1999 Pilot Pen Tennis – Singles

The 1999 Pilot Pen Tennis singles was the singles event of the seventeenth edition of the final tournament in the US Open Series. Steffi Graf was the reigning champion, but had retired after the TIG Classic.

Singles
1999 Pilot Pen Tennis
Final
ChampionUnited States Venus Williams
Runner-upUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Score6–2, 7–5
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final to win her first New Haven title.

Seeds

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  1.   Lindsay Davenport (final)
  2.   Venus Williams (champion)
  3.   Monica Seles (semifinals)
  4.   Jana Novotná (second round)
  5.   Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals, retired)
  6.   Julie Halard-Decugis (second round)
  7.   Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
  8.   Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Lindsay Davenport 4 6 6
    Ruxandra Dragomir 6 2 0
1   Lindsay Davenport 2 5  
2   Venus Williams 6 7  
3   Monica Seles 1 3  
2   Venus Williams 6 6  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   L Davenport 6 6  
    N Dechy 6 6       N Dechy 4 2  
Q   T Panova 1 3   1   L Davenport 6 6  
Q   K Hrdličková 4 6 5     A Mauresmo 1 2  
    A Mauresmo 6 3 7     A Mauresmo 6 6  
    A Huber 6 64 2 6   J Halard-Decugis 1 2  
6   J Halard-Decugis 4 77 6 1   L Davenport 4 6 6
    R Dragomir 6 2 0
4   J Novotná 65 0  
    S Farina 5 79 5     R Dragomir 77 6  
    R Dragomir 7 67 7     R Dragomir 5 6 7
Q   Á Montolio 6 4 2 8   S Testud 7 4 5
Q   B Schwartz 4 6 6 Q   B Schwartz 4 2  
WC   T Snyder 64 3   8   S Testud 6 6  
8   S Testud 77 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5   A Coetzer 6 4 6
Q   A Cocheteux 3 6 1 6   A Coetzer 5    
Q   S Appelmans 3 6 6 Q   S Appelmans 4r  
    S Plischke 6 1 4 6   A Coetzer 2 1  
    E Likhovtseva 4 7 7 3   M Seles 6 6  
    L Raymond 6 5 5     E Likhovtseva 0 66  
3   M Seles 6 78  
3   M Seles 1 3  
7   N Tauziat 6 3 3 2   V Williams 6 6  
    H Nagyová 3 6 6     H Nagyová 65 6 3
WC   L Osterloh 3 3   Q   M Serna 77 3 6
Q   M Serna 6 6   Q   M Serna 0 4  
Q   M Sánchez Lorenzo 6 5 6 2   V Williams 6 6  
    D Van Roost 2 7 2 Q   M Sánchez Lorenzo 1 1  
2   V Williams 6 6  

Qualifying

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Seeds

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  1.   Anne Kremer (qualifying competition)
  2.   Sarah Pitkowski (second round)
  3.   María Sánchez Lorenzo (Qualifier)
  4.   Magüi Serna (Qualifier)
  5. replaced by   Melissa Mazzotta (qualifying competition)
  6.   Alexandra Stevenson (second round)
  7.   Anna Smashnova (second round)
  8.   Gala León García (second round)
  9.   Fabiola Zuluaga (second round)
  10.   Cristina Torrens Valero (qualifying competition)
  11.   Barbara Rittner (second round)
  12.   Barbara Schwartz (Qualifier)
  13.   Cara Black (qualifying competition)
  14.   Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
  15.   Inés Gorrochategui (qualifying competition)
  16.   Marlene Weingärtner (second round)

Qualifiers

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Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
1   Anne Kremer 6 4  
    Larissa Schaerer 6 2       Emmanuelle Gagliardi 0 1r
    Emmanuelle Gagliardi 7 6   1   Anne Kremer 3 7 6
    Meghann Shaughnessy 4 3       Tatiana Panova 6 6 7
    Tatiana Panova 6 6       Tatiana Panova 6 7  
11   Barbara Rittner 4 5  

Second qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
16   Marlene Weingärtner 2 1  
    Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6 3 4     Janet Lee 6 6  
    Janet Lee 2 6 6     Janet Lee 6 2 4
    Alicia Molik 4 6 4     Amélie Cocheteux 2 6 6
    Amélie Cocheteux 6 4 6     Amélie Cocheteux 6 6  
6   Alexandra Stevenson 4 4  

Third qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
4   Magüi Serna 6 1 6
    Seda Noorlander           Meilen Tu 4 6 0
    Meilen Tu w/o     4   Magüi Serna 6 6  
    Lenka Němečková 3 6 6 13   Cara Black 4 3  
    Katarína Studeníková 6 2 0     Lenka Němečková 6 6  
13   Cara Black 4 4  

Fourth qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
10   Cristina Torrens Valero w/o    
    Denisa Chládková 6 6       Denisa Chládková      
Alt   Tracy Singian 2 4   10   Cristina Torrens Valero 3 6 6
    Sabine Appelmans 2 6 6     Sabine Appelmans 6 1 7
    Kristine Kunce 6 1 1     Sabine Appelmans 7 6  
8   Gala León García 5 2  

Fifth qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
Alt   Melissa Mazzotta 6 6  
WC   Linda Wild 6 6   WC   Linda Wild 4 3  
WC   Jolene Watanabe 2 4   Alt   Melissa Mazzotta 0 0r
    Émilie Loit 6 6   12   Barbara Schwartz 6 3  
WC   Patty Murren 2 4       Émilie Loit 2 3  
12   Barbara Schwartz 6 6  

Sixth qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
9   Fabiola Zuluaga 1 2  
    Sandra Kleinová 3 7 6     Sandra Kleinová 6 6  
WC   Jennifer Hopkins 6 6 3     Sandra Kleinová 4 4  
    Adriana Serra Zanetti 4 0   3   María Sánchez Lorenzo 6 6  
    Miriam Oremans 6 6       Miriam Oremans 4 4  
3   María Sánchez Lorenzo 6 6  

Seventh qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
7   Anna Smashnova 1 7 3
    Virginia Ruano Pascual 4 2       Květa Hrdličková 6 6 6
    Květa Hrdličková 6 6       Květa Hrdličková 6 7  
    Rita Kuti-Kis 2 6       Nicole Pratt 4 5  
    Nicole Pratt 6 7       Nicole Pratt 6 1 6
14   Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 3

Eighth qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
15   Inés Gorrochategui 6 6 3
WC   Brandis Braverman 7 6   WC   Brandis Braverman 2 0  
    Magdalena Grzybowska 5 2   15   Inés Gorrochategui 3 6 3
    Ángeles Montolio 7 6       Ángeles Montolio 6 0 6
    Rita Grande 6 2       Ángeles Montolio 7 6  
2   Sarah Pitkowski 5 1  
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