Doubles
1999 WTA German Open
ChampionFrance Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
Runner-upCzech Republic Jana Novotná
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Score6–3, 7–5

The 1999 WTA German Open singles was the singles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Berlin, Germany, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Latin Europe. It was the sixth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but only Zvereva participated this year with Mary Pierce. They were eliminated in the first round by Brie Rippner and Tara Snyder.

The French team of Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won their first Tier I title as a team, defeating Jana Novotná and Patricia Tarabini in the final.

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6 6  
  Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Argentina Florencia Labat
3 1  
1 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
3 5  
2 France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
6 7  
4 Latvia Larisa Neiland
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
4 1  
2 France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
6 6  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Czech Republic J Novotná
Argentina P Tarabini
65 6  
WC Germany A Barna
Germany M Weingärtner
3 5     Germany S Graf
Argentina I Gorrochategui
77 4 r
  Germany S Graf
Argentina I Gorrochategui
6 7   1 Czech Republic J Novotná
Argentina P Tarabini
63 6 6
WC Germany J Abe
Germany J Kandarr
6 2 2   South Africa L Horn
Canada S Jeyaseelan
77 1 3
  South Africa L Horn
Canada S Jeyaseelan
3 6 6   South Africa L Horn
Canada S Jeyaseelan
7 6  
  Zimbabwe C Black
France A-G Sidot
6 7     Zimbabwe C Black
France A-G Sidot
5 2  
6 United States MJ Fernandez
United States L Raymond
3 5   1 Czech Republic J Novotná
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
  Romania R Dragomir
Argentina F Labat
3 1  
3 Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
4 6 3
  Romania R Dragomir
Argentina F Labat
77 64 6   Romania R Dragomir
Argentina F Labat
6 3 6
  Netherlands A Hopmans
Spain A Ortuño
65 77 2   Romania R Dragomir
Argentina F Labat
77 6  
  United States K Adams
United States C Rubin
2 1   7 Romania I Spîrlea
Netherlands C Vis
63 4  
Q Italy G Di Natale
Italy F Perfetti
6 6     United States K Adams
United States C Rubin
4 6 4
  United States S Cacic
Italy S Farina
63 63   7 Romania I Spîrlea
Netherlands C Vis
6 2 6
7 Romania I Spîrlea
Netherlands C Vis
77 77  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6  
  Australia C Barclay
Australia K-A Guse
4 1   8 Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
64 6 65
  Czech Republic K Hrdličková
Germany B Rittner
6 6     Czech Republic K Hrdličková
Germany B Rittner
77 4 77
  France C Dhenin
Ukraine O Lugina
1 1     Czech Republic K Hrdličková
Germany B Rittner
69 1  
  Poland A Olsza
Bulgaria P Stoyanova
6 2 2 4 Latvia L Neiland
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
711 6  
  United States D Graham
Argentina L Montalvo
4 6 6   United States D Graham
Argentina L Montalvo
3 4  
4 Latvia L Neiland
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
4 Latvia L Neiland
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
4 1  
5 South Africa M de Swardt
Ukraine E Tatarkova
5 6 2 2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 6  
  United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
7 3 6   United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 6  
  Belarus N Zvereva
France M Pierce
63 3   LL United States B Rippner
United States T Snyder
1 1  
LL United States B Rippner
United States T Snyder
77 6     United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
1 62  
  Russia E Kulikovskaya
Czech Republic E Melicharová
w/o     2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 77  
  France J Halard-Decugis
France A Mauresmo
        Russia E Kulikovskaya
Czech Republic E Melicharová
0 2  
2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

  1. Italy Germana Di Natale / Italy Flora Perfetti

Lucky losers

  1. United States Brie Rippner / United States Tara Snyder

Qualifying draw

Key

First round Second round Qualifying competition
         
1 Australia Alicia Molik
United States Samantha Reeves
 
  Bye  
1 Australia Alicia Molik
United States Samantha Reeves
4
  United States Brie Rippner
United States Tara Snyder
8
  United States Brie Rippner
United States Tara Snyder
 
  Bye  
  United States Brie Rippner
United States Tara Snyder
8
2 Italy Germana Di Natale
Italy Flora Perfetti
6
  Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva
Argentina María José Gaidano
9
  Austria Sylvia Plischke
Romania Raluca Sandu
8
  Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva
Argentina María José Gaidano
5
2 Italy Germana Di Natale
Italy Flora Perfetti
8
  Bye  
2 Italy Germana Di Natale
Italy Flora Perfetti
 

References

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