1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

1999 Sparkassen Cup
Date 1–7 November
Edition 10th
Category Tier II
Draw 28S / 16D
Prize money $520,000
Surface Hard / indoor
Location Leipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
France Nathalie Tauziat
Doubles
France Mary Pierce / Latvia Larisa Neiland

The 1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 1 November 1 until 7 November 1999. Second-seeded Nathalie Tauziat won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money.[1]

Entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seed
 FRA Mary Pierce 5 1
 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 7 2
 FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 9 3
 BEL Dominique Van Roost 14 4
 RUS Anna Kournikova 12 5
 ESP Conchita Martínez 15 6
 RUS Elena Likhovtseva 18 7
 GER Anke Huber 16 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

France Nathalie Tauziat defeated Czech Republic Květa Hrdličková, 6–1, 6–3

  • This was Tauziat's sixth WTA title of her career, and second of the year.

Doubles

France Mary Pierce / Latvia Larisa Neiland defeated Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Japan Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1999). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1999. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 197–198. ISBN 9780002188623.
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