TENNIS / INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS : Seles Eases Past Wiesner for Title, 6-1, 6-2

Monica Seles made it look easy, and maybe it was.

The 16-year-old Yugoslav, capitalizing on upsets to the other favorites, won her second tournament title Saturday by beating Judith Wiesner of West Germany, 6-1, 6-2, in the final of the International Players Championships.

Seles, seeded third and ranked fifth in the world, breezed through the 96-player field without dropping a set in her six matches. Because of upsets, the highest-seeded player she had to face was No. 9 Nathalie Tauziat of France.

“It helped a little bit, and it didn’t help a little bit,” Seles said. “I was always feeling pressure that it wouldn’t be that great for the tournament if all the seeds were being upset.”

Second-seeded Zina Garrison lost her first match, 13-year-old Jennifer Capriati fell in the fourth round and top-seeded Gabriela Sabatini lost in the quarterfinals.

“I was sure Gabriela was going to get to the finals,” said Seles, who earned $112,500. “But these players ranked in the 20s and 30s can be dangerous.”

In the men’s draw, No. 3 seeded Stefan Edberg will meet No. 5 Andre Agassi in today’s final.

Edberg beat Agassi in four sets on March 12 in the final of the Champions Cup at Indian Wells.

Seles, whose other tournament win came at the Virginia Slims of Houston last April, had won only two of five matches this year when she arrived at Key Biscayne.

“I can’t say I was full of confidence,” she said. “I didn’t think I was going to win it. I was happy just to get to the quarterfinals.”

Wiesner, seeded 15th and ranked 28th, beat players seeded fourth, fifth and seventh on the way to her first berth in the final of a major tournament. But the 24-year-old Austrian had only one break point against Seles and lost it.

“I really had problems with her game,” Wiesner said. “It’s different from anybody else. She hits the ball so hard and so early, you really don’t have time to recover.

“I played pretty good before this match. I hope I can keep up this level of play.”

Seles won two quick service breaks for a 3-0 lead and finished the first set in 28 minutes.

Wiesner was serving at 2-2, 30-0 in the second set. But she lost four consecutive points, the last two on unforced errors, and never got back into the match.