1999 WTA German Open – Singles

1999 WTA German Open SUI Martina Hingis FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 6–0, 6–1 56 16 singles doubles Martina Hingis defeated Julie Halard-Decugis in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 1999 WTA German Open. Conchita Martínez was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em SUI Martina Hingis (champion) CZE Jana Novotná (second round) GER Steffi Graf (quarterfinals) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) FRA Mary Pierce (withdrew)WTA draw sheet FRA Nathalie Tauziat (third round) USA Serena Williams (quarterfinals, retired) SUI Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals) RUS Anna Kournikova (first round) RSA Amanda Coetzer (first round) BEL Dominique Van Roost (second round) FRA Amélie Mauresmo (third round) ROU Irina Spîrlea (first round, retired) ESP Conchita Martínez (third round) BLR Natasha Zvereva (first round) AUT Barbara Schett (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 SUI Martina Hingis 7 7   16 AUT Barbara Schett 5 5   4 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 3   7 USA Serena Williams 3 2r   FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 5 6 6 3 GER Steffi Graf 7 4 4 8 SUI Patty Schnyder 6 1 1   ROU Ruxandra Dragomir 3 6 6 1 SUI Martina Hingis 6 6   4 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 0     FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 6 6     ROU Ruxandra Dragomir 2 2   1 SUI Martina Hingis 6 6     FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 0 1   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP G León García 6 6     JPN A Sugiyama 1 2   Q ITA G Di Natale 2 2     RUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   WC GER J Kandarr 2 1   11 BEL D Van Roost 6 6   16 AUT B Schett 6 5 6   RSA M de Swardt 4 7 2 LL ARG M Díaz Oliva 4 2   Q GER M Schnitzer 6 6     USA T Snyder 4 1     ITA S Farina 6 6   1 SUI M Hingis 6 6     ESP G León García 3 2     RUS E Likhovtseva 6 7   11 BEL D Van Roost 3 5   16 AUT B Schett 6 6   Q GER M Schnitzer 0 3     ITA S Farina 2 3   6 FRA N Tauziat 6 6   1 SUI M Hingis 6 6     RUS E Likhovtseva 4 1   16 AUT B Schett 6 4 77 6 FRA N Tauziat 1 6 65 1 SUI M Hingis 7 7   16 AUT B Schett 5 5   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   USA C Morariu 77 6   Q GER S Klösel 64 4   Q CZE S Kleinová 6 6     AUT S Plischke 4 1     FRA A-G Sidot 65 2   14 ESP C Martínez 77 6   9 RUS A Kournikova 77 4 65   USA M J Fernández 64 6 77   USA C Rubin 3 62     USA L Raymond 6 77   LL NED A Hopmans 4 6 1 WC USA J Capriati 6 4 6 4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 77 63 78   USA C Morariu 60 77 66 Q CZE S Kleinová 4 0   14 ESP C Martínez 6 6     USA M J Fernández 6 1 0   USA L Raymond 3 6 6   USA J Capriati 63 3   7 USA S Williams 77 6   4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 0 7 14 ESP C Martínez 1 6 5   USA L Raymond 1 61   7 USA S Williams 6 77   4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 3   7 USA S Williams 3 2r   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA A Fusai 4 1     GER A Huber 6 6     USA B Rippner 65 2     FRA J Halard-Decugis 77 6     GER A Glass 6 2 3 15 BLR N Zvereva 3 6 6 13 ROU I Spîrlea 4 0r     ZIM C Black 6 1   Q USA S Cacic 77 62 6 Q GER A Barna 62 77 1 Q FR Yugoslavia S Naćuk 6 4 6   UKR E Tatarkova 3 6 3 LL BUL P Stoyanova 4 6 6   GER A Huber 6 4 4   FRA J Halard-Decugis 6 6   15 BLR N Zvereva 2 0     ZIM C Black 6 6   Q USA S Cacic 0 1   Q FR Yugoslavia S Naćuk 6 3 4 3 GER S Graf 2 6 6 LL BUL P Stoyanova 1 0     FRA J Halard-Decugis 6 6     ZIM C Black 65 2   3 GER S Graf 77 6     FRA J Halard-Decugis 5 6 6 3 GER S Graf 7 4 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER B Rittner 6 6     CZE K Hrdličková 3 3     GER M Weingärtner 0 0     ISR A Smashnova 6 6     SVK H Nagyová 6 6   10 RSA A Coetzer 4 1   12 FRA A Mauresmo 6 6   Q SUI E Gagliardi 4 3     RUS T Panova 4 63   WC GER J Abe 6 77     ROU R Dragomir 6 6   LL ARG F Labat 3 1   8 SUI P Schnyder 6 6     GER B Rittner 4 4     ISR A Smashnova 3 6 6   SVK H Nagyová 6 4 0 12 FRA A Mauresmo 7 4 6 WC GER J Abe 5 6 2   ROU R Dragomir 77 6   2 CZE J Novotná 64 2   8 SUI P Schnyder 2 77 6   ISR A Smashnova 6 63 1 12 FRA A Mauresmo 2 5     ROU R Dragomir 6 7   8 SUI P Schnyder 6 1 1   ROU R Dragomir 3 6 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi (qualifier) NED Amanda Hopmans (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva (qualifying competition, lucky loser) AUS Alicia Molik (first round) LAT Larisa Neiland (first round) RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya (first round) CZE Sandra Kleinová (qualifier) CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round) Qualifiers 30em SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi CZE Sandra Kleinová FR Yugoslavia Sandra Naćuk USA Sandra Cacic ITA Germana Di Natale GER Sandra Klösel GER Miriam Schnitzer GER Anca Barna Lucky losers 30em ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva ARG Florencia Labat BUL Pavlina Stoyanova NED Amanda Hopmans Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6 6     CZE Radka Pelikánová 4 3   WC GER Mia Buric 3 1     ITA Flora Perfetti 6 6   1 SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6 3 6   ITA Flora Perfetti 4 6 1 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175   CZE Adriana Gerši 1 1     RUS Elena Dementieva 6 6   WC GER Martina Müller 6 3 3 7 CZE Sandra Kleinová 1 6 6   RUS Elena Dementieva 3 4   7 CZE Sandra Kleinová 6 6   Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva 6 6   WC GER Angelika Rösch 2 2     FR Yugoslavia Sandra Naćuk 6 6     AUS Kerry-Anne Guse 2 1   3 ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva 3 3     FR Yugoslavia Sandra Naćuk 6 6   Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175   USA Sandra Cacic 6 6     ARG María José Gaidano 3 1     RSA Liezel Horn 6 6   5 LAT Larisa Neiland 3 4     USA Sandra Cacic 7 3 6   RSA Liezel Horn 5 6 3 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 3 1     ITA Germana Di Natale 6 6     USA Samantha Reeves 2 3     ESP Alicia Ortuño 6 6     ITA Germana Di Natale 6 2 7   ESP Alicia Ortuño 4 6 5 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175   ROU Raluca Sandu 3 1     ARG Florencia Labat 6 6     GER Sandra Klösel 6 6   4 AUS Alicia Molik 4 4     ARG Florencia Labat 6 3 2   GER Sandra Klösel 3 6 6 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya 4 4     BUL Pavlina Stoyanova 6 6     AUT Sandra Dopfer 6 4 2   GER Miriam Schnitzer 2 6 6   BUL Pavlina Stoyanova 1 6 1   GER Miriam Schnitzer 6 1 6 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175   GER Anca Barna 6 6     POL Aleksandra Olsza 3 4   WC GER Syna Schmidle 3 1   2 NED Amanda Hopmans 6 6     GER Anca Barna 2 6 6 2 NED Amanda Hopmans 6 1 2 External links 1999 ITF German Open draw References Category:WTA German Open WTA German Open