NAOMI Broady has broken into the world's top 100 for the first time after winning an ITF tournament in the United States.

The 25-year-old former Woodhouse Grove School pupil from Stockport, who saved two set points in the first set tie-break, beat American wild card Robin Anderson 6-7 (6-8) 6-0 6-2 in the final of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in Michigan.

On the back of that ninth ITF singles title, Broady jumped from 112th to 96th in the WTA rankings, joining fellow Britons Johanna Konta (28) and Heather Watson (84) in the top 100.

Broady, who also pocketed $15,200 in prize money and served 14 aces, said: "It's seen as such a milestone in tennis to break into the top 100.

"It was one of my goals for the year but it's definitely been hard.

"It takes a lot of points to break into the top 100 and I'm really happy I've done it."

Broady, who now has a 3-1 record against Anderson, added: "Robin's a fantastic player. I've played her a couple times before, so I knew it would be a really difficult match.

"I just tried to stick to my game-plan, and even after I lost the first set, I just kept believing in myself and I managed to keep my composure and come back in the end."

The first set showed Broady, who is 6ft 2in, and 22-year-old 5ft 3in Anderson, from Long Branch, New Jersey, to be evenly matched.

Both broke serve once in the first four games and then held serve all the way to 6-6, although Anderson had to save two break points in the 11th game.

In the tie-breaker, Anderson had set points at 6-4 and 6-5, but Broady fended them both off before Anderson took it 8-6 at her third attempt.

"The first set was really tough," Anderson said. "I thought I was returning well, given the circumstances – that she was hitting so many aces. I was just making her play a lot of balls, and I just stayed in it and ended up pulling out the first set."

Broady credited Anderson for keeping everything in play during the first set.

"She puts every single ball back in the court. She's a really great fighter," said Broady, "but I think movement is the strongest part of her game.

"She's super quick. That match-up is always going to tough for me. I'm trying to be the aggressor and she's running all of my balls down."

Anderson's momentum was short-lived, though, as Broady broke her three times on the way to sweeping the second set, despite having to save five break points.

"She started going for more and hitting more winners," said Anderson, who earned $8,108 as the runner-up. "There was really nothing I could do after that. She played really well.

"She came out firing on all of those break points. She either hit an ace or a winner. There's not much you can do at that point."

Broady broke Anderson in the fourth and eighth games of the final set, and also reached Sunday's doubles final with Shelby Rogers.

However, teenagers Cici Bellis and Ingrid Neel defeated Broady and Rogers to share $5,573 in winnings, Broady and Rogers sharing $2,787.

Broady added of the Michigan event: "The community and how everyone puts on such a fantastic tournament (is what I will remember the most about this week).

"It's one of the favourite tournaments for all the girls on tour each year."

Broady's success was part of a weekend of triumph for Briton, following Beverley's Kyle Edmund's victory over Dan Evans in the first all-British Challenger final for more than a decade.

The 21-year-old Yorkshireman won 6-3 6-2 against Birmingham's Evans at the Dallas Challenger event earlier on Sunday, meaning he will rise to a career-high ranking of 84.

There was also victory for Liam Broady – Naomi's younger brother – at a Futures event in Glasgow.