Top seed Andy Roddick proved too strong for friend and fellow countryman Mardy Fish on Sunday, earning a straight-sets victory in San Jose for his first title since last year's US Open.

Roddick lost his serve just once in 50 games on the way to his 12th career title, eventually seeing off Fish 7-6 6-4, with 13 of his 16 aces during the match coming in the first set.

Roddick was awesome all week, leading the event with 79 aces, 89% of first serve points won as well as his 98% service game statistic.

"I don't know what the numbers were today as far as first serve percentage, but it had to be close to up to 70% during the week," said Roddick.

"I felt like I was hitting my spots pretty well so this was definitely one of my better weeks in serving.

"It was pretty intense there in the first set and even throughout the second.

"I just think we know what each other is going to do out there. I think that was evident a couple of times. I found myself going against what I normally do instinctively, because he knows what I'm going to do."

Fish, who beat Andre Agassi in the semi-finals, lived with Roddick and his family back in 1999 and admitted that the match could have gone either way.

"It was exciting, we had one of those tie-breaks where anything could happen," he said. "I think it was pretty good quality and there weren't too many errors.

"This kind of gets my feet wet in the season. It's pretty early. It's my third tournament of the year and to already get to a final feels pretty good.

"It's gives me confidence knowing I can beat someone like Agassi."

In the doubles final, unseeded James Blake partnered Fish to a 6-2 7-5 victory against fourth seeds Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie.

It was Blake's third career ATP doubles titles and Fish's second.