1999 French Open – Women's doubles

1999 French Open s USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams SUI Martina HingisRUS Anna Kournikova 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 8–6 64 (3 WC Wild Cards) 16 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles 1999 French Open Serena and Venus Williams defeated Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the final, 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 8–6 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1999 French Open. It was the first major title for the Williams sisters, and would be their first step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles. Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but they did not compete together this year. Novotná partnered Natasha Zvereva as the first seed, but they retired in their quarterfinal match against Lindsay Davenport and Mary Pierce. Seeds 30em CZE Jana Novotná / BLR Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals, retired) SUI Martina Hingis / RUS Anna Kournikova (final) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (first round) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) RSA Mariaan de Swardt / UKR Elena Tatarkova (first round) LAT Larisa Neiland / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals) ROU Irina Spîrlea / NED Caroline Vis (first round) USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams (champions) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (third round) USA Mary Joe Fernández / USA Monica Seles (second round) USA Lindsay Davenport / FRA Mary Pierce (semifinals) AUT Barbara Schett / SUI Patty Schnyder (third round) ITA Silvia Farina / SVK Karina Habšudová (third round) ARG Florencia Labat / BEL Dominique Van Roost (third round) AUS Kristine Kunce / USA Kimberly Po (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 CZE Jana NovotnáBLR Natasha Zvereva 3r   12 USA Lindsay DavenportFRA Mary Pierce 2     9 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 6 7     BEL Els CallensITA Rita Grande 0 5   5 RUS Elena LikhovtsevaJPN Ai Sugiyama 6 4 9 4 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 2 6 11 7 LAT Larisa NeilandESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 3   2 SUI Martina HingisRUS Anna Kournikova 6 6   12 USA Lindsay DavenportFRA Mary Pierce 4 1   9 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 6 6   4 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 3 6 4 2 SUI Martina HingisRUS Anna Kournikova 6 3 6 9 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 6 62 8 2 SUI Martina HingisRUS Anna Kournikova 3 77 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 CZE J NovotnáBLR N Zvereva 5       FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA A Mauresmo 4r   WC FRA S ForetzFRA S Schoeffel 3 3     USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6     ROU C CristeaROU R Dragomir 7 6     RUS E KulikovskayaUKR O Lugina 5 3     RSA E de VilliersJPN R Hiraki 61 0   13 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 77 6   12 USA L DavenportFRA M Pierce 6 66 6   USA K AdamsUSA C Rubin 3 78 2   USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 6 6     KOR Kim E-hTHA T Tanasugarn 0 2     TPE J LeeTPE Wang S-t 3 6 1   ESP A OrtuñoESP C Torrens Valero 6 2 6   CAN M DrakeRSA J Steck 6 1 8 8 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 3 6 6 1 CZE J NovotnáBLR N Zvereva 3 6 6   USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 1 4   ROU C CristeaROU R Dragomir 4 2   13 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 6   12 USA L DavenportFRA M Pierce 5 6 6   USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 7 0 3   ESP A OrtuñoESP C Torrens Valero 6 4 6   CAN M DrakeRSA J Steck 4 6 4 1 CZE J NovotnáBLR N Zvereva 6 6   13 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 2 2   12 USA L DavenportFRA M Pierce 6 6     ESP A OrtuñoESP C Torrens Valero 1 4   1 CZE J NovotnáBLR N Zvereva 3r   12 USA L DavenportFRA M Pierce 2     Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 4 3     BRA V MengaGER E Wagner 6 6     AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse 6 6     AUS L PlemingAUS B Stewart 2 1     HUN K MarosiESP M Ramón Climent 2 2     USA A FrazierUSA K Schlukebir 6 6     RSA A CoetzerARG I Gorrochategui 2 3   9 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6   16 AUS K KunceUSA K Po 6 4 4   CZE L NěmečkováSVK R Zrubáková 3 6 6   NED B Schultz-McCarthyUSA L Wild 65 1     BEL L CourtoisUSA M Shaughnessy 77 6     BEL E CallensITA R Grande 6 6     GER C SingerCZE H Vildová 4 2     AUS A MolikUSA C Morariu 3 7 7 6 RSA M de SwardtUKR E Tatarkova 6 5 5   BRA V MengaGER E Wagner 7 77     AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse 5 65     USA A FrazierUSA K Schlukebir 3 2   9 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6     CZE L NěmečkováSVK R Zrubáková 0 2     BEL L CourtoisUSA M Shaughnessy 6 6     BEL E CallensITA R Grande 0 6 6   AUS A MolikUSA C Morariu 6 4 2   BRA V MengaGER E Wagner 1 3   9 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6     BEL L CourtoisUSA M Shaughnessy 63 67     BEL E CallensITA R Grande 77 79   9 USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 7     BEL E CallensITA R Grande 0 5   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 5 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 7 6     SWE Å CarlssonFRA É Loit 5 2     ITA L GolarsaSVK J Husárová 6 6     CAN S JeyaseelanCZE E Melicharová 4 0     POL A OlszaUSA L Osterloh 6 66 6   AUS A EllwoodAUS L McShea 4 78 4   USA D GrahamARG L Montalvo 4 2   14 ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová 6 6   15 ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost 77 6     ESP RM Andrés RodríguezESP E Bes Ostáriz 65 1     AUS R McQuillanJPN N Miyagi 6 61 7   FRA C DheninCRO M Murić 4 77 5   JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 6 62 6 WC FRA L GhirardiFRA S Pitkowski 2 77 3   GER K FreyeBUL P Stoyanova 4 3   4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6   5 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 77 2 6   ITA L GolarsaSVK J Husárová 63 6 3   POL A OlszaUSA L Osterloh 2 1   14 ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová 6 6   15 ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost 6 6     AUS R McQuillanJPN N Miyagi 2 3     JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 4 0   4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6   5 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 77 6   14 ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová 63 0   15 ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost 1 4   4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6   5 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 6 4 9 4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 2 6 11 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 2 2     NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 5 77 6 WC FRA N DechyFRA V Razzano 7 64 2   CZE K HrdličkováSLO T Križan 6 0 6   NED K BoogertFRA A-G Sidot 3 6 2   ZIM C BlackKAZ I Selyutina 64 1   10 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 77 6   11 USA M J FernándezUSA M Seles 6 6   Alt AUS A GrahameAUS T Musgrave 2 0     BLR O BarabanschikovaGER B Rittner 6 4 8   RSA L HornSLO K Srebotnik 0 6 10   ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6     HUN R Kuti-KisGER C Schneider 0 3     FRA A CocheteuxFRA A Dechaume-Balleret 4 2   2 SUI M HingisRUS A Kournikova 6 6   7 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 1 2     CZE K HrdličkováSLO T Križan 5 2   10 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 7 6   11 USA M J FernándezUSA M Seles 65 77 4   RSA L HornSLO K Srebotnik 77 63 6   ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 1 4   2 SUI M HingisRUS A Kournikova 6 6   7 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6   10 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 1 4     RSA L HornSLO K Srebotnik 6 2 5 2 SUI M HingisRUS A Kournikova 1 6 7 7 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 2 3   2 SUI M HingisRUS A Kournikova 6 6   External links 1999 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles Category:1999 in women's tennis Category:1999 in French women's sport