1999 Newsweek Champions Cup
and Evert Cup
DateMarch 5–14
Edition26th
CategorySuper 9 (ATP)
Tier I Series (WTA)
Prize money$2,200,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationIndian Wells, CA, US
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Australia Mark Philippoussis[1]
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Australia Sandon Stolle[2]
Women's doubles
Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova

The 1999 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's tournaments took place at the Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells, California in the United States from March 5 through March 14, 1999.

Finals

Men's singles

Australia Mark Philippoussis defeated Spain Carlos Moyá, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

  • It was Philippoussis' 2nd title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was his 1st Super 9 title.

Women's singles

United States Serena Williams defeated Germany Steffi Graf, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5

  • It was Williams' 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title.

Men's doubles

Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Australia Sandon Stolle defeated South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Rick Leach, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Women's doubles

Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova defeated United States Mary Joe Fernández / Czech Republic Jana Novotná, 6–2, 6–2

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis 1 1
 USA Lindsay Davenport 2 2
 USA Monica Seles 3 3
 CZE Jana Novotná 4 4
 GER Steffi Graf 7 5
 FRA Mary Pierce 8 6
 RSA Amanda Coetzer 9 7
 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 10 8
 RUS Anna Kournikova 11 9
  SUI Patty Schnyder 12 10
 BEL Dominique Van Roost 13 11
 FRA Sandrine Testud 14 12
 ROU Irina Spîrlea 16 13
 ESP Conchita Martínez 17 14
 BLR Natasha Zvereva 18 15
 AUT Barbara Schett 19 16

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Wells – Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "Indian Wells – Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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