1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles

1999 Egger Tennis Festival SVK Karina Habšudová CRO Silvija Talaja 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 32 8 singles doubles Piberstein Styrian Open – Singles Uniqa Grand Prix – Singles 1999 Egger Tennis Festival The 1999 Egger Tennis Festival singles was the singles event of the 29th edition of the Egger Tennis Festival; a Tier IV tournament and the second most prestigious women's tennis event held in Austria. Patty Schnyder, the defending champion, was upset in the first round by qualifier Lenka Němečková. Karina Habšudová defeated in the final Silvija Talaja, in three sets, to win her first WTA title after three finals. Seeds 30em SUI Patty Schnyder (first round) ITA Silvia Farina (quarterfinals) SVK Henrieta Nagyová (semifinals) AUT Sylvia Plischke (first round) GER Anke Huber (quarterfinals) ESP Magüi Serna (second round) FRA Sarah Pitkowski (first round) ISR Anna Smashnova (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 180   SVK Karina Habšudová 6 6   3 SVK Henrieta Nagyová 2 4   Q CZE Adriana Gerši 6 5 4   CRO Silvija Talaja 3 7 6   SVK Karina Habšudová 2 6 6   CRO Silvija Talaja 6 4 4 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 SUI P Schnyder 3 6 4 Q CZE L Němečková 6 3 6 WC CHN Li F 3 4     SVK K Habšudová 6 6     RUS T Panova 0 0     BUL M Maleeva 6 6   LL GER M Weingärtner 3 3   5 GER A Huber 6 6   3 SVK H Nagyová 64 6 6   FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 77 3 2   RSA J Kruger 4 6 6 WC AUT P Wartusch 6 2 2   ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 1 77   BLR O Barabanschikova 2 6 63   SUI E Gagliardi 6 6   7 FRA S Pitkowski 1 1   Q CZE L Němečková 6 1 1   SVK K Habšudová 4 6 6   BUL M Maleeva 6 4 3 5 GER A Huber 3 6 6 3 SVK H Nagyová 65 6 6   RSA J Kruger 77 3 2   ESP V Ruano Pascual 3 3     SUI E Gagliardi 6 6     SVK K Habšudová 6 6   5 GER A Huber 4 2   3 SVK H Nagyová 6 6     SUI E Gagliardi 2 2     SVK K Habšudová 6 6   3 SVK H Nagyová 2 4   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 ESP M Serna 6 6     FRA A Cocheteux 4 3     CZE D Chládková 6 4 1 Q CZE A Gerši 4 6 6 Q HUN A Földényi 6 6   WC AUT M Maruska 2 4     ARG P Suárez 6 6   4 AUT S Plischke 0 1   8 ISR A Smashnova 6 77     AUT B Schwartz 4 63     CRO S Talaja 6 6   Q ESP Á Montolio 3 2     ESP G León García 65 2     ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 77 6     ESP C Torrens Valero 3 2   2 ITA S Farina 6 6   6 ESP M Serna 4 3   Q CZE A Gerši 6 6   Q HUN A Földényi 6 64 6   ARG P Suárez 2 77 3 8 ISR A Smashnova 67 0     CRO S Talaja 79 6     ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 5 7 65 2 ITA S Farina 7 5 77 Q CZE A Gerši 2 6 6 Q HUN A Földényi 6 3 2   CRO S Talaja 4 6 6 2 ITA S Farina 6 1 3 Q CZE A Gerši 6 5 4   CRO S Talaja 3 7 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em HUN Rita Kuti-Kis (first round) GER Marlene Weingärtner (qualifying competition, lucky loser) GER Elena Wagner (first round) FRA Émilie Loit (second round) SWE Åsa Carlsson (first round) BUL Lubomira Bacheva (qualifying competition) SVK Ľudmila Cervanová (second round) RUS Elena Dementieva (first round) Qualifiers 30em ESP Ángeles Montolio CZE Adriana Gerši HUN Anna Földényi CZE Lenka Němečková Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 HUN Rita Kuti-Kis 2 2     ESP Ángeles Montolio 6 6   Alt CZE Eva Martincová 2 6 6 WC AUT Nicole Remis 6 1 1   GER Veronika Martinek 6 7     ESP Gisela Riera 3 6     AUT Evelyn Fauth 4 3   7 SVK Ľudmila Cervanová 6 6     ESP Ángeles Montolio 6 6   Alt CZE Eva Martincová 4 2     GER Veronika Martinek 7 6   7 SVK Ľudmila Cervanová 6 2     ESP Ángeles Montolio 6 6     GER Veronika Martinek 2 4   Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 FRA Émilie Loit 6 6   WC AUT Bettina Auer 0 2     CZE Adriana Gerši 6 6     HUN Katalin Marosi 4 3     USA Samantha Reeves 2 7 6   SUI Miroslava Vavrinec 6 5 4 WC AUT Bettina Resch 4 1   6 BUL Lubomira Bacheva 6 6   4 FRA Émilie Loit 5 0r   CZE Adriana Gerši 7 1     USA Samantha Reeves 3 2   6 BUL Lubomira Bacheva 6 6     CZE Adriana Gerši 6 6   6 BUL Lubomira Bacheva 0 4   Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 RUS Elena Dementieva 6 6 2   SVK Katarína Studeníková 1 7 6   HUN Anna Földényi 2 6 6   SVK Janette Husárová 6 1 3   ESP Mariam Ramon Climent 6 7     GER Anca Barna 2 6     SLO Tina Pisnik 7 6   3 GER Elena Wagner 6 4     SVK Katarína Studeníková 5 0r   HUN Anna Földényi 7 1     ESP Mariam Ramon Climent 5 6 7   SLO Tina Pisnik 7 4 6   HUN Anna Földényi 6 6     ESP Mariam Ramon Climent 1 4   Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 SWE Åsa Carlsson 3 2     CZE Lenka Němečková 6 6   WC AUT Sybille Bammer 6 1     CRO Jelena Kostanić Tošić 7 6     CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 6 6     AUT Sandra Dopfer 1 2     GER Petra Begerow 6 2 5 2 GER Marlene Weingärtner 0 6 7   CZE Lenka Němečková 3 7 6   CRO Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6 5 1   CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 6 3 4 2 GER Marlene Weingärtner 1 6 6   CZE Lenka Němečková 6 6   2 GER Marlene Weingärtner 2 0   External links World Tennis tournament edition Singles Egger Tennis Festival - Singles Category:1999 in Austrian tennis