PORTLAND — Second seeded Mike Hill of Topsham, a three-time Maine interscholastic champion, upset top-rated Ben Cox, 6-1, 6-1, to capture the Men’s Open singles title at the 40th annual Maine Tennis Association Championships, held this past weekend at the Waynflete Sports Complex.

Hill, the No. 1 singles player at Brown University, used a booming first serve and powerful groundstrokes to control the match.

Cox, a former University of Michigan star and current teaching professional, had downed Hill in their only previous meeting.

Hill earned his place in the finals by beating third-seeded Brian Mavor, 6-0, 6-1, while Cox topped No. 4 Tyler Adams, 6-1, 6-2, in the other semifinal.

Karolina Pierko of Saco took home two trophies in the tournament, winning the open women’s singles and teaming with Elisa Whittier of Auburn to capture the women’s open doubles title.

Aaron Bergeron of Gorham and Hugo Robinson of Portland won the men’s open doubles over Josh Pendergast and Marius King of Bangor, 6-4, 7- 6 (5).

For complete tournament results, turn to B3.