Teenage Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 to capture the Open Seat Godo event in Barcelona on Sunday afternoon.

Nadal, who won his fourth tournament of the season and second in a row after success in Monte Carlo last week, improved to an ATP tour-best 25-2 on clay this season and 35-6 overall.

After managing just 30 wins last season, Nadal is expected to enter the top-10 ranked players in the world this week.

After winning in Brazil and Acapulco in mid-February, Nadal narrowly missed a third straight title when he lost to top-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland after winning the first two sets in the final in Miami.

In the first all-Spanish final here since 2001, Nadal breezed through the first set, rallied from two games down in the second and finished off Ferrero in the third.

The left-hander, who dropped just one set last week in the Principality in a tie-breaker, did not lose a set here and beat a fellow Spaniard for the 13th consecutive time.

Ferrero, the 2001 champion who was competing in his first final since February 2004, lost to Nadal 6-2 6-1 in Valencia last month.