Roger Federer celebrated a first title in his home town on Sunday after comfortably beating defending champion Fernando Gonzalez in the final of the Swiss Indoors tournament.

The runaway world number one wrapped up a 6-3 6-2 7-6 win to complete an unlikely journey from Basel ball boy to tournament champion.

"It's one of the most beautiful moments of my career and also one of the most important to me after Wimbledon," an emotional Federer told the crowd after clinching his fourth successive title and his 11th of the year.

"It's just insane.

"Although I always wanted to be a professional tennis player, I never dreamed as a ball boy that I would one day be the champion here."

"It's also my one thousandth day as world number one, so it's a very fitting day for this to happen."

Gonzalez has now lost all nine of his matches against Federer, including last week's 7-5 6-1 6-0 crushing in the Madrid Masters Series final, and there was never much danger of him denying the Swiss on Sunday.

Federer took control of the first set when he broke Gonzalez with a backhand down the line in game six and then tore through the second set after taking a 4-0 lead with two further breaks.

To his credit Gonzalez showed more resistance than he did in Madrid as the match went into what proved to be the final set.

The world number seven even managed two break points on Federer's serve when 2-1 up but the nine-times grand slam champion saved both, first with a forehand winner and then with a service winner.

As the forehand winner left him hopelessly stranded, Gonzalez playfully slung his racket across the court.

There was little else for the Chilean to smile about as Federer continued to confound him, producing six break point chances of his own which Gonzalez did well to defend.

Though unable to kill the match off at those points, Federer stepped up a gear in the subsequent tiebreak, earning a mini-break with a fierce return on the opening point before going on to win it 7-3.

"It's always tough to play Roger, especially in front of his home crowd," Gonzalez said after leaving the court.

"He's playing unbelievably, which is really good for the game - even if it's not so good for the rest of us."

After keeping the tears at bay as he finally got his hands on the Basel trophy, Federer fittingly reserved his final thanks for the tournament's ball boys and girls.

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