1999 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

1999 Direct Line International Championships
1998 champions		Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná
Champions		Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runners-up		Jana Novotná Natalia Zvereva
Final score		6–4 retired
Events
Singles		Doubles

Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but each competed with different partners in 1999. de Swardt partnered Elena Tatarkova and reached the semifinals where they lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Novotná teamed with Natalia Zvereva and they lost in the final to Hingis and Kournikova.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	J Novotná N Zvereva	3	6	6
	D Graham L McNeil	6	0	1	1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
	K Adams C Rubin	6	6			K Adams C Rubin	4	4
	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	3							1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6								C Martínez P Tarabini	1	4
	L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario	1	2		4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	4
	R McQuillan C Morariu	6	4			C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	C Martínez P Tarabini	7	6											1	Jana Novotná Natalia Zvereva	4	ret
	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6	6										2	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6
WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	7	1		M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6	ret
	K Kunce K Po	7	6			K Kunce K Po	4	2
3	A Fusai N Tauziat	5	3								M de Swardt E Tatarkova	2	2
Q	M Murić C Papadáki	2	4							2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6
	A Coetzer L Raymond	6	6			A Coetzer L Raymond	0	5
	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	2		2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	7
2	M Hingis A Kournikova	7	6