Unseeded Australian Alicia Molik completed an impressive run to win her first Tier I title on Sunday at the expense of Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova.

Molik defeated fourth-seeded Sharapova of Russia, 4-6 6-2 6-3, to win the Swisscom Challenge on Sunday.

Making Sharapova her fourth consecutive seeded victim, Molik won her second title of the season.

The 23-year-old won a Tier IV event in Stockholm in early August.

Molik also knocked off sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva, No. 8 Elena Petrova and 10th-seeded local favorite Patty Schnyder en route to her third career title.

The 17-year-old Sharapova, who had dropped just two sets in winning her previous 12 matches, was in search of her third consecutive title.

The reigning Wimbledon champion had won a Tier III tournament in Japan two weeks ago and a Tier IV event in Korea the previous week.