1999 WTA German Open

1999 WTA German Open 10 – 16 May 88th Tier I $1,050,000 56S / 28D Clay / outdoor Berlin, Germany Rot-Weiss Tennis Club SUI Martina Hingis FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat The 1999 German Open was a women's tennis event that was played in Berlin, Germany from 10 May to 16 May 1999. It was the 88th edition of the tournament and one of two Tier I events that took place on outdoor red clay courts in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. First-seeded Martina Hingis won the singles title and earned $150,000 first-prize money. Finals Singles 1999 WTA German Open – Singles SUI Martina Hingis defeated FRA Julie Halard-Decugis, 6–0, 6–1 It was Hingis' 4th title of the year and the 23rd of her career. Doubles 1999 WTA German Open – Doubles FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat defeated CZE Jana Novotná / ARG Patricia Tarabini, 6–3, 7–5 Entrants Seeds Ranking date 3 May 1999 Country Player Rank Seed SUI Martina Hingis 1 1 CZE Jana Novotná 4 2 GER Steffi Graf 6 3 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7 4 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 9 6 USA Serena Williams 10 7 SUI Patty Schnyder 12 8 RUS Anna Kournikova 13 9 RSA Amanda Coetzer 14 10 BEL Dominique Van Roost 15 11 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 16 12 ROU Irina Spîrlea 17 13 ESP Conchita Martínez 18 14 BLR Natasha Zvereva 19 15 AUT Barbara Schett 20 16 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: GER Jana Kandarr USA Jennifer Capriati GER Julia Abe The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: GER Anca Barna / GER Marlene Weingärtner GER Julia Abe / GER Jana Kandarr The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: ITA Germana Di Natale GER Miriam Schnitzer GER Sandra Klösel CZE Sandra Kleinová USA Sandra Cacic GER Anca Barna FR Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi The following players received entry as lucky losers: ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva NED Amanda Hopmans BUL Pavlina Stoyanova ARG Florencia Labat The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw: ITA Germana Di Natale / ITA Flora Perfetti The following players received entry as lucky losers: USA Brie Rippner / USA Tara Snyder External links ITF tournament edition details WTA tournament draws German Open WTA German Open WTA German Open WTA German Open Category:May 1999 sports events in Germany Category:WTA German Open