1999 WTA German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1999 WTA German Open
Champion	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
Runner-up	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini
Final score	6–3, 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.

1. Jana Novotná / Patricia Tarabini (Final)
2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Champions)
3. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Second Round)
4. Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Semifinals)
5. Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (First Round)
6. Mary Joe Fernandez / Lisa Raymond (First Round)
7. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (Quarterfinals)
8. Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (Second 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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Jana Novotná   Patricia Tarabini	6	6
		Ruxandra Dragomir   Florencia Labat	3	1
								1	Jana Novotná   Patricia Tarabini	3	5
								2	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	6	7
	4	Larisa Neiland   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	1
	2	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	J Novotná   P Tarabini	6^5	6
WC	A Barna   M Weingärtner	3	5					S Graf   I Gorrochategui	7^7	4	r
	S Graf   I Gorrochategui	6	7											1	J Novotná   P Tarabini	6^3	6	6
WC	J Abe   J Kandarr	6	2	2											L Horn   S Jeyaseelan	7^7	1	3
	L Horn   S Jeyaseelan	3	6	6				L Horn   S Jeyaseelan	7	6
	C Black   A-G Sidot	6	7					C Black   A-G Sidot	5	2
6	MJ Fernandez   L Raymond	3	5																		1	J Novotná   P Tarabini	6	6
																						R Dragomir   F Labat	3	1
							3	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	4	6	3
	R Dragomir   F Labat	7^7	6^4	6				R Dragomir   F Labat	6	3	6
	A Hopmans   A Ortuño	6^5	7^7	2											R Dragomir   F Labat	7^7	6
	K Adams   C Rubin	2	1											7	I Spîrlea   C Vis	6^3	4
Q	G Di Natale   F Perfetti	6	6					K Adams   C Rubin	4	6	4
	S Cacic   S Farina	6^3	6^3				7	I Spîrlea   C Vis	6	2	6
7	I Spîrlea   C Vis	7^7	7^7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
8	B Schett   P Schnyder	6	6
	C Barclay   K-A Guse	4	1				8	B Schett   P Schnyder	6^4	6	6^5
	K Hrdličková   B Rittner	6	6					K Hrdličková   B Rittner	7^7	4	7^7
	C Dhenin   O Lugina	1	1												K Hrdličková   B Rittner	6^9	1
	A Olsza   P Stoyanova	6	2	2										4	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	7^11	6
	D Graham   L Montalvo	4	6	6				D Graham   L Montalvo	3	4
							4	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
																					4	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	4	1
5	M de Swardt   E Tatarkova	5	6	2																	2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6
	N Arendt   M Bollegraf	7	3	6				N Arendt   M Bollegraf	6	6
	N Zvereva   M Pierce	6^3	3				LL	B Rippner   T Snyder	1	1
LL	B Rippner   T Snyder	7^7	6												N Arendt   M Bollegraf	1	6^2
	E Kulikovskaya   E Melicharová	w/o												2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	7^7
	J Halard-Decugis   A Mauresmo							E Kulikovskaya   E Melicharová	0	2
							2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Alicia Molik / Samantha Reeves (Second Round)
2. Germana Di Natale / Flora Perfetti (Champions)

Qualifiers

1. Germana Di Natale / Flora Perfetti

Lucky Losers

1. Brie Rippner / Tara Snyder

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	Alicia Molik   Samantha Reeves
		Bye
						1	Alicia Molik   Samantha Reeves	4
							Brie Rippner   Tara Snyder	8
		Brie Rippner   Tara Snyder
		Bye
												Brie Rippner   Tara Snyder	8
											2	Germana Di Natale   Flora Perfetti	6
		Mariana Díaz-Oliva   María José Gaidano	9
		Sylvia Plischke   Raluca Sandu	8
							Mariana Díaz-Oliva   María José Gaidano	5
						2	Germana Di Natale   Flora Perfetti	8
		Bye
	2	Germana Di Natale   Flora Perfetti

References

• 1999 WTA German Open Women's Doubles Draw