1999 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1999 Italian Open
Champion	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runner-up	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
Final score	6–2, 6–2

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

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

2

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	6
	6	Irina Spîrlea   Caroline Vis	4	3
								1	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	6
								2	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	2	2
		Mary Pierce   Natasha Zvereva	2	1
	2	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	6	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6
		D Graham L Montalvo	6	6					D Graham L Montalvo	0	0
		M Drake L Golarsa	2	1											1	M Hingis A Kournikova	3	6	6
		R Dragomir K Hrdličková	6	6											8	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	1	3
		T Garbin R Grande	4	2					R Dragomir K Hrdličková	2	4
		E Bes-Ostariz K Freye	2	5				8	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
	8	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	7																		1	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6
																						6	I Spîrlea C Vis	4	3
								4	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
	Q	L Schaerer M Serna	6	3	4				S Noorlander C Papadáki	1	2
		S Noorlander C Papadáki	1	6	6										4	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	66	4
	WC	F Perfetti F Schiavone	2	1											6	I Spîrlea C Vis	2	78	6
		A Coetzer A Mauresmo	6	6					A Coetzer A Mauresmo	1	6	4
	WC	Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti	4	1				6	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	4	6
	6	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		N Arendt M Bollegraf	2	3				5	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	2	0
		M Pierce N Zvereva	6	6					M Pierce N Zvereva	6	6
		S Appelmans M Oremans	0	2												M Pierce N Zvereva	6	77
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	5	7	6											A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	3	63
		F Labat D Van Roost	7	5	0				A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	6
								3	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	2	3
																							M Pierce N Zvereva	2	1
	7	C Martínez P Tarabini	4	6	6																	2	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6
		C Black A-G Sidot	6	3	1			7	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	4	2
		S Jeyaseelan C Morariu	77	6					S Jeyaseelan C Morariu	0	6	6
		V Menga M Saeki	65	4												S Jeyaseelan C Morariu	5	4
	LL	J Kandarr S Reeves	4	77	7										2	A Fusai N Tauziat	7	6
		L Horn E Melicharová	6	62	5			LL	J Kandarr S Reeves	1	1
								2	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

2

Qualifiers

1. Larissa Schaerer / Magüi Serna

Lucky Losers

1. Jana Kandarr / Samantha Reeves

Qualifying Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition
	1	Jana Kandarr   Samantha Reeves
		Bye
						1	Jana Kandarr   Samantha Reeves	8
							Flavia Pennetta   Roberta Vinci	9
		Flavia Pennetta   Roberta Vinci	8
		Kristina Brandi   María Vento	4
												Flavia Pennetta   Roberta Vinci	6
												Larissa Schaerer   Magüi Serna	8
		Larissa Schaerer   Magüi Serna	8
		Jill Craybas   Anne Kremer	5
							Larissa Schaerer   Magüi Serna	8
						2	Nathalie Dechy   Nadia Petrova	5
		Bye
	2	Nathalie Dechy   Nadia Petrova

References

• 1999 Italian Open Women's Doubles Draw