1999 Heineken Trophy – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
	1999 Heineken Trophy
Champions	Leander Paes; Jan Siemerink; and; Ellis Ferreira; David Rikl
Final score	Cancelled due to rain
Draw	16 (1Q / 3WC)
Seeds	4

Guillaume Raoux and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions, but Raoux did not compete this year. Siemerink teamed up with Leander Paes and reached the final before the tournament cancellation.

The final match between Leander Paes and Jan Siemerink versus Ellis Ferreira and David Rikl was cancelled due to rain. Both teams shared the prize money (USD $54,000 per team) and only won the corresponding points for reaching the final. The outcome allowed Leander Paes to take the World No. 1 in the Doubles ranking.[1]

Seeds

Paul Haarhuis / Daniel Nestor (Semifinals)
Ellis Ferreira / David Rikl (Final, title shared)
Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (Semifinals)
Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	P Haarhuis D Nestor	6	6
WC	S Noteboom R Wassen	4	2		1	P Haarhuis D Nestor	3	7	6
	B Talbot J Tarango	6	6			B Talbot J Tarango	6	6	0
WC	S Schalken J van Lottum	3	4							1	P Haarhuis D Nestor	4	6
4	M Damm C Suk	7	6								L Paes J Siemerink	6	7
	B Coupe D Roditi	5	3		4	M Damm C Suk	4	5
	A Florent D Macpherson	6	4			L Paes J Siemerink	6	7
	L Paes J Siemerink	7	6												L Paes J Siemerink
Q	A Pavel D Sanguinetti	3	3											2	E Ferreira D Rikl	s
	D Bowen V Santopadre	6	6			D Bowen V Santopadre	5	2
WC	T Kempers P Wessels	7	5	5	3	J Björkman N Kulti	7	6
3	J Björkman N Kulti	5	7	7						3	J Björkman N Kulti	3	6
	C Haggard R Koenig	4	4							2	E Ferreira D Rikl	6	7
	A Kitinov F Montana	6	6			A Kitinov F Montana	1	4
	P Nyborg P Vízner	6	2		2	E Ferreira D Rikl	6	6
2	E Ferreira D Rikl	7	6

References

"Paes takes No. 1 doubles ranking". Rediff on the Net. 21 June 1999. Retrieved 19 August 2017.

External links

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[1] "Paes takes No. 1 doubles ranking". Rediff on the Net. 21 June 1999. Retrieved 19 August 2017.