1999 Pilot Pen Tennis – Singles

Singles
1999 Pilot Pen Tennis
Champion	Venus Williams
Runner-up	Lindsay Davenport
Score	6–2, 7–5

The 1999 Pilot Pen Tennis – Singles was the singles event of the seventeenth edition of the final tournament in the US Open Series. Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but had retired after the TIG Classic.

Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final to win her first New Haven title.

Seeds

1. Lindsay Davenport (Final)
2. Venus Williams (Champion)
3. Monica Seles (Semifinals)
4. Jana Novotná (Second Round)
5. Amanda Coetzer (Quarterfinals, retired)
6. Julie Halard-Decugis (Second Round)
7. Nathalie Tauziat (First Round)
8. Sandrine Testud (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Lindsay Davenport	4	6	6
		Ruxandra Dragomir	6	2	0
								1	Lindsay Davenport	2	5
								2	Venus Williams	6	7
	3	Monica Seles	1	3
	2	Venus Williams	6	6

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport	6	6
		N Dechy	6	6					N Dechy	4	2
	Q	T Panova	1	3											1	L Davenport	6	6
	Q	K Hrdličková	4	6	5											A Mauresmo	1	2
		A Mauresmo	6	3	7				A Mauresmo	6	6
		A Huber	6	64	2			6	J Halard-Decugis	1	2
	6	J Halard-Decugis	4	77	6																	1	L Davenport	4	6	6
																							R Dragomir	6	2	0
								4	J Novotná	65	0
		S Farina	5	79	5				R Dragomir	77	6
		R Dragomir	7	67	7											R Dragomir	5	6	7
	Q	Á Montolio	6	4	2										8	S Testud	7	4	5
	Q	B Schwartz	4	6	6			Q	B Schwartz	4	2
	WC	T Snyder	64	3				8	S Testud	6	6
	8	S Testud	77	6

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	A Coetzer	6	4	6
	Q	A Cocheteux	3	6	1			6	A Coetzer	5
	Q	S Appelmans	3	6	6			Q	S Appelmans	4	r
		S Plischke	6	1	4										6	A Coetzer	2	1
		E Likhovtseva	4	7	7										3	M Seles	6	6
		L Raymond	6	5	5				E Likhovtseva	0	66
								3	M Seles	6	78
																						3	M Seles	1	3
	7	N Tauziat	6	3	3																	2	V Williams	6	6
		H Nagyová	3	6	6				H Nagyová	65	6	3
	WC	L Osterloh	3	3				Q	M Serna	77	3	6
	Q	M Serna	6	6											Q	M Serna	0	4
	Q	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	5	6										2	V Williams	6	6
		D Van Roost	2	7	2			Q	M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	1
								2	V Williams	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Anne Kremer (Qualifying Competition)
2. Sarah Pitkowski (Second Round)
3. María Sánchez Lorenzo (Qualifier)
4. Magüi Serna (Qualifier)
5. replaced by Melissa Mazzotta (Qualifying Competition)
6. Alexandra Stevenson (Second Round)
7. Anna Smashnova (Second Round)
8. Gala León García (Second Round)
9. Fabiola Zuluaga (Second Round)
10. Cristina Torrens Valero (Qualifying Competition)
11. Barbara Rittner (Second Round)
12. Barbara Schwartz (Qualifier)
13. Cara Black (Qualifying Competition)
14. Katarina Srebotnik (Second Round)
15. Inés Gorrochategui (Qualifying Competition)
16. Marlene Weingärtner (Second Round)

Qualifiers

1. Tatiana Panova
2. Amélie Cocheteux
3. Magüi Serna
4. Sabine Appelmans
5. Barbara Schwartz
6. María Sánchez Lorenzo
7. Květa Hrdličková
8. Ángeles Montolio

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

References

• ITF singles results page
• WTA draw archive