1999 Grand Prix Hassan II
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The 1999 Grand Prix Hassan II
was an Association of Tennis Professionals
tennis
tournament held in Casablanca
, Morocco
. The tournament was held from March 22 to March 29, 1999.
Alberto Martín
defeated Fernando Vicente
6-3, 6-4
Fernando Meligeni
/ Jaime Oncins
defeated
Massimo Ardinghi
/ Vincenzo Santopadre
6-2, 6-3
Grand Prix Hassan II
The Grand Prix Hassan II is an annual tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series. The event is held annually at the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca, Morocco and is played on clay courts. Between 1986 and 1989 it was part of the Challenger...
was an Association of Tennis Professionals
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
tennis
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 held in Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. The tournament was held from March 22 to March 29, 1999.
Men's Singles
Alberto MartínAlberto Martín
----Alberto Martín Magret is a retired tennis player from Spain. He turned professional in 1995.Martin's best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first round win was his first victory over former World number 1 Andy...
defeated
Fernando VicenteFernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente Fibla is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 June 2000, when he became the World Number 29.-Singles: 6 :Wins...
6-3, 6-4
- It was Martin's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.
Men's Doubles
Fernando MeligeniFernando Meligeni
Fernando Ariel Meligeni , nicknamed Fininho is a former professional tennis player from Brazil....
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Jaime OncinsJaime Oncins
Jaime Oncins is a former tennis player from Brazil.Oncins represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he reached the quarter-finals before falling to Russia's Andrei Cherkasov. The right-hander won two individual career titles...
defeated
Massimo ArdinghiMassimo Ardinghi
Massimo Ardinghi , is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Ardinghi enjoyed most of his professional tour tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up at 2 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 111 in 1998.-ATP Tour...
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Vincenzo SantopadreVincenzo Santopadre
Vincenzo Santopadre , is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Santopadre reached a career high World No. 100 on May 3, 1999. He won 1 doubles title and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 103 in on August 24, 1998.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...
6-2, 6-3
- It was Meligeni's only title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was Oncins's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of his career.