Mark Knowles said: "I'm not sure what I can do with that much money.'' Jared Palmer is going to buy a car.

In the true holiday spirit -- Pernfors, winner of the singles crown, and doubles champions Knowles and Palmer -- were handed gift-wrapped victories on the final day of the inaugural XL Tennis Classic at Coral Beach and Tennis Club.

Pernfors again ran a masterful show in defeating Ctislav Dosedel 6-4, 6-3 in last night's final and also halted Gerard Solves of France 6-4, 6-3 during a semifinal match earlier in the day.

Knowles and Palmer will share the $6,200 winners' cheque after their victory over Nicolas Pereira and Maurice Ruah 6-1, 6-3 in the doubles final.

Talk about a climatic two days.

Dosedel prospered over Franco Davin 6-4, 6-0 during Saturday's semifinal, the only match played on a day when the tournament was stung by high winds and heavy rain.

The other singles semifinal between Solves and Pernfors began with Pernfors taking a 1-0 lead in the first set before the match was halted because of a downpour.

An hour later the match was resumed, but organisers scrubbed further play with the game tied 30-30 when the heavy rain returned.

The weather put a wet blanket on the final weekend of the tournament and yesterday's singles final was interrupted twice because of inclement weather.

Earlier, organisers feared the finals would not get under way at all when the tarp was taken off Centre Court shortly before 10 a.m. "This looks something like cream of wheat,'' said ATP supervisor Michael Loo.

So in the end, close to 1,500 fans at Coral Beach (and millions more will see it via television coverage later this week on Prime Network here, in the US and Europe) witnessed the champions pick their opponents apart in, well, international waters.

Pernfors, ranked 32nd in the world and winner over Paul Annacone, Robbie Weiss, Xavier Daufresne and Solves en route to yesterday's final, takes home a grand total of $32,530 ($14,400 for the final) for getting to -- and winning -- the final round. He was also presented with a stunning hand-cut crystal trophy, worth roughly $3,000 and weighing more than 20 pounds.

Pernfors also received a magnum of French champagne, Veuve Clicquot, no less, to toast his victory in the first-ever Bermuda tournament.

"Experience? Yeah, I think today might have something to do with it,'' said the Swede, who confided earlier in the day that he was suffering from the flu.

"But also I don't mind playing in this kind of weather.'' Dosedel, ranked 84th in the world and winner in the tournament over Bryan Shelton, Brian Devening, Lars Jonnson and Davin, began the first set with three straight wins and even led 4-1 before his game collapsed.

At that point, the match turned irreversably in Pernfors' favour and Dosedel became virtually invisible.

Down 4-1, Pernfors rattled off five straight victories to claim the first set and began the second set with two more wins.

"There was a little too much wind today and I got a little bit unlucky on a few shots,'' said the shy and mild-mannered Czech, who was cheered on in the match by his girlfriend Jane Vrbickova. "When I was leading 4-1 I came to the net and had an easy forehand volley, which I missed on. After that he (Pernfors) just took control.'' Dosedel had his moments in the second set, spreading his pterodactyl-like arms and swatting some of Pernfors' serves, but by then it was moot. Pernfors had his way again, something that happened often during the week-long tournament.

"I had to make some changes to my game,'' said Pernfors. "I tried to take some pace off my forehand so that the ball wouldn't move around in the air, which it did a lot because of the wind. That made him (Dosedel) somewhat uncomfortable and he wasn't serving too well either.'' Later he added: "Everything's been perfect. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to coming back next year.'' Pernfors put a major dent in Solves' magical run yesterday morning and during the first set the Frenchman managed to get within reach for a few fleeting moments.

But, as was the case so often in the tournament, Pernfors' booster shot was his serve, which must be what it used to be like watching Michael Jordan swish three-pointers.

"I'm very happy about the tournament, but this match was tough with the conditions, the wind was very difficult,'' said Solves, who produced a number of crowd-pleasing moments himself during the tournament. "But I'm very happy.

I played a good week. I lost to a good player, so that's not a problem for me.'' Knowles, from the Bahamas, and Palmer, an American, had an easy time over Venezuelans Pereira and Ruah, ousting them in just 50 minutes by winning six straight games to take the first set and four of the last five games to grab the last set. Pereira and Ruah had earlier defeated Tobias Svantesson and T.J.

Middleton 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinal.

"I guess everything went our way,'' said Palmer, who lost to Patrick McEnroe in singles play earlier in the week.

"I think the key to our match was that we got off to a good start and in these types of conditions whoever gets up on top is pretty much going to lead the way.'' Ranked 47th (Palmer) and 72nd (Knowles) the doubles team marched to the final with victories over Daniel Orsanic and Grant Stafford, Niclas Kroon and Pernfors and Greg Van Emburgh and John Yancey. In addition to their cheque yesterday they also received an additional $7,040 for reaching the final.

"We had some good shots and the wind seemed to affect us less than it did them, '' added Knowles. "Jared and I were both returning really well and we were serving smart.'' POWERFUL PERNFORS -- Mikael Pernfors continued his impressive assault on the first-ever XL Tennis Classic when he won the singles championship over Ctislav Dosedel.