1999 AAPT Championships – Doubles

Doubles
	1999 Next Generation Adelaide International
Champions	Gustavo Kuerten ; Nicolás Lapentti
Runners-up	Jim Courier ; Patrick Galbraith
Final score	6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles	Doubles

Last updated March 03, 2019

Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Eagle partnered Patrick Rafter, losing in the quarterfinals. Florent partnered Andrew Kratzmann, losing in the first round.

Joshua Eagle is a former professional male tennis player and current professional tennis coach from Australia. In January 2013 he was appointed as the Australian Davis Cup coach, having previously won Tennis Australia's elite coaching excellence award in 2012 for helping Australian Marinko Matosevic break into the top 50 from outside 200. He was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and now lives in Noosa, Queensland. He stands at 1.83 m and weighs 90 kg, and is classified as a doubles specialist. Eagle has won five ATP doubles titles.

Andrew Florent was an Australian professional tennis player.

Andrew Kratzmann is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.

Gustavo Kuerten, nicknamed Guga, is a retired World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open singles title three times, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. Kuerten suffered many problems with injuries which resulted in his non-attendances at many tournaments between 2002 and 2005. After a few failed attempted comebacks, he retired from top-level tennis in May 2008. During his career he won 20 singles and 8 doubles titles.

Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. His brothers, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés, and cousins Roberto and Emilio also are or were on the pro circuit.

James “Jim” Spencer Courier Jr. is an American former world No. 1 professional tennis player. For 15 years, he has been the main commentator on the Australian Open for the host broadcaster the Seven Network and now the Nine Network. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He holds the record for being the youngest man to have reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, at the age of 22 years and 11 months. He also won five Masters 1000 series titles. Until Novak Djokovic in 2016, Courier was the last man to win both the Australian and French Open titles in the same calendar year.

Seeds

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (First Round, retired)
Joshua Eagle / Patrick Rafter (Quarterfinals)
Justin Gimelstob / Sébastien Lareau (Quarterfinals, withdrew)
David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (First Round)

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First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	4	2^r
	G Kuerten N Lapentti	6	1			G Kuerten N Lapentti	6	3	6
	J Greenhalgh B Steven	6	4	6		J Greenhalgh B Steven	4	6	1
	D del Río M Puerta	4	6	3							G Kuerten N Lapentti	6	6
3	J Gimelstob S Lareau	6	6							Q	N Kiefer D Prinosil	4	4
	N Djordjevic J Novák	2	2		3	J Gimelstob S Lareau
	W Arthurs P Tramacchi	4	6		Q	N Kiefer D Prinosil	w/o
Q	N Kiefer D Prinosil	6	7												G Kuerten N Lapentti	6	6
	A Florent A Kratzmann	4	6	3										WC	J Courier P Galbraith	4	4
WC	J Courier P Galbraith	6	4	6	WC	J Courier P Galbraith	6	6
WC	L Hewitt P Kilderry	6	6		WC	L Hewitt P Kilderry	2	4
4	D Adams J-L de Jager	4	2							WC	J Courier P Galbraith	6	7
WC	S Draper J Stoltenberg	4	3								B Black S Stolle	4	5
	B Black S Stolle	6	6			B Black S Stolle	3	6	7
	N Kulti M Tillström	6	6	4	2	J Eagle P Rafter	6	2	6
2	J Eagle P Rafter	4	7	6

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1999 AAPT Championships – Doubles

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