1999 US Open – Men's singles qualifying

January 2025 1999 US Open (tennis) 1999 US Open – Men's singles 1999 US Open qualgrandslam The 1999 US Open – Men's singles qualifying was a series of tennis matches that took place from August 23 to 26, 1999 to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the men's singles tournament, and, if necessary, the lucky losers. This was the last qualifying pre-tournament appearance of future World No. 1 Roger Federer. He lost in the second round to fellow countryman Ivo Heuberger. Seeds CRO Ivan Ljubičić (qualifying competition, lucky loser) BLR Max Mirnyi (qualifying competition, lucky loser) HAI Ronald Agénor (second round) SUI Roger Federer (second round) FRA Antony Dupuis (first round) ITA Davide Sanguinetti (first round) ITA Laurence Tieleman (qualifying competition, lucky loser) GER Oliver Gross (first round) BEL Xavier Malisse (qualified) NED Peter Wessels (qualified) GER Michael Kohlmann (qualified) ROU Adrian Voinea (second round) SUI Lorenzo Manta (qualified) FRA Nicolas Escudé (qualified) GER Axel Pretsch (qualified) FIN Ville Liukko (qualified) ARG Juan Ignacio Chela (first round) SWE Mikael Tillström (qualifying competition, lucky loser) UZB Oleg Ogorodov (first round) ARG Gastón Etlis (qualifying competition) CHI Nicolás Massú (first round) BLR Vladimir Voltchkov (first round) BEL Christophe Rochus (second round) ITA Vincenzo Santopadre (qualifying competition) GER Lars Burgsmüller (qualified) FRA Julien Boutter (qualified) GER Alexander Popp (first round) ITA Mosé Navarra (first round) SWE Fredrik Jonsson (qualified) FIN Tuomas Ketola (qualifying competition) GER Christian Vinck (second round) FRA Stéphane Huet (qualified) Qualifiers FRA Cyril Saulnier FRA Stéphane Huet SWE Fredrik Jonsson SUI Ivo Heuberger JPN Takao Suzuki ITA Cristiano Caratti FRA Julien Boutter GER Lars Burgsmüller BEL Xavier Malisse NED Peter Wessels GER Michael Kohlmann SUI George Bastl SUI Lorenzo Manta FRA Nicolas Escudé GER Axel Pretsch FIN Ville Liukko Lucky losers CRO Ivan Ljubičić BLR Max Mirnyi ITA Laurence Tieleman SWE Mikael Tillström Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 1 CRO Ivan Ljubičić 7 1 7   USA Alex O'Brien 5 6 5   FRA Gérard Solvès 6 6   WC USA Mardy Fish 4 2     FRA Lionel Roux 7 5 4   FRA Cyril Saulnier 6 7 6 WC BAH Roger Smith 3 2   31 GER Christian Vinck 6 6   1 CRO Ivan Ljubičić 7 6     FRA Gérard Solvès 6 4     FRA Cyril Saulnier 6 6   31 GER Christian Vinck 4 2   1 CRO Ivan Ljubičić 4 6 4   FRA Cyril Saulnier 6 4 6 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 2 BLR Max Mirnyi 6 6     BRA André Sá 1 4     USA Michael Sell 6 6   WC USA Tom Chicoine 1 2     RSA Marcos Ondruska 3 2     USA Jonathan Stark 6 6     RSA Kevin Ullyett 6 4 2 32 FRA Stéphane Huet 2 6 6 2 BLR Max Mirnyi 6 6     USA Michael Sell 3 2     USA Jonathan Stark 6 4 6 32 FRA Stéphane Huet 2 6 7 2 BLR Max Mirnyi 6 6   32 FRA Stéphane Huet 7 7   Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 3 HAI Ronald Agénor 6 7     KOR Lee Hyung-taik 4 6     MEX Alejandro Hernández 4 6 6   RSA Damien Roberts 6 2 4   RSA Neville Godwin 6 6     POR João Cunha e Silva 4 2     ISR Amir Hadad 5 1   29 SWE Fredrik Jonsson 7 6   3 HAI Ronald Agénor 4 5     MEX Alejandro Hernández 6 7     RSA Neville Godwin 6 6   29 SWE Fredrik Jonsson 7 7     MEX Alejandro Hernández 3 2   29 SWE Fredrik Jonsson 6 6   Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 4 SUI Roger Federer 6 6     NED Edwin Kempes 4 4     SUI Ivo Heuberger 7 4 7   VEN Maurice Ruah 6 6 6   ARG Andrés Zingman 3 2     FRA Olivier Mutis 6 6     CZE Radovan Světlík 4 6 2 30 FIN Tuomas Ketola 6 4 6 4 SUI Roger Federer 6 2     SUI Ivo Heuberger 7 6     FRA Olivier Mutis 7 2 2 30 FIN Tuomas Ketola 6 6 6   SUI Ivo Heuberger 6 6   30 FIN Tuomas Ketola 3 4   Fifth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 5 FRA Antony Dupuis 7 4 1   ISR Noam Okun 5 6 6   NED Raemon Sluiter 6 7 3   RSA Louis Vosloo 7 6 6   CZE Radomír Vašek 2 2     ITA Giorgio Galimberti 6 6     JPN Takao Suzuki 6 6   27 GER Alexander Popp 3 3     ISR Noam Okun 6 5 6   RSA Louis Vosloo 2 7 4   ITA Giorgio Galimberti 1 6     JPN Takao Suzuki 6 7     ISR Noam Okun 3 6     JPN Takao Suzuki 6 7   Sixth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 6 ITA Davide Sanguinetti 4 4     RUS Andrei Cherkasov 6 6     ITA Cristiano Caratti 6 7     CZE David Miketa 2 5     FRA Olivier Malcor 4 6 2   AUS James Sekulov 6 2 6   ROU Gabriel Trifu 6 4   28 ITA Mosé Navarra 2 1r   RUS Andrei Cherkasov 2 7 6   ITA Cristiano Caratti 6 6 7   AUS James Sekulov 1 6 6   ROU Gabriel Trifu 6 3 2   ITA Cristiano Caratti 6 7 6   AUS James Sekulov 7 6 1 Seventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 7 ITA Laurence Tieleman 7 6   WC USA Huntley Montgomery 6 2     ARG Mariano Hood 6 7     FRA Nicolas Thomann 3 6     GBR Jamie Delgado 3 5     CZE Petr Luxa 6 7     ESP Javier Sánchez 6 5 3 26 FRA Julien Boutter 3 7 6 7 ITA Laurence Tieleman 6 7 6   ARG Mariano Hood 7 6 4   CZE Petr Luxa 6 4   26 FRA Julien Boutter 7 6   7 ITA Laurence Tieleman 7 4 6 26 FRA Julien Boutter 5 6 7 Eighth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 8 GER Oliver Gross 4 5     ITA Stefano Pescosolido 6 7     USA Glenn Weiner 6 6   WC USA Thomas Blake 3 4     UZB Vadim Kutsenko 6 7     BRA Francisco Costa 3 5     FRA Sébastien de Chaunac 2 3   25 GER Lars Burgsmüller 6 6     ITA Stefano Pescosolido 6 6     USA Glenn Weiner 4 4     UZB Vadim Kutsenko 2 5   25 GER Lars Burgsmüller 6 7     ITA Stefano Pescosolido 3 6   25 GER Lars Burgsmüller 6 7   Ninth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 9 BEL Xavier Malisse 7 6     ISR Harel Levy 6 4     FR Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić 2 7 3   USA Michael Russell 6 6 6   GER Marc-Kevin Goellner 7 7     USA Geoff Grant 6 6   WC USA Rafael de Mesa 0 4   24 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 6 6   9 BEL Xavier Malisse 4 6 7   USA Michael Russell 6 1 6   GER Marc-Kevin Goellner 3 5   24 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 6 7   9 BEL Xavier Malisse 6 7   24 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 3 6   Tenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 10 NED Peter Wessels 6 6     BRA Daniel Melo 4 4   WC USA Rudy Rake 5 6 7   SLO Iztok Božič 7 4 6   ARG Sebastián Prieto 6 7     ITA Igor Gaudi 3 6     CZE Ota Fukárek 6 6 1 23 BEL Christophe Rochus 4 7 6 10 NED Peter Wessels 6 6   WC USA Rudy Rake 2 1     ARG Sebastián Prieto 5 0   23 BEL Christophe Rochus 7 6   10 NED Peter Wessels 1 7 6 23 BEL Christophe Rochus 6 6 1 Eleventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 11 GER Michael Kohlmann 7 6     JPN Takahiro Terachi 5 0     CAN Frédéric Niemeyer 6 6 6   JPN Gouichi Motomura 7 1 4   AUS Michael Hill 6 7     IND Leander Paes 3 6     FRA Jean-René Lisnard 1 6 6 21 CHI Nicolás Massú 6 3 3 11 GER Michael Kohlmann 6 6     CAN Frédéric Niemeyer 4 4     AUS Michael Hill 3 6 3   FRA Jean-René Lisnard 6 3 6 11 GER Michael Kohlmann 6 6     FRA Jean-René Lisnard 1 0   Twelfth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 12 ROU Adrian Voinea 6 3 6   ESP Ignacio Truyol 3 6 2   ISR Noam Behr 6 6 4   GBR Arvind Parmar 4 7 6   GBR Martin Lee 3 0     SUI George Bastl 6 6     RUS Andrei Stoliarov 7 6   22 BLR Vladimir Voltchkov 5 3   12 ROU Adrian Voinea 4 3     GBR Arvind Parmar 6 6     SUI George Bastl 6 2 7   RUS Andrei Stoliarov 4 6 6   GBR Arvind Parmar 1 3     SUI George Bastl 6 6   Thirteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 13 SUI Lorenzo Manta 6 6     SVK Roman Šmotlák 1 3     NZL Mark Nielsen 7 5 3   NZL Brett Steven 5 7 6   USA David Caldwell 3 2     VEN Jimy Szymanski 6 6     BRA Adriano Ferreira 2 2   20 ARG Gastón Etlis 6 6   13 SUI Lorenzo Manta 6 6     NZL Brett Steven 3 4     VEN Jimy Szymanski 4 4   20 ARG Gastón Etlis 6 6   13 SUI Lorenzo Manta 6 4 6 20 ARG Gastón Etlis 2 6 1 Fourteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 14 FRA Nicolas Escudé 6 6     ISR Lior Mor 1 3   WC USA Mike Bryan 7 7     ISR Ofer Sela 6 6     ECU Luis Morejón 1 4     ESP Óscar Burrieza 6 6     ISR Eyal Ran 6 3 6 19 UZB Oleg Ogorodov 2 6 2 14 FRA Nicolas Escudé 6 6   WC USA Mike Bryan 1 2     ESP Óscar Burrieza 6 7     ISR Eyal Ran 2 6   14 FRA Nicolas Escudé 6 6     ESP Óscar Burrieza 2 1   Fifteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 15 GER Axel Pretsch 6 7     RSA Jeff Coetzee 3 5     BRA Paulo Taicher 2 6 2 WC USA Hugo Armando 6 2 6   ARG Diego Veronelli 2 3     JPN Satoshi Iwabuchi 6 6     THA Paradorn Srichaphan 6 6 6 17 ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 7 4 2 15 GER Axel Pretsch 7 4 6 WC USA Hugo Armando 6 6 1   JPN Satoshi Iwabuchi 1 1     THA Paradorn Srichaphan 6 6   15 GER Axel Pretsch 6 6     THA Paradorn Srichaphan 2 3   Sixteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 16 FIN Ville Liukko 7 6     BAH Mark Knowles 6 4     USA Jared Palmer 3 6 1   USA Michael Joyce 6 4 6   CZE Petr Dezort 7 6     AUS Michael Tebbutt 5 3     AUS Todd Woodbridge 6 6 4 18 SWE Mikael Tillström 3 7 6 16 FIN Ville Liukko 6 6     USA Michael Joyce 3 2     CZE Petr Dezort 6 5 2 18 SWE Mikael Tillström 3 7 6 16 FIN Ville Liukko 7 6   18 SWE Mikael Tillström 5 4   References 1999 US Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying