1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships GER Nicolas Kiefer RSA Wayne Ferreira 7–6(7–5), 7–5 56 (7 Q Qualifiers) 16 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1999 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from April 12 through April 18, 1999. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em NLD Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals) USA Andre Agassi (withdrew)https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/15/sports/plus-tennis-japan-open-agassi-withdraws-and-chang-loses.html PLUS: TENNIS -- JAPAN OPEN; Agassi Withdraws And Chang Loses The New York Times 15 April 1999 SWE Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals) SWE Wayne Ferreira (semifinals) DEU Nicolas Kiefer (champion) ZWE Byron Black (second round) ZAF Wayne Ferreira (final) SWE Jonas Björkman (semifinals) USA Michael Chang (second round) CZE Daniel Vacek (second round) AUS Mark Woodforde (first round) NLD Sjeng Schalken (third round) SVK Ján Krošlák (first round) ITA Gianluca Pozzi (third round) DEU Rainer Schüttler (first round) DEU David Prinosil (third round) Draw Finals Semifinals Finalhttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001395 1999 Tokyo Outdoor International Tennis Federation 18 January 2015 18 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118070217/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001395 dead 175 5 DEU Nicolas Kiefer 8 SWE Jonas Björkman 4 6 6 1 6 4 7 ZAF Wayne Ferreira 4 SWE Thomas Johansson 6 3 6 2 5 DEU Nicolas Kiefer 7 ZAF Wayne Ferreira 7 6 7 5 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals NLD J van Lottum FRA N Escudé 6 2 6 4 PHL C Mamiit USA B MacPhie 7 6 6 2 16 DEU D Prinosil CZE M Damm 6 1 6 3 9 USA M Chang AUS M Hill 7 6 6 7 7 6 DEU J Knippschild NZL B Steven 6 2 7 5 ITA L Tieleman DEU M Kohlmann 6 3 7 6 1 NLD R Krajicek NLD J van Lottum 3 1 1 0r 16 DEU D Prinosil PHL C Mamiit 6 2 6 3 DEU J Knippschild 9 USA M Chang 6 3 6 4 8 SWE J Björkman ITA L Tieleman 6 3 6 3 1 NLD R Krajicek 16 DEU D Prinosil 6 4 6 4 8 SWE J Björkman DEU J Knippschild 6 7 6 4 6 4 8 SWE J Björkman 1 NLD R Krajicek 3 6 7 5 6 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals CZE R Štěpánek USA J Tarango 7 5 6 4 CAN D Nestor DEU C Vinck 4 6 6 3 6 3 SWE M Tillström 13 SVK J Krošlák 7 6 6 4 USA M Sell 11 AUS M Woodforde 7 6 2 6 6 3 JPN G Motomura JPN S Iwabuchi 6 2 6 4 THA P Srichaphan ITA V Santopadre 6 3 7 6 3 SWE T Enqvist CZE R Štěpánek 7 6 6 4 CAN D Nestor SWE M Tillström 6 2 6 2 USA M Sell JPN G Motomura 6 7 6 ;4 6 3 5 DEU N Kiefer THA P Srichaphan 6 2 6 3 3 SWE T Enqvist CAN D Nestor 6 2 6 2 5 DEU N Kiefer USA M Sell 3 6 6 3 6 2 5 DEU N Kiefer 3 SWE T Enqvist 6 7 7 5 6 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals CAN S Lareau JPN T Suzuki 6 7 6 3 6 2 DEU O Gross JPN Y Yamamoto 6 4 6 4 12 NLD S Schalken ZWE W Black 6 4 6 1 14 ITA G Pozzi NLD R Wassen 6 2 6 3 USA P Goldstein DEU H Dreekmann 7 5 6 4 JPN H Kaneko BHS M Knowles 6 3 6 4 6 CAN S Lareau ZWE B Black 6 3 7 5 12 NLD S Schalken DEU O Gross 6 4 6 2 14 ITA G Pozzi USA P Goldstein 6 4 4 6 6 4 4 SWE T Johansson JPN H Kaneko 6 3 6 3 CAN S Lareau 12 NLD S Schalken 2 6 7 6 7 6 4 SWE T Johansson 14 ITA G Pozzi 6 4 3 6 6 4 4 SWE T Johansson CAN S Lareau 6 1 6 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals NLD D van Scheppingen BGR O Stanoytchev 6 2 6 1 DEU L Burgsmüller NLD P Wessels 6 3 3 6 6 2 10 CZE D Vacek USA G Grant 6 1 6 1 DNK K Carlsen 15 DEU R Schüttler 6 2 6 4 AUS W Arthurs ARG M Rodríguez 6 4 6 3 DEU B Karbacher USA S Campbell 6 2 7 6 7 ZAF W Ferreira NLD D van Scheppingen 7 6 6 3 DEU L Burgsmüller 10 CZE D Vacek 6 2 7 5 DNK K Carlsen AUS W Arthurs 6 4 6 2 DEU B Karbacher USA D DiLucia 7 6 6 2 7 ZAF W Ferreira DEU L Burgsmüller 6 3 6 4 DNK K Carlsen DEU B Karbacher 7 5 6 2 7 ZAF W Ferreira DNK K Carlsen 3 6 6 2 6 3 References Singles