1999 Direct Line International Championships
Encyclopedia
The 1999 Direct Line International Championships was a tennis
tournament played on grass court
s at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne
in the United Kingdom
that was part of Tier II
of the 1999 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from June 14 through June 19, 1999.
Natalia Zvereva defeated 
Nathalie Tauziat
0–6, 7–5, 6–3
Martina Hingis
/
Anna Kournikova
defeated
Jana Novotná
/ Natalia Zvereva 6–4 ret
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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that was part of Tier II
WTA Tier II Events
The WTA Tier II tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis second-level tournaments held from 1988 until 2008 season. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled...
of the 1999 WTA Tour
1999 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from June 14 through June 19, 1999.
Women's Singles
Natalia Zvereva defeated Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
0–6, 7–5, 6–3
- It was Zvereva's only singles title of the year and the fourth of her career.
Women's Doubles
Martina HingisMartina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
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Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name...
defeated
Jana NovotnáJana Novotná
Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
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Natalia Zvereva 6–4 ret
- It was Hingis' fifth doubles title of the year and the 25th of her career. It was Kournikova's fourth doubles title of the year and the fifth of her career.