1999 WTA German Open – Doubles

The 1999 WTA German Open singles was the singles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Berlin, Germany, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Latin Europe. It was the sixth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but only Zvereva participated this year with Mary Pierce. They were eliminated in the first round by Brie Rippner and Tara Snyder.

Doubles
1999 WTA German Open
Champion	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
Runner-up	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini
Score	6–3, 7–5

Main article: 1999 WTA German Open

The French team of Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won their first Tier I title as a team, defeating Jana Novotná and Patricia Tarabini in the final.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Jana Novotná / Patricia Tarabini (final)
2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
3. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (second round)
4. Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
5. Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (first round)
6. Mary Joe Fernandez / Lisa Raymond (first round)
7. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
8. Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (second round)

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	6	6
		Ruxandra Dragomir Florencia Labat	3	1
								1	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	3	5
								2	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6	7
	4	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	1
	2	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Novotná P Tarabini	65	6
	WC	A Barna M Weingärtner	3	5					S Graf I Gorrochategui	77	4	r
		S Graf I Gorrochategui	6	7											1	J Novotná P Tarabini	63	6	6
	WC	J Abe J Kandarr	6	2	2											L Horn S Jeyaseelan	77	1	3
		L Horn S Jeyaseelan	3	6	6				L Horn S Jeyaseelan	7	6
		C Black A-G Sidot	6	7					C Black A-G Sidot	5	2
	6	MJ Fernandez L Raymond	3	5																		1	J Novotná P Tarabini	6	6
																							R Dragomir F Labat	3	1
								3	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	6	3
		R Dragomir F Labat	77	64	6				R Dragomir F Labat	6	3	6
		A Hopmans A Ortuño	65	77	2											R Dragomir F Labat	77	6
		K Adams C Rubin	2	1											7	I Spîrlea C Vis	63	4
	Q	G Di Natale F Perfetti	6	6					K Adams C Rubin	4	6	4
		S Cacic S Farina	63	63				7	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	2	6
	7	I Spîrlea C Vis	77	77

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	B Schett P Schnyder	6	6
		C Barclay K-A Guse	4	1				8	B Schett P Schnyder	64	6	65
		K Hrdličková B Rittner	6	6					K Hrdličková B Rittner	77	4	77
		C Dhenin O Lugina	1	1												K Hrdličková B Rittner	69	1
		A Olsza P Stoyanova	6	2	2										4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	711	6
		D Graham L Montalvo	4	6	6				D Graham L Montalvo	3	4
								4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
																						4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	4	1
	5	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	5	6	2																	2	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6
		N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	3	6				N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		N Zvereva M Pierce	63	3				LL	B Rippner T Snyder	1	1
	LL	B Rippner T Snyder	77	6												N Arendt M Bollegraf	1	62
		E Kulikovskaya E Melicharová	w/o												2	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	77
		J Halard-Decugis A Mauresmo							E Kulikovskaya E Melicharová	0	2
								2	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Alicia Molik / Samantha Reeves (second round)
2. Germana Di Natale / Flora Perfetti (champions)

Qualifiers

1. Germana Di Natale / Flora Perfetti

Lucky losers

1. Brie Rippner / Tara Snyder

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	Alicia Molik Samantha Reeves
		Bye
						1	Alicia Molik Samantha Reeves	4
							Brie Rippner Tara Snyder	8
		Brie Rippner Tara Snyder
		Bye
												Brie Rippner Tara Snyder	8
											2	Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti	6
		Mariana Díaz Oliva María José Gaidano	9
		Sylvia Plischke Raluca Sandu	8
							Mariana Díaz Oliva María José Gaidano	5
						2	Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti	8
		Bye
	2	Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti

References

• 1999 WTA German Open Women's Doubles Draw