1999 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

Doubles
	1999 Direct Line International Championships
Champions	Martina Hingis ; Anna Kournikova
Runners-up	Jana Novotná ; Natasha Zvereva
Final score	6–4 retired
Draw	32
Seeds	4

The 1999 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles was the doubles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Eastbourne International, a WTA Tier II tennis tournament held in Eastbourne, England and part of the European grass court season. Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná were the defending doubles champions but each competed with different partners in 1999. De Swardt partnered Elena Tatarkova and reached the semifinals where they lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Novotná teamed with Natasha Zvereva and they retired in the final to Hingis and Kournikova after losing the first set 4–6.

Seeds

Jana Novotná / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (Champions)
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (First Round)
Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	J Novotná N Zvereva	3	6	6
	D Graham L McNeil	6	0	1	1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
	K Adams C Rubin	6	6			K Adams C Rubin	4	4
	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	3						1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6							C Martínez P Tarabini	1	4
	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	1	2		4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	4
	R McQuillan C Morariu	6	4			C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	C Martínez P Tarabini	7	6										1	J Novotná N Zvereva	4	r
	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6	6									2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6
WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	7	1		M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
	K Kunce K Po	7	6			K Kunce K Po	4	2
3	A Fusai N Tauziat	5	3							M de Swardt E Tatarkova	2	2
Q	M Murić C Papadáki	2	4						2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6
	A Coetzer L Raymond	6	6			A Coetzer L Raymond	0	5
	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	2		2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	7
2	M Hingis A Kournikova	7	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (First Round)
Miho Saeki / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (First Round)

Qualifiers

Maja Murić / Christína Papadáki

Qualifying draw

Key

First Round			Second Round			Qualifying Competition


1	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	7

	Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir	9
				Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir	4

				Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8
	Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8

	Laura Golarsa Katarina Srebotnik	5
							Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8

							Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	4
WC	Mirjana Lučić Samantha Smith	5

	Amélie Cocheteux Émilie Loit	8
				Amélie Cocheteux Émilie Loit	6

				Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	8
	Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	8

2	Miho Saeki Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	2

External links

1999 Direct Line International Championships Doubles Draw

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