It was the third consecutive dominating performance by Federer, who won his 53rd career title — including eight this year — and ran his record against Ferrer to 8-0.

"It was a nice victory, especially proving it to myself and the world, that I can do it over and over again," Federer said. "This is the year-end tournament that only the best can make it to. For me to win is a fantastic experience."

Federer collected $1.2 million and a new car for the win, increasing his winnings this season to over $10 million — a record for the ATP Tour.

The Spaniard was no match for Federer's blend of spins, power and volleying skills, managing only 10 winners to 38 unforced errors as he was forced to try to do too much with Federer getting everything back. Federer had 30 winners and 29 unforced errors.

Next up is an exhibition in Malaysia against Pete Sampras, who holds the record of 14 Grand Slam titles that Federer is chasing. The Swiss star will begin pursuit of No. 13 at the Australian Open.

Swiss fans in the chilly but packed 15,000-seat stadium said it all with a banner reading, "Shhh! Quiet! Genius at work."

Federer faced a break point at 2-2, 30-40 in the first set, then ran off 18 of the next 19 points. The streak also started a stretch in which Federer won 30 of 33 service points through the end of the second set.

It seemed that no matter how well Ferrer played, Federer was just better, never giving up on a single shot, finding angles where none seemed to exist and moving even better than usual. Ferrer, constantly trying to pick on Federer's backhand, hit two amazing winners while serving at 3-3 in the second set. Federer still broke him.

While Ferrer was stunned, so was the generally pro-Federer crowd. As they watched in awe, the fans slowly switched allegiances, hoping Ferrer could make a match of it.

No chance.

"I surprise myself at times," Federer said. "I've always had a tendency to all of a sudden go in streaks. Once you get on a roll, it's so hard for the opponent to come back into it. I don't allow them. I can mix it up and change it up. This is my big strength. I hope I can keep that going for many more years to come, obviously."

"I try to do my best. I fight," said Ferrer, who had been undefeated in four matches, beating second-ranked Rafael Nadal, third-ranked Novak Djokovic and No. 5 Andy Roddick along the way. "But Federer, he's playing very, very well. He has no weak point."

Federer, who already clinched the world No. 1 race for the fourth year in a row, lost his first round-robin match, then ran off four in a row, looking sharper each match. He needed only 59 minutes to beat Nadal in the semifinals, a day after allowing Roddick just two games in two sets. All matches were best of three sets until the best-of-five final.

In the doubles final, top-seeded Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada beat Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Julian Knowle of Austria 6-2, 6-3. The world's top-ranked team of twins Bob and Mike Bryan pulled out of the tournament because of Mike's elbow injury, but hope to play when the U.S. faces Russia in the Davis Cup final at the end of the month.