1999 Pilot Pen Tennis – Singles

January 2025 1999 Pilot Pen Tennis USA Venus Williams USA Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 7–5 28 8 singles doubles The 1999 Pilot Pen Tennis singles was the singles event of the seventeenth edition of the final tournament in the US Open Series. Steffi Graf was the reigning champion, but had retired after the TIG Classic. Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final to win her first New Haven title. Seeds 30em USA Lindsay Davenport (final) USA Venus Williams (champion) USA Monica Seles (semifinals) CZE Jana Novotná (second round) RSA Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals, retired) FRA Julie Halard-Decugis (second round) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (first round) FRA Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA Lindsay Davenport 4 6 6   ROU Ruxandra Dragomir 6 2 0 3 USA Monica Seles 1 3   2 USA Venus Williams 6 6   1 USA Lindsay Davenport 2 5   2 USA Venus Williams 6 7   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   FRA N Dechy 6 6   Q RUS T Panova 1 3   Q CZE K Hrdličková 4 6 5   FRA A Mauresmo 6 3 7   GER A Huber 6 64 2 6 FRA J Halard-Decugis 4 77 6   ITA S Farina 5 79 5   ROU R Dragomir 7 67 7 Q ESP Á Montolio 6 4 2 Q AUT B Schwartz 4 6 6 WC USA T Snyder 64 3   8 FRA S Testud 77 6   1 USA L Davenport 6 6     FRA N Dechy 4 2     FRA A Mauresmo 6 6   6 FRA J Halard-Decugis 1 2   4 CZE J Novotná 65 0     ROU R Dragomir 77 6   Q AUT B Schwartz 4 2   8 FRA S Testud 6 6   1 USA L Davenport 6 6     FRA A Mauresmo 1 2     ROU R Dragomir 5 6 7 8 FRA S Testud 7 4 5 1 USA L Davenport 4 6 6   ROU R Dragomir 6 2 0 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 RSA A Coetzer 6 4 6 Q FRA A Cocheteux 3 6 1 Q BEL S Appelmans 3 6 6   AUT S Plischke 6 1 4   RUS E Likhovtseva 4 7 7   USA L Raymond 6 5 5 7 FRA N Tauziat 6 3 3   SVK H Nagyová 3 6 6 WC USA L Osterloh 3 3   Q ESP M Serna 6 6   Q ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 6 5 6   BEL D Van Roost 2 7 2 6 RSA A Coetzer 5     Q BEL S Appelmans 4r     RUS E Likhovtseva 0 66   3 USA M Seles 6 78     SVK H Nagyová 65 6 3 Q ESP M Serna 77 3 6 Q ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 1 1   2 USA V Williams 6 6   6 RSA A Coetzer 2 1   3 USA M Seles 6 6   Q ESP M Serna 0 4   2 USA V Williams 6 6   3 USA M Seles 1 3   2 USA V Williams 6 6   Qualifying Seeds 30em LUX Anne Kremer (qualifying competition) FRA Sarah Pitkowski (second round) ESP María Sánchez Lorenzo (Qualifier) ESP Magüi Serna (Qualifier) replaced by USA Melissa Mazzotta (qualifying competition) USA Alexandra Stevenson (second round) ISR Anna Smashnova (second round) ESP Gala León García (second round) COL Fabiola Zuluaga (second round) ESP Cristina Torrens Valero (qualifying competition) GER Barbara Rittner (second round) AUT Barbara Schwartz (Qualifier) ZIM Cara Black (qualifying competition) SLO Katarina Srebotnik (second round) ARG Inés Gorrochategui (qualifying competition) GER Marlene Weingärtner (second round) Qualifiers 30em RUS Tatiana Panova FRA Amélie Cocheteux ESP Magüi Serna BEL Sabine Appelmans AUT Barbara Schwartz ESP María Sánchez Lorenzo CZE Květa Hrdličková ESP Ángeles Montolio Qualifying draw First qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170   PAR Larissa Schaerer 6 2     SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 7 6     USA Meghann Shaughnessy 4 3     RUS Tatiana Panova 6 6   1 LUX Anne Kremer 6 4     SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 0 1r   RUS Tatiana Panova 6 7   11 GER Barbara Rittner 4 5   1 LUX Anne Kremer 3 7 6   RUS Tatiana Panova 6 6 7 Second qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170   FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6 3 4   TPE Janet Lee 2 6 6   AUS Alicia Molik 4 6 4   FRA Amélie Cocheteux 6 4 6 16 GER Marlene Weingärtner 2 1     TPE Janet Lee 6 6     FRA Amélie Cocheteux 6 6   6 USA Alexandra Stevenson 4 4     TPE Janet Lee 6 2 4   FRA Amélie Cocheteux 2 6 6 Third qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170   NED Seda Noorlander         USA Meilen Tu w/o       CZE Lenka Němečková 3 6 6   SVK Katarína Studeníková 6 2 0 4 ESP Magüi Serna 6 1 6   USA Meilen Tu 4 6 0   CZE Lenka Němečková 6 6   13 ZIM Cara Black 4 4   4 ESP Magüi Serna 6 6   13 ZIM Cara Black 4 3   Fourth qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170   CZE Denisa Chládková 6 6   Alt USA Tracy Singian 2 4     BEL Sabine Appelmans 2 6 6   AUS Kristine Kunce 6 1 1 10 ESP Cristina Torrens Valero w/o       CZE Denisa Chládková         BEL Sabine Appelmans 7 6   8 ESP Gala León García 5 2   10 ESP Cristina Torrens Valero 3 6 6   BEL Sabine Appelmans 6 1 7 Fifth qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170 WC USA Linda Wild 6 6   WC USA Jolene Watanabe 2 4     FRA Émilie Loit 6 6   WC USA Patty Murren 2 4   Alt USA Melissa Mazzotta 6 6   WC USA Linda Wild 4 3     FRA Émilie Loit 2 3   12 AUT Barbara Schwartz 6 6   Alt USA Melissa Mazzotta 0 0r 12 AUT Barbara Schwartz 6 3   Sixth qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170   CZE Sandra Kleinová 3 7 6 WC USA Jennifer Hopkins 6 6 3   ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti 4 0     NED Miriam Oremans 6 6   9 COL Fabiola Zuluaga 1 2     CZE Sandra Kleinová 6 6     NED Miriam Oremans 4 4   3 ESP María Sánchez Lorenzo 6 6     CZE Sandra Kleinová 4 4   3 ESP María Sánchez Lorenzo 6 6   Seventh qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170   ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 4 2     CZE Květa Hrdličková 6 6     HUN Rita Kuti-Kis 2 6     AUS Nicole Pratt 6 7   7 ISR Anna Smashnova 1 7 3   CZE Květa Hrdličková 6 6 6   AUS Nicole Pratt 6 1 6 14 SLO Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 3   CZE Květa Hrdličková 6 7     AUS Nicole Pratt 4 5   Eighth qualifier 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 170 WC USA Brandis Braverman 7 6     POL Magdalena Grzybowska 5 2     ESP Ángeles Montolio 7 6     ITA Rita Grande 6 2   15 ARG Inés Gorrochategui 6 6 3 WC USA Brandis Braverman 2 0     ESP Ángeles Montolio 7 6   2 FRA Sarah Pitkowski 5 1   15 ARG Inés Gorrochategui 3 6 3   ESP Ángeles Montolio 6 0 6 External links ITF results page WTA draw archive Singles