Vera Zvonareva captured the biggest title of her career, downing former world number one Ana Ivanovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 to win the Indian Wells WTA title.

Russia's Zvonareva, the fourth seed, denied fifth-seeded Ivanovic a second straight title in the 4.5 million-dollar tournament, one of the elite premier mandatory events on the women's tour yesterday.