He is also the third Spaniard running to win the event after Jimenez (2003) and Garcia (2004).
American Tyler Clary surged from third place to win the event in an Olympic-record time of 1:53.41.
Reigning four-wheeled Dakar champion Stephane Peterhansel is the favourite to win the event.
But with Ireland at home they have an excellent chance to win the event and then qualify for the West Indies.
Lebedeva jumped 14.89m to win her event from Jamaica's Trecia Smith (14.65m), while Yamile Aldama, of Sudan, was third with a jump of 14.27m.
Golf being the fickle game it is, however, someone from the field is always more likely to win an event than even the heaviest favorite.
The 14-year-old Londoner came through 6-3 3-6 6-1 to match Annabel Croft's achievement of 24 years ago and win an event open to players aged up to 18.
Together with Mario Ancic, Goran Ivanisevic and Ivo Karlovic, Ljubicic was part of Croatia's victorious 2005 Davis Cup team, becoming the only unseeded country to win the event.
Having also won the Rogers Cup title in 2007, Djokovic became only the third Open era player to win the event at least three times, following in the footsteps of Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi.
Weir held off Canada's Josh Cassidy, who pipped him to the line in April's London Marathon, to win the event for the fourth time in 44:49 while Woods chalked up her third triumph in 52:59.
Hackett also won the 1500 gold in Sydney and joins American Mike Burton (1968, 1972), Russia's Vladimir Salnikov (1980, 1988) and fellow Australian Kieren Perkins (1992, 1996) as the only men to win the event twice.
The South African has won the event three years in a row, and could become only the fifth player to win the same event four years running.
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While still a teenager, he saw Nelson, Sam Snead and Hogan each win the PGA Tour event in Dallas, and Hogan win the first Colonial Invitational, in 1946.
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In an interesting twist last year, Jim Furyk was disqualified from the Barclays (the first event) after missing the pro-am event, but went on to win the TOUR Championship event and the FedEx Cup anyway.
Loeb, bidding for a record fifth win in the event was ahead of Finn Mikko Hirvonen.
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Both will face competition from Olympic gold medallist Constantina Dita who will arrive in London for the eighth time seeking her first win in the event.
Sorenstam, 35, who is chasing a fifth win in this event, carded five birdies on the front nine and three more coming in as she played almost perfect golf from tee to green.
Seeking his fourth win at the event, the 59-year-old birdied the first, fourth and fifth holes but missed an eight-foot putt at 13 which brought back memories of his painful miss at the 72nd hole at Turnberry.
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"A lot of things happened in the last seven months, (so) to be back here and to have this very heavy trophy with me is amazing, " the 26-year-old told the ATP Tour's official website after his third win at the event.
In October 2010, six months after returning to golf with such poor form that he failed to win a single event in a season for the first time since turning professional, Woods lost his world best crown to Englishman Lee Westwood -- ending a record run of 281 consecutive weeks at the top (which started in June 2005).
Success on Sunday would make him the first player to win the same PGA event on eight occasions.
In the Barcelona Open, Italy's seventh seed Sara Errani shocked third seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2 6-2 to win the clay court event.
The Dutch, bronze medallists at Sydney, and the fast-improving Chinese were the only teams in the 10-nation event to win all their preliminary matches.
Alistair's triumph was soon followed by another as Laura Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin helped Britain win the team dressage event in Greenwich Park.
Feng, who became the first Chinese player to win an LPGA Tour event and a major when she captured the LPGA Championship last year, gave credit to Webb.
It's not the first time Fowler has beaten McIlroy -- he did so by six shots in his only other professional win in a Korean event last year.
Jaidee, the first Thai player to win a European Tour event, carded six birdies and an eagle, with last week's winner Niclas Fasth one of five at five under.
She reached the Wimbledon semi-finals that year but has yet to win a regular tour event, and the photogenic Russian's off-court sponsorship deals dwarf the figure she has earned playing tennis.
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