1999 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1999 Lipton Championships
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles
Final score	0–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)

The 1999 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the fifteenth edition of the tennis tournament played at Miami, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions and won in the final 0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1) against Mary Joe Fernández and Monica Seles.

Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

2

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	77	6
	13	Silvia Farina   Karina Habšudová	63	3
								1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	1	77	6
									Cara Black   Irina Selyutina	6	64	1
		Cătălina Cristea   Ruxandra Dragomir	5	79	4
		Cara Black   Irina Selyutina	7	67	6
															1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	0	6	77
															14	Mary Joe Fernández   Monica Seles	6	4	61
	14	Mary Joe Fernández   Monica Seles	5	6	77
	4	Larisa Neiland   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	4	63
								14	Mary Joe Fernández   Monica Seles	6	6
								2	Anna Kournikova   Elena Likhovtseva	2	1
	5	Mariaan de Swardt   Elena Tatarkova	3	6	63
	2	Anna Kournikova   Elena Likhovtseva	6	4	77

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
		K Hrdličková T Križan	6	6					K Hrdličková T Križan	4	3
		K Adams M Saeki	4	2											1	M Hingis J Novotná	w/o
		S Noorlander C Papadáki	0	3											10	M Pierce N Zvereva
		A Huber C Morariu	6	6					A Huber C Morariu	6	64	1
								10	M Pierce N Zvereva	2	77	6
																						1	M Hingis J Novotná	77	6
																						13	S Farina K Habšudová	63	3
								13	S Farina K Habšudová	6	6
		I Gorrochategui S Graf	6	6					I Gorrochategui S Graf	4	4
	WC	T Snyder M Washington	1	3											13	S Farina K Habšudová	w/o
	Q	V Menga E Wagner	7	3	2										7	S Williams V Williams
		D Graham R Grande	5	6	6				D Graham R Grande	4	5
								7	S Williams V Williams	6	7

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								3	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	1	3
		Å Carlsson L Courtois	6	64	1r				C Cristea R Dragomir	0	6	6
		C Cristea R Dragomir	1	77	3											C Cristea R Dragomir	79	3	77
		E de Lone N Pratt	7	6												E de Lone N Pratt	67	6	64
		M Drake M Murić	5	3					E de Lone N Pratt	6	6
								16	C Barclay L McNeil	4	4
																							C Cristea R Dragomir	5	79	4
																							C Black I Selyutina	7	67	6
								12	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	1	5
		C Black I Selyutina	6	65	6				C Black I Selyutina	6	7
		P Stoyanova R Zrubáková	3	77	2											C Black I Selyutina	2	6	4
		A Frazier K Schlukebir	6	3	6										6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	1	0r
		J Lee T Tanasugarn	1	6	4				A Frazier K Schlukebir	6	5	4
								6	C Martínez P Tarabini	1	7	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								8	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	3	6
		N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	6	7				N Arendt M Bollegraf	3	6	1
		B Rittner D Van Roost	6	4	5										8	I Spîrlea C Vis	3	0
		C Rubin S Testud	6	7											14	MJ Fernández M Seles	6	6
		S Appelmans M Oremans	2	5					C Rubin S Testud	6	3	4
								14	MJ Fernández M Seles	4	6	6
																						14	MJ Fernández M Seles	5	6	77
																						4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	7	4	63
								11	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	63	6	1
		S Cacic S Jeyaseelan	0	1					A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo	77	2	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo	6	6												A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo	3	4
		T Garbin L Montalvo	77	77											4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A Coetzer J Steck	65	65					T Garbin L Montalvo	2	3
								4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								5	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
		N de Villiers E Melicharová	3	2					N Miyagi L Wild	2	1
		N Miyagi L Wild	6	6											5	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
		A Olsza Wang S-t	6	6												A Olsza Wang S-t	3	4
		O Barabanschikova L Horn	3	1					A Olsza Wang S-t	6	6
								15	K Kunce K Po	4	4
																						5	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	3	6	63
																						2	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	4	77
								9	B Schett P Schnyder	3	2
		K Boogert A-G Sidot	6	6					K Boogert A-G Sidot	6	6
		L Osterloh S Reeves	3	2												K Boogert A-G Sidot	6	3	64
		C Singer H Vildová	4	3											2	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	3	6	77
	WC	J Capriati I Majoli	6	6				WC	J Capriati I Majoli
								2	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	w/o

Qualifying

Main article: 1999 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying

Seeds

2

Qualifiers

1. Vanessa Menga / Elena Wagner

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	Vanessa Menga   Elena Wagner	8
		Alina Jidkova   Renata Kolbovic	0
						1	Vanessa Menga   Elena Wagner	8
							Mariam Ramón Climent   Larissa Schaerer	3
		Mariam Ramón Climent   Larissa Schaerer	9
	WC	Jane Chi   Brie Rippner	8
											1	Vanessa Menga   Elena Wagner	8
											2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya   Marlene Weingärtner	4
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi   Adriana Serra Zanetti	5
		Henrieta Nagyová   Sylvia Plischke	8
							Henrieta Nagyová   Sylvia Plischke	4
						2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya   Marlene Weingärtner	8
		Surina De Beer   Annabel Ellwood	4
	2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya   Marlene Weingärtner	8

External links

• 1999 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw