1999 Faber Grand Prix – Singles

1999 Faber Grand Prix CZE Jana Novotná USA Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4 singles doubles The 1999 Faber Grand Prix singles was the singles event of the seventh edition of the Faber Grand Prix; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Hanover, Germany. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Elena Likhovtseva. Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Venus Williams. This was her first win at the Faber Grand Prix after having lost in the past three finals. Seeds The top four seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em CZE Jana Novotná (champion) USA Venus Williams (final) GER Steffi Graf (semifinals) SUI Patty Schnyder (second round) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (second round) BEL Dominique Van Roost (withdrew) FRA Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals) AUT Barbara Schett (quarterfinals) ITA Silvia Farina (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 180 1 CZE Jana Novotná 77 6     RUS Elena Likhovtseva 64 4   3 GER Steffi Graf 3 6 3 2 USA Venus Williams 6 3 6 1 CZE Jana Novotná 6 6   2 USA Venus Williams 4 4   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   ROM R Dragomir 6 6     FRA S Pitkowski 3 2     AUT S Plischke 5 64     GER A Huber 7 77   WC GER A Glass 66 1   7 FRA S Testud 78 6     SVK H Nagyová 2 2 r   RUS E Likhovtseva 6 4   Q FRA É Loit 0 0   LL NED M Oremans 6 6     FRA N Dechy 3 710 3 5 FRA N Tauziat 6 68 6 1 CZE J Novotná 6 6     ROM R Dragomir 3 3     GER A Huber 3 3   7 FRA S Testud 6 6   4 SUI P Schnyder 5 3     RUS E Likhovtseva 7 6   LL NED M Oremans 6 6   5 FRA N Tauziat 4 4   1 CZE J Novotná 6 6   7 FRA S Testud 1 4     RUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   LL NED M Oremans 2 2   1 CZE J Novotná 77 6     RUS E Likhovtseva 64 4   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 AUT B Schett 6 6   WC USA J Capriati 4 2     FRA A Fusai 3 2     ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6   WC BEL S Appelmans 3 4   Q FRA A-G Sidot 6 6   9 ITA S Farina 6 6   Q SVK K Habšudová 3 1   Q GER B Rittner 6 5 6   ESP M Serna 4 7 4   CRO I Majoli 6 5 3   JPN A Sugiyama 2 7 6 8 AUT B Schett 7 6     ESP V Ruano Pascual 5 2   Q FRA A-G Sidot 1 3   3 GER S Graf 6 6   9 ITA S Farina 2 r   Q GER B Rittner 6       JPN A Sugiyama 4 5   2 USA V Williams 6 7   8 AUT B Schett 3 2   3 GER S Graf 6 6   Q GER B Rittner 2 1   2 USA V Williams 6 6   3 GER S Graf 3 6 3 2 USA V Williams 6 3 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em FRA Émilie Loit (qualifier) SVK Karina Habšudová (qualifier) NED Miriam Oremans (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ROU Cătălina Cristea (first round) FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (qualifier) VEN María Vento (qualifying competition) GER Barbara Rittner (qualifier) BLR Olga Barabanschikova (qualifying competition, withdrew) Qualifiers 30em FRA Émilie Loit GER Barbara Rittner FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot SVK Karina Habšudová Lucky loser NED Miriam Oremans Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 FRA Émilie Loit 6 6     ITA Flora Perfetti 3 4     BEL Laurence Courtois 6 7     GER Elena Wagner 1 5   WC GER Jasmin Wöhr 6 6     GER Adriana Barna 2 4   WC GER Sandra Klösel 2 4   6 VEN María Vento 6 6   1 FRA Émilie Loit 77 0 6   BEL Laurence Courtois 64 6 3 WC GER Jasmin Wöhr 2 2   6 VEN María Vento 6 6   1 FRA Émilie Loit 6 6   6 VEN María Vento 4 2   Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 NED Miriam Oremans 7 6     GER Petra Begerow 5 4     FRA Lea Ghirardi 62 77 6   ITA Laura Golarsa 77 65 2   FR Yugoslavia Sandra Naćuk 3 7 6   RUS Eugenia Kulikovskaya 6 5 2   FRA Laurence Andretto 4 64   7 GER Barbara Rittner 6 77   3 NED Miriam Oremans 6 6     FRA Lea Ghirardi 4 3     FR Yugoslavia Sandra Naćuk 60 60   7 GER Barbara Rittner 77 77   3 NED Miriam Oremans 4 2   7 GER Barbara Rittner 6 6   Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 6 6     CZE Adriana Gerši 3 4     AUT Sandra Dopfer 64 6 0 WC GER Stephanie Gehrlein 77 2 6   GER Miriam Schnitzer 6 6     UKR Olga Lugina 2 0     CAN Maureen Drake 5 6 6 4 ROU Cătălina Cristea 7 3 4 5 FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 6 6   WC GER Stephanie Gehrlein 2 0     GER Miriam Schnitzer 4 3     CAN Maureen Drake 6 6   5 FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 6 6     CAN Maureen Drake 3 2   Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 BLR Olga Barabanschikova 6 6   WC GER Martina Müller 4 4     LAT Larisa Neiland 4 6 2   SWE Åsa Carlsson 6 3 6   GER Anca Barna 61 6 6   GER Julia Abe 77 1 2   CZE Denisa Chládková 65 0   2 SVK Karina Habšudová 77 6   8 BLR Olga Barabanschikova 7 2 6   SWE Åsa Carlsson 5 6 3   GER Anca Barna 0 1   2 SVK Karina Habšudová 6 6   8 BLR Olga Barabanschikova w/o     2 SVK Karina Habšudová       External links 1999 Faber Grand Prix Draw Category:Faber Grand Prix Faber Grand Prix