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1999 SEAT Open

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1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg
Date20–26 September
Edition4th
CategoryTier III
Draw30S / 16D
Prize money$180,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
VenueKockelscheuer, Luxembourg
Champions
Singles
Belgium Kim Clijsters
Doubles
Romania Irina Spîrlea / Netherlands Caroline Vis
← 1998 · Luxembourg Open · 2000 →

The 1999 SEAT Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg which was part of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour.[1] It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 20 September until 26 September 1999. Qualifier Kim Clijsters won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.

Entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank Seed
 USA Serena Williams 4 1
 BEL Dominique Van Roost 13 2
 CZE Jana Novotná 18 3
 ROU Irina Spîrlea 19 4
 GER Anke Huber 20 5
 ITA Silvia Farina Elia 26 6
 AUT Sylvia Plischke 29 7
 LUX Anne Kremer 32 8

Other entrants

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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 as lucky losers:

Finals

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Singles

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Belgium Kim Clijsters defeated Belgium Dominique Van Roost, 6–2, 6–2

  • This was Clijsters' first singles title of her career.

Doubles

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Romania Irina Spîrlea / Netherlands Caroline Vis defeated Slovenia Tina Križan / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik, 6–1, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "Luxembourg". Tennistonic. 1999. Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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