just as proud of my girlfriend for taking out the singles," the 22-year-old said.
"She played well the whole tournament, I don't think she dropped a set.
"So it was good to get some success here in Warrnambool."
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It was the first time the couple had taken out the men's and women's events at the same Australian Money Tournament (AMT).
It was an AMT (semi-professional) as well as a Tennis Australia Junior Tour Tournament.
It was Barry's first visit to Warrnambool.
"I actually love it," she said.
"I love the place, I love the courts and everyone is here for a good time," she said.
Fields, the number two seed, said he survived a tricky match-up with third-seed Ibraimi.
"He's got a very big serve so I just had to try and neutralise that and get into the rallies as best as I could," he said.
To top things off, the couple also won the AMT mixed doubles final 6-1 against Ryan Andrew Lee and Nicole Mullen.
Barry and her women's doubles partner Jennifer McDonald went down in a thrilling 2-6, 6-2, 10-8 main draw final.
They were defeated by Kristen Antonopoulos and Eliza Dunbar.
Feilds had better luck in his men's doubles final on Tuesday afternoon.
He teamed up with his singles final opponent Ibraimi and they beat Ethan Gaubert and Ryan Thomas 6-3, 3-6, 10-5.
Fields and Barry are keen to return for the Warrnambool Labour Day tournament in 2020.
Warrnambool's Bailey Timms was defeated by Nicolas Tremblay in an AMT men's singles qualification consolation final.
Warrnambool's Mitchell Lloyd went down in his under 13 boys singles final and Tom Gedye went down in an under 16 boys consolation semi-final.
The tournament, which began on December 27, had 288 players and play was suspended due to extreme weather on Monday from about 11am to 3pm.
There were three new non-points junior events as part of the draw this year - 11 and under, 13 and under and 15 and under singles.
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