This was the first Futures title on Indian soil for the third seeded Pakistani.
The Pakistani won his third singles title in a row defeating top seed Harsh Mankad in straight sets.
Indian tennis stars have so far enjoyed mixed fortune at the ongoing US Open in New York.
At 30, when most players are in the twilight of their careers and contemplating retirement from a sport that is physically demanding, the Indian seems to be enjoying his best phase.
Pakistan tennis ace Aisam Qureshi and James Cerritani of the United States stormed into the quarter-finals of the Basel Open on Tuesday after a straight sets victory overt world No 1 Roger Federer and his Swiss compatriot Marco Chiudinelli.
Rohan Bopanna squandered three match points and lost to Nicolas Devilder in the Mumbai Open first round.
Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi went down fighting in straight sets to third seeded Russian pair of Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the semi-final of the LTAT-SAT Bangkok Open ATP Challenger in Bangkok on Saturday.
The Pakistani tennis ace had to miss out on the Chennai Open singles qualifying and did not have a doubles partner to choose from.
Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy survived a scare from Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi to advance into the second round of the US $576,000 Bangkok Open on Thursday. Paes-Dlouhy beat the unseeded Indo-Pak combine 7-6, 4-6, 10-7 in an hour and 40 minutes. They will take on Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic and Simone Bolelli of Italy, who overcame the Australian pair of Jordan Kerr and Todd Perry 6-3, 6-3.
The Indo-Pak pair entered their sixth straight semi-final when they beat Sander Groen and Florian Mayer at the Malaysia ATP Challenger.
The Indo-Belgian pair beat Thomas Johansson and Todd Perry 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-8 in the first round in Stockholm.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi rallied from a set down to topple fourth seeded Russian duo of Dmitry Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn in the first round in Indianapolis.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi went down 6-4, 7-6(1) to unseeded American duo of Mardy Fish and John Isner in the doubles final.
The Indo-Pakistan duo will take on third seeds Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Robert Lindstedt in the championship round.
The Indo-Pak pair put in a clinical performance to eliminate the Indian wildcard pair of Stephen Amritraj and Somdev Dev Varman 6-3, 6-2 at the Mumbai Open on Monday.
The winner of the quarter-final between Bhupathi-Mario Ancic and Paes-Aisam Qureshi, who were slated to meet Gremelmayr and compatriot Simon Greul, will receive a walkover into the final.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi will make their French Open debut against top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan.
The Indo-Pak pair beat Michel Kratochvil and Gilles Muller 7-6 (8), 6-3 to win the Segovia Challenger.
Top seed Qureshi was leading 4-3 in the first set when the sixth seeded Indian withdrew because of a stomach ailment.
Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi bowed out of the US $50,000 ATP Challenger Series in New Delhi after losing 2-6, 3-6 in the first round to the unseeded combination of Prakash Amritraj and Rajeev Ram at the DLTA.
They will take on Thai twins Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana in the doubles final at the Chennai Open.
Aisam Qureshi beat Korea's An Jae Sung in the final to capture his first ATP Challenger title.
Top seeds Wesley Moodie and Rik de Voest of South Africa beat second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final of the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in New Delhi on Friday.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi edged out second seeds Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana in the match tie-break to enter the final of the Malaysia Open.
The Indo-Pak pair went down to third seeds Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Sweden's Robert Lindstedt in the doubles final at the Kingfisher Airlines Mumbai Open.
The Indo-Pak duo beat Alberto Francis and Phillip King 6-3, 2-6, 10-5 in the final.
The Indo-Pak pair continued their winning run to enter the final eight of the Challenger in Spain.
Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi was also beaten in the quarter-finals, an the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The Indian Davis Cupper lost 2-6, 4-6 to Janko Tipsarevic in the final of the Bukhara Challenger.
The 27-year-old beat fourth seed Frank Dancevic of Canada to qualify for the grass court Grand Slam.
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