STRASBOURG, France, May 22 UPI) -- Unseeded, 23-year-old Jennifer Capriati tuned up for the French Open Saturday by beating second seed Elena Likhovtseva of Russia, 6-1, 6-3, to win the claycourt Strasbourg International. The victory and its $27,500 first prize was a boost in her derailed career since it was her first singles title since winning in Sydney, Australia in 1993. It was her first final since losing at Sydney in 1997. In 1990, Capriati became the youngest player ever to be ranked in the top 10 at the age of 14 years, 235 days, and enjoyed plenty of highlights thereafter, including a victory in the 1992 Olympics. She made it as high as sixth, but a series of problems off the court, including drug and legal troubles, helped fizzle her once promising career. Playing in her sixth tournament of 1999, Capriati will move up from her ranking of 113th in the world, likely into the top 100. ``I think the depth of women's tennis is better now than before,'' said Capriati, who broke in when Steffi Graf was dominating the women's circuit. ``All the players are stronger now and I'm stronger physically. I think I'm a better player now than when I was in the top 10 because my maturity level has grown and I'm smarter on the court in some ways, but I still wish that I was younger.'' Earlier this week, she took out Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, sixth-seeded Cara Black of Zimbabwe, top-seeded Nathalie Tauziat of France and Czech Denisa Chladkova. On Thursday, she lost only one game to Tauziat, completing her rain-delayed match with Black earlier in the day. It was Capriati's seventh career title, including the Olympic gold medal. In the French Open, Capriati will face Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round. Likhovtseva was in the final here for the first time in three appearances, bettering her semifinal effort in 1998. It was her first final since winning the Gold Coast Women's Classic in Australia in 1997, her second career victory and first since 1993. Unseeded at the French Open, Likhovtseva will meet Slovakian Katarina Studenikova in the opening round. Defending champion Irina Spirlea of Romania and 1998 finalist Julie Halard-Decugis of France did not compete this week. Halard-Decugis lost to Martina Hingis in the final of the German Open on Sunday.  