1999 US Open – Women's doubles

August 2023 1999 US Open s USA Serena Williams USA Venus Williams USA Chanda Rubin FRA Sandrine Testud 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 64 (4 Q Qualifiers / 6 WC Wild Cards) 16 US Open – Women's doubles US Open – Women's doubles 1999 US Open (tennis) Serena and Venus Williams defeated Chanda Rubin and Sandrine Testud in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1999 US Open. It was the second doubles major title for the Williams sisters, and their second step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles. Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but Hingis did not compete this year. Novotná teamed up with Natasha Zvereva, but they lost in the third round to Liezel Horn and Kimberly Po. Seeds 30em CZE Jana Novotná / BLR Natasha Zvereva (third round) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (third round) USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Corina Morariu (quarterfinals) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (first round) USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams (champions) LAT Larisa Neiland / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (third round) RSA Mariaan de Swardt / UKR Elena Tatarkova (first round) ROU Irina Spîrlea / NED Caroline Vis (first round) USA Mary Joe Fernández / USA Monica Seles (quarterfinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) FRA Mary Pierce / AUT Barbara Schett (semifinals) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (second round) ZIM Cara Black / KAZ Irina Selyutina (first round) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) RSA Liezel Horn / USA Kimberly Po (quarterfinals) Qualifying draw 1999 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 16 RSA Liezel HornUSA Kimberly Po 6 1 4 6 LAT Larisa NeilandESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1 6 6 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Corina Morariu 6 2 5   USA Chanda RubinFRA Sandrine Testud 3 6 7 5 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 6 6   10 USA Mary Joe FernándezUSA Monica Seles 3 3   12 FRA Mary PierceAUT Barbara Schett 5     15 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 2r   6 LAT Larisa NeilandESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 5     USA Chanda RubinFRA Sandrine Testud 7 7   5 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 7 6   12 FRA Mary PierceAUT Barbara Schett 6 3     USA Chanda RubinFRA Sandrine Testud 6 1 4 5 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 4 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 CZE J NovotnáBLR N Zvereva 4 6 6 Q USA S CacicCAN M Drake 6 0 4   ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost 6 6 6   AUS A EllwoodJPN R Hiraki 3 7 3 WC USA K BrandiUSA M Tu 3 2     USA A FrazierUSA K Schlukebir 6 6   WC USA T BrymerUSA A Spears 1 2   16 RSA L HornUSA K Po 6 6   9 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 3 3     ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová 6 6     ITA L GolarsaUSA M Shaughnessy 2 6 6   USA K AdamsUSA M Washington 6 4 3   HUN K MarosiTPE Wang S-t 3 2     BEL L CourtoisAUS A Molik 6 6     CZE E MartincováCZE H Vildová 1 2   6 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6   1 CZE J NovotnáBLR N Zvereva 6 6     ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost 1 4     USA A FrazierUSA K Schlukebir 5 0   16 RSA L HornUSA K Po 7 6     ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová 6 6     ITA L GolarsaUSA M Shaughnessy 1 1     BEL L CourtoisAUS A Molik 6 5 6 6 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 3 7 7 1 CZE J NovotnáBLR N Zvereva 3 6 0 16 RSA L HornUSA K Po 6 4 6   ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová 4 3   6 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6   16 RSA L HornUSA K Po 6 1 4 6 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 1 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 USA L DavenportUSA C Morariu 6 6     ESP E Bes-OstarizESP G Riera-Roura 0 2     USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 7 4 6   RSA E de VilliersRSA J Steck 6 6 3   POL A OlszaUSA L Osterloh 7 4 6   CZE L NěmečkováSVK R Zrubáková 6 6 2   UKR O LuginaARG L Montalvo 6 2 2 11 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 4 6 6 14 ZIM C BlackKAZ I Selyutina 1 6 4   AUS K-A GuseAUS K Kunce 6 3 6 WC USA B RippnerUSA T Snyder 1 3     USA C RubinFRA S Testud 6 6     CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 6 6   WC USA A AugustusAUS A Jensen 3 3     FRA C DheninCZE E Melicharová 1 2   7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6   3 USA L DavenportUSA C Morariu 6 6     USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 0 2     POL A OlszaUSA L Osterloh 1 4   11 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6     AUS K-A GuseAUS K Kunce 4 2     USA C RubinFRA S Testud 6 6     CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 2 2   7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6   3 USA L DavenportUSA C Morariu 6 6   11 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 2 3     USA C RubinFRA S Testud 6 6   7 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 1 3   3 USA L DavenportUSA C Morariu 6 2 5   USA C RubinFRA S Testud 3 6 7 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 5 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6     JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 2 3     BEL E CallensUSA D Graham 2 7 5   RSA A CoetzerARG I Gorrochategui 6 5 7   JPN N MiyagiUSA L Wild 6 4 6   BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 1 6 2 Q USA L LeeCAN V Webb 6 5 5 13 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 1 7 7 10 USA MJ FernandezUSA M Seles 6 7     SWE Å CarlssonCAN S Jeyaseelan 2 5     AUS R McQuillanAUS L McShea 4 4     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA É Loit 6 6   Q CRO J KostanićBLR T Poutchek 3 6   Q BUL S KrivenchevaCRO M Murić 6 7     NED S NoorlanderAUT P Wartusch 1 6 6 4 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 6 3 3 5 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6 6   RSA A CoetzerARG I Gorrochategui 7 4 4   JPN N MiyagiUSA L Wild 7 7   13 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 5 6   10 USA MJ FernandezUSA M Seles 7 6     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA É Loit 5 4   Q BUL S KrivenchevaCRO M Murić 0 7 6   NED S NoorlanderAUT P Wartusch 6 5 4 5 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6     JPN N MiyagiUSA L Wild 4 1   10 USA MJ FernandezUSA M Seles 7 7   Q BUL S KrivenchevaCRO M Murić 5 6   5 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6   10 USA MJ FernandezUSA M Seles 3 3   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 RSA M de SwardtUKR E Tatarkova 6 5 4   FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA A Mauresmo 4 7 6 WC USA J CapriatiCRO M Lučić 7 6 6   ROU C CristeaROU R Dragomir 6 7 7   GER A HuberFRA A-G Sidot 6 6     FRA A CocheteuxSUI P Schnyder 4 4     BRA V MengaGER E Wagner 3 7 4 12 FRA M PierceAUT B Schett 6 5 6 15 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6     AUS J DokićSLO T Pisnik 2 1     AUS C BarclayITA R Grande 1 6   WC USA L McNeilUSA A Stevenson 6 7     SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 6     ESP A OrtuñoESP C Torrens Valero 3 0     GRE C PapadákiAUS L Pleming 3 6 0 2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 4 6   FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA A Mauresmo 4 6 7   ROU C CristeaROU R Dragomir 6 4 6   GER A HuberFRA A-G Sidot 2 5   12 FRA M PierceAUT B Schett 6 7   15 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6     USA L McNeilUSA A Stevenson 4 4     SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 3 3   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6     FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA A Mauresmo 2 2   12 FRA M PierceAUT B Schett 6 6   15 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 6 2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 2 7 3 12 FRA M PierceAUT B Schett 5     15 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 2r   External links 1999 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles Category:1999 in women's tennis Category:1999 in American women's sports