I\'m sure this is a basic problem but I\'ve hit my head against the wall too many times now, so hopefully someone will take pity on me!
I have the following example
results[0].geometry.location is already a latLng object so you can just say:
results[0].geometry.location
center: results[0].geometry.location
Find the working fiddle here : http://jsfiddle.net/87z9K/