The exuberant 29-year-old stood in the middle of the court, arms raised up in the air for an extended period of time, saluting the crowd after a 7-6 6-1 win over South Australian Alex Bolt.

Safwat admits Launceston will now hold a place in his heart after toiling away for years with a ranking that has never broached the top 150.

"It means a lot to win - I've been working hard," he said.

"I've had a few finals before, I've had a couple of good runs in the tournament, but I have never had [won] a title.

"I have always been chasing that and I think that will give me a lot of a confidence boost for the rest of the year."

Safwat, who was returning to Launceston for his fourth successive year, captured the men's singles after three past final losses around the world.

So desperate was he for the groundbreaking win, Safwat admitted in his acceptance speech to counting down the final points to victory.

The straight sets win was made more remarkable after second-seed Bolt had not dropped a set all tournament over the past week.

The left-hander, who had just extended 2020 Australian Open finalist Dominic Thiem to five sets in the second round, had entered the final with two titles but left with a sixth finals defeat since 2015.

Bolt was aiming to be the first Australian to take out Launceston since Blake Mott in 2016 and his blistering serves and pressing strokeplay firmed him for the title.

The 27-year-old was later left to rue holding two early break points in the second and sixth game before Safwat steadied on long rallies from deuce to hold serve.

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The pair continually traded games to 5-5 until the pendulum swung Bolt's way.

Safwat on multiple occasions was one point from going a crucial game up, but Bolt's ability to win the big point placed him just a game from taking out the first set.

But the 27-year-old from Murray Bridge lost all that momentum and dropped the next game to force a tiebreak.

Bolt went 4-2 up after winning two points on Safwat's serve, but then inexplicably lost five of the next six points that included a costly double fault late to lose 7-5 and hand over the first set.

That just seemed to deflate Bolt from the contest.

He dropped his next two service games and all of a sudden trailed Safwat 5-0 in the next set, much to moans from a patriotic crowd.

The way the match had quickly unraveled also drew the level-headed Australian to repeatedly mutter out the words "nothing" after poor back-to-back serves all the while looking to the stands helplessly and throwing his hands up in the air.

Bolt at least won the sixth game on serve, but could not stop Safwat's course towards a well-deserved title.

The world No.157, who will represent his country in Latvia this month, felt he had the mental edge in the end.

"I think that first set was a bit close and I think Alex was thinking about it too much because he was up in the tiebreak, he served a double fault, which was an unnecessary mistake," Safwat said.

"I was just trying to make him play every point in the second set and I think that was the main difference."

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