1999 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1999 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Martina Hingis ; Anna Kournikova
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport ; Natasha Zvereva
Score	7–5, 6–3
Events

The 1999 Australian Open women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the eighty-seventh edition of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year and the most prestigious tournament in the Asia-Pacific and the Southern Hemisphere. Martina Hingis and Mirjana Lučić were the defending champions, but Hingis competed with Russian Anna Kournikova, and Lučić competed with Frenchwoman Mary Pierce. Lučić and Pierce were defeated in the first round by Christina Singer and Helena Vildová.
Hingis and Kournikova, however, ended up winning the title, defeating first seeds Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva, 7–5, 6–3. With this win, Hingis won her fifth consecutive Grand Slam title in doubles, and became the only woman to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles in singles and doubles simultaneously. Hingis and her partners defeated Davenport/Zvereva for all five consecutive women's doubles titles starting with the 1998 Australian and ending with the 1999 Australian Open. It was Davenport's fourth consecutive defeat at an Australian Open final. This would also be Zvereva’s 10th consecutive women’s doubles grand slam finals, with 3 different partners (Gigi Fernández, Hingis, and Davenport).

Seeds

Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (final)
Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (champions)
Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (second round)
Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (first round)
Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (third round)
Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (second round)
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (second round)
Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (third round)
Katrina Adams / Debbie Graham (first round)
Jana Novotná / Monica Seles (third round)
Rachel McQuillan / Nana Miyagi (first round)
Els Callens / Julie Halard-Decugis (third round)
Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (third round)
Mirjana Lučić / Mary Pierce (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6	6

	Yayuk Basuki Amélie Mauresmo	2	3
					1	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	1	6	6

						Serena Williams Venus Williams	6	4	4
4	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	1

	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6	4	6
										1	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	5	3

										3	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	7	6
	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6⁰	2

3	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	7⁷	6
					3	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6	5	6

					2	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3	7	4
	Florencia Labat Dominique Van Roost	1	4

2	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
	A Frazier K Schlukebir	2	1		1	L Davenport N Zvereva	7⁷	6
	K Kunce K Po	7	6			K Kunce K Po	6³	0
	M Drake T Musgrave	5	3							1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
	A Huber L Wild	6	1	3							C Cristea R Dragomir	0	3
	C Cristea R Dragomir	2	6	6		C Cristea R Dragomir	6	3	6
	I Gorrochategui S Graf	6	4	8		I Gorrochategui S Graf	4	6	3
11	K Adams D Graham	2	6	6										1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
13	R McQuillan N Miyagi	2	6⁵												Y Basuki A Mauresmo	2	3
	Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	7⁷			Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	7¹⁰
	E Bes S Krivencheva	6³	5			R Hiraki L McShea	1	6⁸
	R Hiraki L McShea	7⁷	7								Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	6
	A Olsza N van Lottum	6	6							WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	2	0
	A Hopmans L Pleming	2	4			A Olsza N van Lottum	5	3
WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	1	6	6	WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	7	6
6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	3	0

Section 2

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
WC	E Dominikovic C Watson	3	4	4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	E deLone N Pratt	3	3		A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	3	3
	A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	6	6						4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6⁴	7	6
	K Hrdličková T Križan	6	6							K Hrdličková T Križan	7⁷	5	1
	R Grande E Wagner	4	3		K Hrdličková T Križan	3	6	6
	S de Beer J Lee	4	4	9	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	2	2
9	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6											4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	4	6	1
16	M Lučić M Pierce	2	2												S Williams V Williams	6	4	6
	C Singer H Vildová	6	6		C Singer H Vildová	3	1
	S Williams V Williams	6	6		S Williams V Williams	6	6
	C Barclay K-A Guse	4	1							S Williams V Williams	7⁷	6
	A Ellwood A Molik	1	2						7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6³	2
	M J Fernández C Morariu	6	6		M J Fernández C Morariu	0	3
	C Papadáki G Pizzichini	5	4	7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

8	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	6
	V Csurgó E-h Kim	1	2		8	I Spîrlea C Vis	5	5
	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7⁷	6			N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	7
	C Black I Selyutina	5	3							N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
	A Coetzer J Steck	4	6	6					15	S Appelmans M Oremans	2	3
	C Rubin S Testud	6	2	3		A Coetzer J Steck	4	6²
	M Saeki Y Yoshida	4	4		15	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	7⁷
15	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6											N Arendt M Bollegraf	6⁰	2
12	J Novotná M Seles	6	7⁷										3	M Hingis A Kournikova	7⁷	6
	L Horn K Kschwendt	2	6⁵		12	J Novotná M Seles	6	6
	L Courtois E de Villiers	7⁷	6			L Courtois E de Villiers	2	3
	Cho Y-j Park S-h	6⁴	3						12	J Novotná M Seles	6⁹	3
	S Noorlander S-t Wang	7	6						3	M Hingis A Kournikova	7¹¹	6
	A Ortuño M Ramón Climent	5	3			S Noorlander S-t Wang	1	5
	E Melicharová J Pullin	3	0		3	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	7
3	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

5	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6
	L Lee P Stoyanova	3	3		5	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	6	1
	L Osterloh M Washington	5	6	2		F Labat D Van Roost	6	2	6
	F Labat D Van Roost	7	3	6							F Labat D Van Roost	6	6
	A Canepa T Garbin	1	1							14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	4	1
	S Farina K Habšudová	6	6			S Farina K Habšudová	5	3
	S Reeves T Tanasugarn	2	7⁷	3	14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	7	6
14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	6	6⁴	6												F Labat D Van Roost	1	4
10	B Schett P Schnyder	7	4	6											2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	C Dhenin É Loit	5	6	3	10	B Schett P Schnyder	7⁷	2	8
	K Boogert A-G Sidot	6	6⁵	6		K Boogert A-G Sidot	6³	6	6
WC	M Tu M Weingärtner	2	7⁷	2						10	B Schett P Schnyder	0	7	3
	R Bobková D Jones	6	6							2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	5	6
WC	A Grahame B Stewart	2	4		WC	A Grahame B Stewart	0	3
	S Cacic S Jeyaseelan	5	1		2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
2	L Raymond R Stubbs	7	6

External links

1999 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation