1999 Italian Open – Women's doubles
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| Women's doubles | |||||||
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| 1999 Italian Open | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion | Switzerland Martina Hingis Russia Anna Kournikova | ||||||
| Runner-up | France Alexandra Fusai France Nathalie Tauziat | ||||||
| Score | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
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1999 tennis event results
Main article: 1999 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1999 Italian Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals.
Hingis and Kournikova won this tournament by defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.
Seeds
[edit ]The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
- Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova (champions)
- France Alexandra Fusai / France Nathalie Tauziat (final)
- Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Japan Ai Sugiyama (second round)
- South Africa Mariaan de Swardt / Ukraine Elena Tatarkova (quarterfinals)
- Latvia Larisa Neiland / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
- Romania Irina Spîrlea / Netherlands Caroline Vis (semifinals)
- Spain Conchita Martínez / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (second round)
- Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit ] Semifinals
Final
Top half
[edit ] First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
8
Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez 6 7 1 Switzerland M Hingis
Russia A Kournikova 6 6
Argentina P Suárez 6 7 1 Switzerland M Hingis
Russia A Kournikova 6 6
Netherlands S Noorlander
Greece C Papadáki 1 6 6 4 South Africa M de Swardt
Ukraine E Tatarkova 6 66 4
Greece C Papadáki 1 6 6 4 South Africa M de Swardt
Ukraine E Tatarkova 6 66 4
Bottom half
[edit ] First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
South Africa L Horn
Czech Republic E Melicharová 6 62 5 LL Germany J Kandarr
United States S Reeves 1 1
Czech Republic E Melicharová 6 62 5 LL Germany J Kandarr
United States S Reeves 1 1
Qualifying
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]- Germany Jana Kandarr / United States Samantha Reeves (second round, lucky losers)
- France Nathalie Dechy / Russia Nadia Petrova (second round)
Qualifiers
[edit ]Lucky losers
[edit ]Qualifying draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
First round
Second round
Qualifying competition
Bye
Bye
External links
[edit ]- 1999 Italian Open Women's Doubles draw Archived 2019年03月29日 at the Wayback Machine