1999 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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.

Women's doubles
1999 Italian Open
Final
Champion	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runner-up	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–2, 6–2
Events
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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.

1.   Martina Hingis /   Anna Kournikova (champions)
2.   Alexandra Fusai /   Nathalie Tauziat (final)
3.   Elena Likhovtseva /   Ai Sugiyama (second round)
4.   Mariaan de Swardt /   Elena Tatarkova (quarterfinals)
5.   Larisa Neiland /   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
6.   Irina Spîrlea /   Caroline Vis (semifinals)
7.   Conchita Martínez /   Patricia Tarabini (second round)
8.   Virginia Ruano Pascual /   Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	6
	6	Irina Spîrlea   Caroline Vis	4	3
								1	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	6
								2	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	2	2
		Mary Pierce   Natasha Zvereva	2	1
	2	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Hingis   A Kournikova	6	6
		D Graham   L Montalvo	6	6					D Graham   L Montalvo	0	0
		M Drake   L Golarsa	2	1											1	M Hingis   A Kournikova	3	6	6
		R Dragomir   K Hrdličková	6	6											8	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	1	3
		T Garbin   R Grande	4	2					R Dragomir   K Hrdličková	2	4
		E Bes-Ostariz   K Freye	2	5				8	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6
	8	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	7																		1	M Hingis   A Kournikova	6	6
																						6	I Spîrlea   C Vis	4	3
								4	M de Swardt   E Tatarkova	6	6
	Q	L Schaerer   M Serna	6	3	4				S Noorlander   C Papadáki	1	2
		S Noorlander   C Papadáki	1	6	6										4	M de Swardt   E Tatarkova	6	6^6	4
	WC	F Perfetti   F Schiavone	2	1											6	I Spîrlea   C Vis	2	7^8	6
		A Coetzer   A Mauresmo	6	6					A Coetzer   A Mauresmo	1	6	4
	WC	Ad Serra Zanetti   An Serra Zanetti	4	1				6	I Spîrlea   C Vis	6	4	6
	6	I Spîrlea   C Vis	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		N Arendt   M Bollegraf	2	3				5	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	2	0
		M Pierce   N Zvereva	6	6					M Pierce   N Zvereva	6	6
		S Appelmans   M Oremans	0	2												M Pierce   N Zvereva	6	7^7
		A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	5	7	6											A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	3	6^3
		F Labat   D Van Roost	7	5	0				A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	6	6
								3	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	2	3
																							M Pierce   N Zvereva	2	1
	7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	4	6	6																	2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6
		C Black   A-G Sidot	6	3	1			7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	4	2
		S Jeyaseelan   C Morariu	7^7	6					S Jeyaseelan   C Morariu	0	6	6
		V Menga   M Saeki	6^5	4												S Jeyaseelan   C Morariu	5	4
	LL	J Kandarr   S Reeves	4	7^7	7										2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	7	6
		L Horn   E Melicharová	6	6^2	5			LL	J Kandarr   S Reeves	1	1
								2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1.   Jana Kandarr /   Samantha Reeves (second round, lucky losers)
2.   Nathalie Dechy /   Nadia Petrova (second round)

Qualifiers

1.   Larissa Schaerer /   Magüi Serna

Lucky losers

1.   Jana Kandarr /   Samantha Reeves

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Jana Kandarr   Samantha Reeves
		Bye
						1	Jana Kandarr   Samantha Reeves	8
							Flavia Pennetta   Roberta Vinci	9
		Flavia Pennetta   Roberta Vinci	8
		Kristina Brandi   María Vento	4
												Flavia Pennetta   Roberta Vinci	6
												Larissa Schaerer   Magüi Serna	8
		Larissa Schaerer   Magüi Serna	8
		Jill Craybas   Anne Kremer	5
							Larissa Schaerer   Magüi Serna	8
						2	Nathalie Dechy   Nadia Petrova	5
		Bye
	2	Nathalie Dechy   Nadia Petrova

External links

• 1999 Italian Open Women's Doubles draw 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine