1999 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

1999 Italian Open
Champion   Switzerland Martina Hingis
Russia Anna Kournikova
Runner-up   France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
Final score   6–2, 6–2
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women
Italian Open
 < 1998 2000 > 

The 1999 Italian Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals.

Hingis and Kournikova won this tournament by defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1  Switzerland Martina Hingis
 Russia Anna Kournikova
6 6    
6  Romania Irina Spîrlea
 Netherlands Caroline Vis
4 3    
  1  Switzerland Martina Hingis
 Russia Anna Kournikova
6 6  
  2  France Alexandra Fusai
 France Nathalie Tauziat
2 2  
   France Mary Pierce
 Belarus Natasha Zvereva
2 1  
  2  France Alexandra Fusai
 France Nathalie Tauziat
6 6    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  Switzerland M Hingis
 Russia A Kournikova
6 6    
   United States D Graham
 Argentina L Montalvo
6 6          United States D Graham
 Argentina L Montalvo
0 0    
   Canada M Drake
 Italy L Golarsa
2 1         1  Switzerland M Hingis
 Russia A Kournikova
3 6 6  
   Romania R Dragomir
 Czech Republic K Hrdličková
6 6         8  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
6 1 3  
   Italy T Garbin
 Italy R Grande
4 2          Romania R Dragomir
 Czech Republic K Hrdličková
2 4  
   Spain E Bes-Ostariz
 Germany K Freye
2 5       8  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
6 6    
8  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
6 7         1  Switzerland M Hingis
 Russia A Kournikova
6 6  
      6  Romania I Spîrlea
 Netherlands C Vis
4 3  
    4  South Africa M de Swardt
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
6 6    
Q  Paraguay L Schaerer
 Spain M Serna
6 3 4        Netherlands S Noorlander
 Greece C Papadáki
1 2    
   Netherlands S Noorlander
 Greece C Papadáki
1 6 6       4  South Africa M de Swardt
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
6 66 4
WC  Italy F Perfetti
 Italy F Schiavone
2 1         6  Romania I Spîrlea
 Netherlands C Vis
2 78 6  
   South Africa A Coetzer
 France A Mauresmo
6 6          South Africa A Coetzer
 France A Mauresmo
1 6 4
WC  Italy Ad Serra Zanetti
 Italy An Serra Zanetti
4 1       6  Romania I Spîrlea
 Netherlands C Vis
6 4 6  
6  Romania I Spîrlea
 Netherlands C Vis
6 6    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
5  Latvia L Neiland
 Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 6    
   United States N Arendt
 Netherlands M Bollegraf
2 3       5  Latvia L Neiland
 Spain A Sánchez Vicario
2 0    
   France M Pierce
 Belarus N Zvereva
6 6          France M Pierce
 Belarus N Zvereva
6 6    
   Belgium S Appelmans
 South Africa M Oremans
0 2            France M Pierce
 Belarus N Zvereva
6 77    
   France A Dechaume-Balleret
 France S Testud
5 7 6          France A Dechaume-Balleret
 France S Testud
3 63    
   Argentina F Labat
 Belgium D Van Roost
7 5 0        France A Dechaume-Balleret
 France S Testud
6 6  
    3  Russia E Likhovtseva
 Japan A Sugiyama
2 3    
         France M Pierce
 Belarus N Zvereva
2 1  
7  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
4 6 6       2  France A Fusai
 France N Tauziat
6 6  
   Zimbabwe C Black
 France A-G Sidot
6 3 1     7  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
6 4 2  
   Canada S Jeyaseelan
 United States C Morariu
77 6          Canada S Jeyaseelan
 United States C Morariu
0 6 6  
   Brazil V Menga
 United States M Saeki
65 4            Canada S Jeyaseelan
 United States C Morariu
5 4  
LL  Germany J Kandarr
 United States S Reeves
4 77 7       2  France A Fusai
 France N Tauziat
7 6    
   South Africa L Horn
 Czech Republic E Melicharová
6 62 5     LL  Germany J Kandarr
 United States S Reeves
1 1  
    2  France A Fusai
 France N Tauziat
6 6    
 

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Germany Jana Kandarr / United States Samantha Reeves (Second Round, Lucky Losers)
  2. France Nathalie Dechy / Russia Nadia Petrova (Second Round)

Qualifiers

  1. Paraguay Larissa Schaerer / Spain Magüi Serna

Lucky Losers

  1. Germany Jana Kandarr / United States Samantha Reeves

Qualifying Draw

Key

First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
         
1 Germany Jana Kandarr
 United States Samantha Reeves
 
  Bye  
1 Germany Jana Kandarr
 United States Samantha Reeves
8
  Italy Flavia Pennetta
 Italy Roberta Vinci
9
  Italy Flavia Pennetta
 Italy Roberta Vinci
8
  Puerto Rico Kristina Brandi
 Venezuela María Vento
4
  Italy Flavia Pennetta
 Italy Roberta Vinci
6
  Paraguay Larissa Schaerer
 Spain Magüi Serna
8
  Paraguay Larissa Schaerer
 Spain Magüi Serna
8
  United States Jill Craybas
 Luxembourg Anne Kremer
5
  Paraguay Larissa Schaerer
 Spain Magüi Serna
8
2 France Nathalie Dechy
 Russia Nadia Petrova
5
  Bye  
2 France Nathalie Dechy
 Russia Nadia Petrova
 

References