1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic – Doubles

The 1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic doubles was the doubles event of the only edition of the Dreamland Egypt Classic; a WTA Tier III tournament and then the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Africa. Laurence Courtois and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 7–5, 1–6, 7–6^(7–3) against Irina Spîrlea and Caroline Vis.

Doubles
1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic
Champions	Laurence Courtois Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis
Score	7–5, 1–6, 7–6(7–3)

Seeds

1. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (final)
2. Laurence Courtois / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
3. Sabine Appelmans / Kristie Boogert (semifinals)
4. Caroline Dhenin / Barbara Rittner (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	6
		J Dokić N Pratt	1	2				1	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	6
		E Bes Ostariz M-F Landa	3	2					A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	2	2
		A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	6	6											1	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	713
	4	C Dhenin B Rittner	6	6												E Gagliardi K Marosi	0	611
		F Perfetti M P Zavagli	2	1				4	C Dhenin B Rittner	3	4
		C Martínez Granados S Sfar	4	2					E Gagliardi K Marosi	6	6
		E Gagliardi K Marosi	6	6																		1	I Spîrlea C Vis	5	6	63
	Q	N Petrova T Pisnik	6	6																		2	L Courtois A Sánchez Vicario	7	1	77
	WC	M El Wany Y Farid	0	2				Q	N Petrova T Pisnik	1	1
		M Drake L Pleming	2	3				3	S Appelmans K Boogert	6	6
	3	S Appelmans K Boogert	6	6											3	S Appelmans K Boogert	4	5
		M Nekvapilová H Šromová	6	6											2	L Courtois A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
		M Ramon Climent A Vanc	2	0					M Nekvapilová H Šromová	4	4
		S Krivencheva L Varmužová	1	0				2	L Courtois A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	2	L Courtois A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Celeste Contín / Bahia Mouhtassine (second round)
2. Nataly Cahana / Tzipora Obziler (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Nadia Petrova / Tina Pisnik

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Celeste Contín Bahia Mouhtassine	8
		Sara Abaza Dalia El Sheikh	1
						1	Celeste Contín Bahia Mouhtassine	7
							Nadia Petrova Tina Pisnik	9
		Raluca Sandu Meghann Shaughnessy	3
		Nadia Petrova Tina Pisnik	8
												Nadia Petrova Tina Pisnik	8
											2	Nataly Cahana Tzipora Obziler	6
		Angelika Bachmann Lydia Steinbach	8
		Mireille Dittmann Riei Kawamata	6
							Angelika Bachmann Lydia Steinbach	2
						2	Nataly Cahana Tzipora Obziler	8
		Agnieszka Abram Anna Mogilnicka	0
	2	Nataly Cahana Tzipora Obziler	8

External links

• 1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic Doubles Draw