1999 Bausch & Lomb Championships

1999 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Date	April 5 – April 11
Edition	20th
Category	Tier II
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Amelia Island, Florida, USA
Venue	Amelia Island Plantation
Champions
Singles
Monica Seles
Doubles
Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini

The 1999 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from April 5 through April 11, 1999.

Champions

Singles

Monica Seles defeated Ruxandra Dragomir, 6–2, 6–3

• It was Seles' only title of the year and the 50th of her career.

Doubles

Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini defeated Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs, 7–5, 0–6, 6–4

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
USA	Lindsay Davenport	2	1
USA	Monica Seles	4	2
USA	Venus Williams	6	3
FRA	Mary Pierce	8	4
RSA	Amanda Coetzer	13	5
SUI	Patty Schnyder	10	6
ESP	Conchita Martínez	17	7
AUT	Barbara Schett	19	8
RUS	Anna Kournikova	16	9
USA	Chanda Rubin	24	10
ESP	Magüi Serna	26	11
USA	Lisa Raymond	30	13
ESP	Virginia Ruano Pascual	31	14
FRA	Nathalie Dechy	29	15
CRO	Iva Majoli	32	16
USA	Corina Morariu	35	17

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Inés Gorrochategui
• Jessica Steck
• Meilen Tu

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Tina Pisnik
• Sandra Načuk
• Jana Nejedly
• Sonya Jeyaseelan
• María José Gaidano
• Nadia Petrova
• Larissa Schaerer
• Emmanuelle Gagliardi

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

• Evgenia Kulikovskaya
• Alexandra Stevenson

External links

• Official Website
• WTA Tournament Profile