1999 TIG Classic – Doubles

The 1999 TIG Classic – Doubles was the doubles event of the twentieth edition of the second tournament in the US Open Series.

Doubles
1999 TIG Classic
Champions Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
Runners-up Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Final score6–4, 6–1

Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but they did not compete together this year. Zvereva competed with Nathalie Tauziat, and Davenport competed with Corina Morariu; the two teams met in a semifinal match which Davenport and Morariu won. The Americans defeated the Williams sisters in the final to win the tournament. This tournament is notable for being the only doubles final the Williams sisters have lost in their career.

Seeds
  1. Nathalie Tauziat / Natasha Zvereva (Semifinals)
  2. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Semifinals)
  3. Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu (Champions)
  4. Serena Williams / Venus Williams (Final)

Draw

Key
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 N Tauziat
N Zvereva 		6 6  
  A Molik
A-G Sidot 		1 4   1 N Tauziat
N Zvereva 		77 6  
  C Martínez
P Tarabini 		2 6 7   C Martínez
P Tarabini 		60 1  
  B Schett
P Schnyder 		6 1 5 1 N Tauziat
N Zvereva 		4 4  
3 L Davenport
C Morariu 		6 2 6 3 L Davenport
C Morariu 		6 6  
  A Huber
E Tatarkova 		3 6 2 3 L Davenport
C Morariu 		6 6  
Q J Lee
V Webb 		2 4   WC I Majoli
D Van Roost 		3 3  
WC I Majoli
D Van Roost 		6 6   3 L Davenport
C Morariu 		6 6  
  A Coetzer
K Po 		5 6 5 4 S Williams
V Williams 		4 1  
  C Black
C Cristea 		7 2 7   C Black
C Cristea 		2 3  
  T Križan
K Srebotnik 		6 2 2 4 S Williams
V Williams 		6 6  
4 S Williams
V Williams 		1 6 6 4 S Williams
V Williams 		6 6  
  D Graham
M Pierce 		6 3 0 2 E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama 		2 0  
  L Neiland
A Sánchez Vicario 		1 6 6   L Neiland
A Sánchez Vicario 		3 79 0
WC I Spîrlea
C Vis 		5 6 4 2 E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama 		6 67 6
2 E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama 		7 3 6

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Meghann Shaughnessy / Pavlina Stoyanova (Second Round)
  2. Janet Lee / Vanessa Webb (Qualifiers)

Qualifiers
  1. Janet Lee / Vanessa Webb

Qualifying draw

Key
  First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
                           
       
  1 Meghann Shaughnessy
Pavlina Stoyanova		 3  
    WC Melissa Mazzotta
Fabiola Zuluaga		 8  
  Allison Bradshaw
Angélica Gavaldón		  
  WC Melissa Mazzotta
Fabiola Zuluaga		 w/o  
    WC Melissa Mazzotta
Fabiola Zuluaga		 4
  2 Janet Lee
Vanessa Webb		 8
    Jane Chi
Amy Frazier		 8  
  Anne Kremer
Meilen Tu		 5  
  Jane Chi
Amy Frazier		 5
    2 Janet Lee
Vanessa Webb		 8  
     

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