1999 Pilot Pen Tennis
Appearance
1999 Pilot Pen Tennis | |
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Date | August 22–28 |
Edition | 17th |
Category | Tier II |
Draw | 28S / 16D |
Prize money | $520,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | New Haven, CT, United States |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Venus Williams | |
Doubles | |
Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs |
The 1999 Pilot Pen Tennis was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in New Haven in the United States. It was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from August 22 through August 28, 1999. Second-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title, earning US$ 80,000 first prize money.
Entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]- Ranking date 16 August 1999
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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USA | Lindsay Davenport | 2 | 1 |
USA | Venus Williams | 4 | 2 |
USA | Monica Seles | 5 | 3 |
CZE | Jana Novotná | 7 | 4 |
RSA | Amanda Coetzer | 9 | 5 |
FRA | Julie Halard-Decugis | 11 | 6 |
FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 12 | 7 |
FRA | Sandrine Testud | 14 | 8 |
Other entrants
[edit]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:
- Tatiana Panova
- Květa Hrdličková
- Ángeles Montolio
- Barbara Schwartz
- Amélie Cocheteux
- Sabine Appelmans
- Magüi Serna
- María Sánchez Lorenzo
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, 6–2, 7–5
- This was Williams' fifth title of the year.
Doubles
[edit]Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs defeated Elena Likhovtseva / Jana Novotná, 7–6(7–1), 6–2