Henin, coming off of a fourth French Open title from the past five years, remains an undefeated 8-0 at Devonshire Park after claiming a contest played in a devilish sea wind on the south coast.

The finely-balanced match which stretched for two hours, 36 minutes was a replay of the 2006 Wimbledon, which Mauresmo won over her Belgian rival.

In the interim, Henin claimed titles from Mauresmo at the year-end championships and Dubai in February, Mauresmo's last match before an emergency appendix operation which left her idle until April.

"It was a close one," said Henin, now with 34 career trophies. "Conditions were very tough for both of us."

Mauresmo heads to Wimbledon starting Monday pleased with a good week on the grass while sorry to have missed out on the title in her first final from four appearances here.