1999 Italian Open – Women's doubles

1999 Italian Open SUI Martina HingisRUS Anna Kournikova FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6–2, 6–2 1999 Italian Open (tennis) The 1999 Italian Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals. Hingis and Kournikova won this tournament by defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final. Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em SUI Martina Hingis / RUS Anna Kournikova (champions) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (final) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round) RSA Mariaan de Swardt / UKR Elena Tatarkova (quarterfinals) LAT Larisa Neiland / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round) ROU Irina Spîrlea / NED Caroline Vis (semifinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (second round) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 SUI Martina HingisRUS Anna Kournikova 6 6   6 ROU Irina SpîrleaNED Caroline Vis 4 3     FRA Mary PierceBLR Natasha Zvereva 2 1   2 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 6   1 SUI Martina HingisRUS Anna Kournikova 6 6   2 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 2 2   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   USA D GrahamARG L Montalvo 6 6     CAN M DrakeITA L Golarsa 2 1     ROU R DragomirCZE K Hrdličková 6 6     ITA T GarbinITA R Grande 4 2     ESP E Bes-OstarizGER K Freye 2 5   8 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 7   Q PAR L SchaererESP M Serna 6 3 4   NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 1 6 6 WC ITA F PerfettiITA F Schiavone 2 1     RSA A CoetzerFRA A Mauresmo 6 6   WC ITA Ad Serra ZanettiITA An Serra Zanetti 4 1   6 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 6 6   1 SUI M HingisRUS A Kournikova 6 6     USA D GrahamARG L Montalvo 0 0     ROU R DragomirCZE K Hrdličková 2 4   8 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6   4 RSA M de SwardtUKR E Tatarkova 6 6     NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 1 2     RSA A CoetzerFRA A Mauresmo 1 6 4 6 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 6 4 6 1 SUI M HingisRUS A Kournikova 3 6 6 8 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 1 3 4 RSA M de SwardtUKR E Tatarkova 6 66 4 6 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 2 78 6 1 SUI M HingisRUS A Kournikova 6 6   6 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 4 3   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 2 3     FRA M PierceBLR N Zvereva 6 6     BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 0 2     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 5 7 6   ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost 7 5 0 7 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 4 6 6   ZIM C BlackFRA A-G Sidot 6 3 1   CAN S JeyaseelanUSA C Morariu 77 6     BRA V MengaUSA M Saeki 65 4   LL GER J KandarrUSA S Reeves 4 77 7   RSA L HornCZE E Melicharová 6 62 5 5 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 2 0     FRA M PierceBLR N Zvereva 6 6     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 6   3 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 2 3   7 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 4 2   CAN S JeyaseelanUSA C Morariu 0 6 6 LL GER J KandarrUSA S Reeves 1 1   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6     FRA M PierceBLR N Zvereva 6 77     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 3 63     CAN S JeyaseelanUSA C Morariu 5 4   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 7 6     FRA M PierceBLR N Zvereva 2 1   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6   Qualifying Seeds 30em GER Jana Kandarr / USA Samantha Reeves (second round, lucky losers) FRA Nathalie Dechy / RUS Nadia Petrova (second round) Qualifiers PAR Larissa Schaerer / ESP Magüi Serna Lucky losers GER Jana Kandarr / USA Samantha Reeves Qualifying draw First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 GER Jana KandarrUSA Samantha Reeves     Bye     ITA Flavia PennettaITA Roberta Vinci 8   PUR Kristina BrandiVEN 1930 María Vento 4   PAR Larissa SchaererESP Magüi Serna 8   USA Jill CraybasLUX Anne Kremer 5   Bye   2 FRA Nathalie DechyRUS Nadia Petrova   1 GER Jana KandarrUSA Samantha Reeves 8   ITA Flavia PennettaITA Roberta Vinci 9   PAR Larissa SchaererESP Magüi Serna 8 2 FRA Nathalie DechyRUS Nadia Petrova 5   ITA Flavia PennettaITA Roberta Vinci 6   PAR Larissa SchaererESP Magüi Serna 8 External links 1999 Italian Open Women's Doubles draw https://web.archive.org/web/20190329222640/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020001001 2019-03-29 Women's Doubles Italian Open Category:1999 in Italian women's sport