1999 WTA German Open – Doubles

1999 WTA German Open FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat CZE Jana NovotnáARG Patricia Tarabini 6–3, 7–5 28 8 singles doubles 1999 WTA German Open The 1999 WTA German Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Berlin, Germany, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Germanic Europe. It was the sixth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the reigning champions, but only Zvereva entered the tournament with Mary Pierce. However, Pierce withdrew from the tournament. The French team of Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won their first Tier I title as a team, defeating Jana Novotná and Patricia Tarabini in the final. Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em CZE Jana Novotná / ARG Patricia Tarabini (final) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (champions) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round) LAT Larisa Neiland / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) RSA Mariaan de Swardt / UKR Elena Tatarkova (first round) USA Mary Joe Fernandez / USA Lisa Raymond (first round) ROU Irina Spîrlea / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) AUT Barbara Schett / SUI Patty Schnyder (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 CZE Jana NovotnáARG Patricia Tarabini 6 6     ROU Ruxandra DragomirARG Florencia Labat 3 1   4 LAT Larisa NeilandESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 1   2 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 6   1 CZE Jana NovotnáARG Patricia Tarabini 3 5   2 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 7   Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals WC GER A BarnaGER M Weingärtner 3 5     GER S GrafARG I Gorrochategui 6 7   WC GER J AbeGER J Kandarr 6 2 2   RSA L HornCAN S Jeyaseelan 3 6 6   ZIM C BlackFRA A-G Sidot 6 7   6 USA MJ FernandezUSA L Raymond 3 5     ROU R DragomirARG F Labat 77 64 6   NED A HopmansESP A Ortuño 65 77 2   USA K AdamsUSA C Rubin 2 1   Q ITA G Di NataleITA F Perfetti 6 6     USA S CacicITA S Farina 63 63   7 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 77 77   1 CZE J NovotnáARG P Tarabini 65 6     GER S GrafARG I Gorrochategui 77 4 r   RSA L HornCAN S Jeyaseelan 7 6     ZIM C BlackFRA A-G Sidot 5 2   3 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 4 6 3   ROU R DragomirARG F Labat 6 3 6   USA K AdamsUSA C Rubin 4 6 4 7 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 6 2 6 1 CZE J NovotnáARG P Tarabini 63 6 6   RSA L HornCAN S Jeyaseelan 77 1 3   ROU R DragomirARG F Labat 77 6   7 ROU I SpîrleaNED C Vis 63 4   1 CZE J NovotnáARG P Tarabini 6 6     ROU R DragomirARG F Labat 3 1   Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 6     AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse 4 1     CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 6 6     FRA C DheninUKR O Lugina 1 1     POL A OlszaBUL P Stoyanova 6 2 2   USA D GrahamARG L Montalvo 4 6 6 5 RSA M de SwardtUKR E Tatarkova 5 6 2   USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 7 3 6   GER A HuberUSA C Morariu 63 3   LL USA B RippnerUSA T Snyder 77 6     RUS E KulikovskayaCZE E Melicharová w/o       FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA A Mauresmo       8 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 64 6 65   CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 77 4 77   USA D GrahamARG L Montalvo 3 4   4 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6   LL USA B RippnerUSA T Snyder 1 1     RUS E KulikovskayaCZE E Melicharová 0 2   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6     CZE K HrdličkováGER B Rittner 69 1   4 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 711 6     USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 1 62   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 77   4 LAT L NeilandESP A Sánchez Vicario 4 1   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6   Qualifying Seeds 30em AUS Alicia Molik / USA Samantha Reeves (second round) ITA Germana Di Natale / ITA Flora Perfetti (champions) Qualifiers ITA Germana Di Natale / ITA Flora Perfetti Lucky losers USA Brie Rippner / USA Tara Snyder Qualifying draw First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 AUS Alicia MolikUSA Samantha Reeves     Bye     USA Brie RippnerUSA Tara Snyder     Bye     ARG Mariana Díaz OlivaARG María José Gaidano 9   AUT Sylvia PlischkeROU Raluca Sandu 8   Bye   2 ITA Germana Di NataleITA Flora Perfetti   1 AUS Alicia MolikUSA Samantha Reeves 4   USA Brie RippnerUSA Tara Snyder 8   ARG Mariana Díaz OlivaARG María José Gaidano 5 2 ITA Germana Di NataleITA Flora Perfetti 8   USA Brie RippnerUSA Tara Snyder 8 2 ITA Germana Di NataleITA Flora Perfetti 6 External links 1999 WTA German Open doubles draw Category:WTA German Open WTA German Open