1999 WTA German Open
Encyclopedia
The 1999 German Open was a women's tennis event that was played in Berlin
, Germany
from May 10 to May 16, 1999. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open.
s into the singles main draw: Jana Kandarr
Jennifer Capriati
Julia Abe
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Anca Barna
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Marlene Weingärtner
Julia Abe / Jana Kandarr
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Germana Di Natale Miriam Schnitzer Sandra Klösel
Sandra Kleinová
Sandra Cacic
Anca Barna
Sandra Nacuk Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Germana Di Natale /
Flora Perfetti
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Mariana Díaz-Oliva
Amanda Hopmans
Pavlina Stoyanova Florencia Labat
Brie Rippner /
Tara Snyder
Martina Hingis
def.
Julie Halard-Decugis
, 6–0, 6–1
Alexandra Fusai
/ Nathalie Tauziat
def.
Jana Novotná
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Patricia Tarabini
, 6–3, 7–5
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
from May 10 to May 16, 1999. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland |
Martina Hingis Martina 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... |
1 | 1 |
| Czech Republic |
Jana Novotná Jana 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... |
4 | 2 |
| Germany |
Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24... |
6 | 3 |
 Spain |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
7 | 4 |
| France |
Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie 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.... |
9 | 6 |
| United States |
Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on... |
11 | 7 |
| Switzerland |
Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No... |
12 | 8 |
 Russia |
Anna Kournikova Anna 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... |
15 | 9 |
 South Africa |
Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004... |
16 | 10 |
 Belgium |
Dominique Van Roost Dominique Monami Dominique Monami is a former Belgian professional female tennis player.In 1995, she married her coach Bart Van Roost, with whom she has a daughter, and played under the name Dominique Van Roost until their divorce in 2003.Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where... |
14 | 11 |
| France |
Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Mauresmo Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon.... |
10 | 12 |
 Romania |
Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world... |
18 | 13 |
| Spain |
Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... |
17 | 14 |
 Belarus |
Natasha Zvereva Natasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings... |
19 | 15 |
 Austria |
Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 7, on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30... |
20 | 16 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcardWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
s into the singles main draw: Jana Kandarr
Jana Kandarr
Jana Kandarr is a former German professional tennis player. Kandarr is notable for playing with her right hand, even though she is left-handed....
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca...
Julia Abe
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Anca Barna
Anca Barna
Anca Barna is a retired professional German tennis player. Barna turned professional in 1992 and retired in 2005. On 12 April 2004, Barna reached her highest singles ranking: World Number 46. Her highest doubles ranking came on on 21 April 1997, when she became World Number 119. In her career, she...
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Marlene WeingärtnerMarlene Weingärtner
Marlene Weingärtner is a former German professional tennis player. Weingärtner retired in late 2005 after suffering several first round losses due to ongoing physical problems....
Julia Abe /
Jana KandarrJana Kandarr
Jana Kandarr is a former German professional tennis player. Kandarr is notable for playing with her right hand, even though she is left-handed....
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Germana Di Natale Miriam Schnitzer Sandra Klösel
Sandra Klösel
Sandra Klösel is a professional female tennis player from Germany. She turned pro in July 1995.On 19 March 2007, Klösel reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 87.-Singles :...
Sandra Kleinová
Sandra Kleinová
Sandra Kleinová is a professional Czech tennis player.Kleinová's highest WTA singles ranking is 41st, which she reached on January 5, 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 209 set at June 12, 2000. She was part of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in 1997 and 2002...
Sandra Cacic
Sandra Cacic
Sandra Cacic is a professional American tennis player.Cacic's highest WTA singles ranking is 39th, which she reached on May 9, 1994. Her career high in doubles was at 87 set at February 8, 1999....
Anca Barna
Anca Barna
Anca Barna is a retired professional German tennis player. Barna turned professional in 1992 and retired in 2005. On 12 April 2004, Barna reached her highest singles ranking: World Number 46. Her highest doubles ranking came on on 21 April 1997, when she became World Number 119. In her career, she...
Sandra Nacuk Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Emmanuelle Gagliardi is a professional Swiss tennis player.Her coach is Marco Tarelli and she prefers to play on hardcourts.As of 2 March 2008, Gagliardi is still searching for her first WTA Tour singles title....
Germana Di Natale /
Flora PerfettiThe following players received entry as lucky losers: Mariana Díaz-Oliva
Mariana Diaz-Oliva
Mariana Díaz-Oliva is a retired professional female tennis player from Argentina. Right-handed, she played professionally from September 1992 to October 12, 2006. Her highest ranks were 42nd for singles and 93rd for doubles, both in 2001.-Singles finals: 3 :-External links:...
Amanda Hopmans
Amanda Hopmans
Amanda Hopmans is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. She turned professional in February 1994 and on 1 November 1999 she achieved her career high ranking of No. 72 in the world....
Pavlina Stoyanova Florencia Labat
Florencia Labat
María Florencia Labat was a professional female tennis player from Argentina. She joined the WTA Tour in 1988 and retired in 2000. On September 12, 1994 she reached a career high singles ranking of number 26 worldwide.-Singles 4 :-Doubles 17 :-External links:...
Brie Rippner /
Tara SnyderTara Snyder
Tara Snyder is a former tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour on November 16, 1998, when she was ranked No. 33 in the world...
Singles
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...
def.
Julie Halard-DecugisJulie Halard-Decugis
Julie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland...
, 6–0, 6–1
- It was Hingis' 7th title of the year and the 46th of her career.
Doubles
Alexandra FusaiAlexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai is a former professional tennis player from France.Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career...
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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....
def.
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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Patricia TarabiniPatricia Tarabini
Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached...
, 6–3, 7–5
- It was Fusai's 2nd title of the year and the 9th of her career. It was Tauziat's 2nd title of the year and the 23rd of her career.