1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles

1999 Egger Tennis Festival
Champion   Slovakia Karina Habšudová
Runner-up   Croatia Silvija Talaja
Final score   2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles   Doubles

The 1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles was the singles event of the twenty-ninth edition of the Egger Tennis Festival; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Austria. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion, but she was upset in the first round by qualifier Lenka Němečková.

Karina Habšudová won in the final, 60, 36, 61, against Silvija Talaja, to win her first WTA title after three finals.

Seeds

  1. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (First Round)
  2. Italy Silvia Farina (Quarterfinals)
  3. Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová (Semifinals)
  4. Austria Sylvia Plischke (First Round)
  5. Germany Anke Huber (Quarterfinals)
  6. Spain Magüi Serna (Second Round)
  7. France Sarah Pitkowski (First Round)
  8. Israel Anna Smashnova (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
     Slovakia Karina Habšudová 6 6    
3  Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová 2 4    
     Slovakia Karina Habšudová 2 6 6
     Croatia Silvija Talaja 6 4 4
Q  Czech Republic Adriana Gerši 6 5 4
     Croatia Silvija Talaja 3 7 6  

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1  Switzerland P Schnyder 3 6 4  
Q  Czech Republic L Němečková 6 3 6     Q  Czech Republic L Němečková 6 1 1  
WC  China Li F 3 4          Slovakia K Habšudová 4 6 6  
   Slovakia K Habšudová 6 6            Slovakia K Habšudová 6 6    
   Russia T Panova 0 0         5  Germany A Huber 4 2    
   Bulgaria M Maleeva 6 6          Bulgaria M Maleeva 6 4 3
LL  Germany M Weingärtner 3 3       5  Germany A Huber 3 6 6  
5  Germany A Huber 6 6            Slovakia K Habšudová 6 6  
3  Slovakia H Nagyová 64 6 6       3  Slovakia H Nagyová 2 4  
   France A Dechaume-Balleret 77 3 2     3  Slovakia H Nagyová 65 6 6  
   South Africa J Kruger 4 6 6        South Africa J Kruger 77 3 2  
WC  Austria P Wartusch 6 2 2       3  Slovakia H Nagyová 6 6  
   Spain V Ruano Pascual 6 1 77          Switzerland E Gagliardi 2 2    
   Belarus O Barabanschikova 2 6 63        Spain V Ruano Pascual 3 3  
   Switzerland E Gagliardi 6 6          Switzerland E Gagliardi 6 6    
7  France S Pitkowski 1 1    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6  Spain M Serna 6 6    
   France A Cocheteux 4 3       6  Spain M Serna 4 3    
   Czech Republic D Chládková 6 4 1     Q  Czech Republic A Gerši 6 6    
Q  Czech Republic A Gerši 4 6 6       Q  Czech Republic A Gerši 2 6 6  
Q  Hungary A Földényi 6 6         Q  Hungary A Földényi 6 3 2  
WC  Austria M Maruska 2 4       Q  Hungary A Földényi 6 64 6
   Argentina P Suárez 6 6          Argentina P Suárez 2 77 3  
4  Austria S Plischke 0 1         Q  Czech Republic A Gerši 6 5 4
8  Israel A Smashnova 6 77            Croatia S Talaja 3 7 6
   Austria B Schwartz 4 63       8  Israel A Smashnova 67 0    
   Croatia S Talaja 6 6          Croatia S Talaja 79 6    
Q  Spain Á Montolio 3 2            Croatia S Talaja 4 6 6
   Spain G León García 65 2         2  Italy S Farina 6 1 3  
   Spain M Sánchez Lorenzo 77 6          Spain M Sánchez Lorenzo 5 7 65
   Spain C Torrens Valero 3 2       2  Italy S Farina 7 5 77  
2  Italy S Farina 6 6    

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis (First Round)
  2. Germany Marlene Weingärtner (Qualifying Competition, Lucky Loser)
  3. Germany Elena Wagner (First Round)
  4. France Émilie Loit (Second Round)
  5. Sweden Åsa Carlsson (First Round)
  6. Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva (Qualifying Competition)
  7. Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová (Second Round)
  8. Russia Elena Dementieva (First Round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying Draw

Key

First Qualifier

  First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
                                       
  1  Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis 2 2    
   Spain Ángeles Montolio 6 6    
     Spain Ángeles Montolio 6 6    
  Alt  Czech Republic Eva Martincová 4 2    
Alt  Czech Republic Eva Martincová 2 6 6
  WC  Austria Nicole Remis 6 1 1  
       Spain Ángeles Montolio 6 6  
     Germany Veronika Martinek 2 4  
     Germany Veronika Martinek 6 7    
   Spain Gisela Riera-Roura 3 6    
     Germany Veronika Martinek 7 6  
  7  Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová 6 2    
   Austria Evelyn Fauth 4 3  
  7  Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová 6 6    

Second Qualifier

  First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
                                       
  4  France Émilie Loit 6 6    
WC  Austria Bettina Auer 0 2    
  4  France Émilie Loit 5 0 r  
     Czech Republic Adriana Gerši 7 1    
   Czech Republic Adriana Gerši 6 6  
     Hungary Katalin Marosi 4 3    
       Czech Republic Adriana Gerši 6 6  
  6  Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 0 4  
     United States Samantha Reeves 2 7 6  
   Switzerland Miroslava Vavrinec 6 5 4  
     United States Samantha Reeves 3 2  
  6  Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 6 6    
WC  Austria Bettina Resch 4 1  
  6  Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 6 6    

Third Qualifier

  First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
                                       
  8  Russia Elena Dementieva 6 6 2  
   Slovakia Katarína Studeníková 1 7 6  
     Slovakia Katarína Studeníková 5 0 r  
     Hungary Anna Földényi 7 1    
   Hungary Anna Földényi 2 6 6
     Slovakia Janette Husárová 6 1 3  
       Hungary Anna Földényi 6 6  
     Spain Mariam Ramón Climent 1 4  
     Spain Mariam Ramón Climent 6 7    
   Germany Anca Barna 2 6    
     Spain Mariam Ramón Climent 5 6 7
     Slovenia Tina Pisnik 7 4 6  
   Slovenia Tina Pisnik 7 6  
  3  Germany Elena Wagner 6 4    

Fourth Qualifier

  First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
                                       
  5  Sweden Åsa Carlsson 3 2    
   Czech Republic Lenka Němečková 6 6    
     Czech Republic Lenka Němečková 3 7 6  
     Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6 5 1  
WC  Austria Sybille Bammer 6 1  
     Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić 7 6    
       Czech Republic Lenka Němečková 6 6  
  2  Germany Marlene Weingärtner 2 0  
     Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan 6 6    
   Austria Sandra Dopfer 1 2    
     Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan 6 3 4
  2  Germany Marlene Weingärtner 1 6 6  
   Germany Petra Begerow 6 2 5
  2  Germany Marlene Weingärtner 0 6 7  

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