1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)
Appearance
1999 Sparkassen Cup | |
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Date | 1–7 November |
Edition | 10th |
Category | Tier II |
Draw | 28S / 16D |
Prize money | $520,000 |
Surface | Hard / indoor |
Location | Leipzig, Germany |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 1 November until 7 November 1999. Second-seeded Nathalie Tauziat won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money.[1]
Entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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Mary Pierce | 5 | 1 |
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Nathalie Tauziat | 7 | 2 |
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Julie Halard-Decugis | 9 | 3 |
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Dominique Van Roost | 14 | 4 |
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Anna Kournikova | 12 | 5 |
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Conchita Martínez | 15 | 6 |
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Elena Likhovtseva | 18 | 7 |
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Anke Huber | 16 | 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:
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit] Nathalie Tauziat defeated
Květa Hrdličková, 6–1, 6–3
- This was Tauziat's sixth WTA title of her career, and her second of the year.
Doubles
[edit] Mary Pierce /
Larisa Neiland defeated
Elena Likhovtseva /
Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 6–3
References
[edit]- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1999). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1999. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 197–198. ISBN 9780002188623.