1999 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1999 Australian Open
Champions	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Final score	7–5, 6–3

The 1999 Australian Open – Women's Doubles was the women's dobules event of the eighty-seventh edition of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year and the most prestigious tournament in the Asia-Pacific and the Southern Hemisphere. Martina Hingis and Mirjana Lučić were the defending champions, but Hingis competed with Russian Anna Kournikova, and Lučić competed with Frenchwoman Mary Pierce. Lučić and Pierce were defeated in the first round by Christina Singer and Helena Vildová.
Hingis and Kournikova, however, ended up winning the title, defeating first seeds Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva, 7–5, 6–3. With this win, Hingis won her fifth consecutive Grand Slam title in doubles, and became the only woman to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles in singles and doubles simultaneously.

Seeds

1. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
2. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinals)
3. Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (Champions)
4. Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
5. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Second Round)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (First Round)
7. Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (Third Round)
8. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (Second Round)
9. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Second Round)
10. Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (Third Round)
11. Katrina Adams / Debbie Graham (First Round)
12. Jana Novotná / Monica Seles (Third Round)
13. Rachel McQuillan / Nana Miyagi (First Round)
14. Els Callens / Julie Halard-Decugis (Third Round)
15. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (Third Round)
16. Mirjana Lučić / Mary Pierce (First Round)

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
		Yayuk Basuki   Amélie Mauresmo	2	3
								1	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	1	6	6
									Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	4	4
	4	Larisa Neiland   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	1
		Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	4	6
															1	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	5	3
															3	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	7	6
		Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	6^0	2
	3	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	7^7	6
								3	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	5	6
								2	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	3	7	4
		Florencia Labat   Dominique Van Roost	1	4
	2	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		A Frazier K Schlukebir	2	1				1	L Davenport N Zvereva	7^7	6
		K Kunce K Po	7	6					K Kunce K Po	6^3	0
		M Drake T Musgrave	5	3											1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		A Huber L Wild	6	1	3											C Cristea R Dragomir	0	3
		C Cristea R Dragomir	2	6	6				C Cristea R Dragomir	6	3	6
		I Gorrochategui S Graf	6	4	8				I Gorrochategui S Graf	4	6	3
	11	K Adams D Graham	2	6	6																	1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
	13	R McQuillan N Miyagi	2	6^5																			Y Basuki A Mauresmo	2	3
		Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	7^7					Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	7^10
		E Bes S Krivencheva	6^3	5					R Hiraki L McShea	1	6^8
		R Hiraki L McShea	7^7	7												Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	6
		A Olsza N van Lottum	6	6											WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	2	0
		A Hopmans L Pleming	2	4					A Olsza N van Lottum	5	3
	WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	1	6	6			WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	7	6
	6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	3	0

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	WC	E Dominikovic C Watson	3	4				4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		E de Lone N Pratt	3	3					A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	3	3
		A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	6	6											4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6^4	7	6
		K Hrdličková T Križan	6	6												K Hrdličková T Križan	7^7	5	1
		R Grande E Wagner	4	3					K Hrdličková T Križan	3	6	6
		S de Beer J Lee	4	4				9	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	2	2
	9	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6																		4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	4	6	1
	16	M Lučić M Pierce	2	2																			S Williams V Williams	6	4	6
		C Singer H Vildová	6	6					C Singer H Vildová	3	1
		S Williams V Williams	6	6					S Williams V Williams	6	6
		C Barclay K-A Guse	4	1												S Williams V Williams	7^7	6
		A Ellwood A Molik	1	2											7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6^3	2
		M J Fernández C Morariu	6	6					M J Fernández C Morariu	0	3
		C Papadáki G Pizzichini	5	4				7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
	7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	8	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	6
		V Csurgó E-h Kim	1	2				8	I Spîrlea C Vis	5	5
		N Arendt M Bollegraf	7^7	6					N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	7
		C Black I Selyutina	5	3												N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		A Coetzer J Steck	4	6	6										15	S Appelmans M Oremans	2	3
		C Rubin S Testud	6	2	3				A Coetzer J Steck	4	6^2
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	4	4				15	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	7^7
	15	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6																			N Arendt M Bollegraf	6^0	2
	12	J Novotná M Seles	6	7^7																		3	M Hingis A Kournikova	7^7	6
		L Horn K Kschwendt	2	6^5				12	J Novotná M Seles	6	6
		L Courtois E de Villiers	7^7	6					L Courtois E de Villiers	2	3
		Cho Y-j Park S-h	6^4	3											12	J Novotná M Seles	6^9	3
		S Noorlander S-t Wang	7	6											3	M Hingis A Kournikova	7^11	6
		A Ortuño M Ramón Climent	5	3					S Noorlander S-t Wang	1	5
		E Melicharová J Pullin	3	0				3	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	7
	3	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	5	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6
		L Lee P Stoyanova	3	3				5	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	6	1
		L Osterloh M Washington	5	6	2				F Labat D Van Roost	6	2	6
		F Labat D Van Roost	7	3	6											F Labat D Van Roost	6	6
		A Canepa T Garbin	1	1											14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	4	1
		S Farina K Habšudová	6	6					S Farina K Habšudová	5	3
		S Reeves T Tanasugarn	2	7^7	3			14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	7	6
	14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	6	6^4	6																		F Labat D Van Roost	1	4
	10	B Schett P Schnyder	7	4	6																	2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
		C Dhenin É Loit	5	6	3			10	B Schett P Schnyder	7^7	2	8
		K Boogert A-G Sidot	6	6^5	6				K Boogert A-G Sidot	6^3	6	6
	WC	M Tu M Weingärtner	2	7^7	2										10	B Schett P Schnyder	0	7	3
		R Bobková D Jones	6	6											2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	5	6
	WC	A Grahame B Stewart	2	4				WC	A Grahame B Stewart	0	3
		S Cacic S Jeyaseelan	5	1				2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	2	L Raymond R Stubbs	7	6

References

• 1999 Australian Open on ITFtennis.com