1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open

The 1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest in Hungary that was part of Tier IVa of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 19 April until 25 April 1999. Seventh-seeded Sarah Pitkowski won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.

1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open
Date19 – 25 April
Edition4th
CategoryTier IVa
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$142,500
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Champions
Singles
France Sarah Pitkowski
Doubles
Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk
← 1998 · Hungarian Ladies Open · 2000 →

Finals

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Singles

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  Sarah Pitkowski defeated   Cristina Torrens Valero, 6–2, 6–2

  • It was Pitkowski's only singles title of her career.

Doubles

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  Evgenia Kulikovskaya /   Sandra Načuk defeated   Laura Montalvo /   Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6–3, 6–4

Entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank Seed
  CZE Jana Novotná 4 1
  SVK Henrieta Nagyová 24 2
  ITA Silvia Farina 25 3
  ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 28 4
  FRA Nathalie Dechy 30 5
  ESP María Sánchez Lorenzo 40 6
  FRA Sarah Pitkowski 41 7
  ESP Gala León García 49 8

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

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