1999 ANZ Tasmanian International | |
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Date | 11–16 January |
Edition | 6th |
Category | Tier IVb |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $112,500 |
Location | Hobart, Australia |
Venue | Hobart International Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Chanda Rubin | |
Doubles | |
Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova |
The 1999 ANZ Tasmanian International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart in Australia that was part of Tier IVb of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 11 through 16 January 1999.
Heading into the tournament, Swiss player Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but she didn't defend her singles title due to her playing in Sydney in that same week. In the singles final, Fifth-seeded Chanda Rubin won the title in straight sets over unseeded Italian player, Rita Grande and earned $16,000 first-prize money. [1]
Chanda Rubin defeated Rita Grande 6–2, 6–3
Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova defeated Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Émilie Loit 6–1, 6–2
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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FRA | Julie Halard-Decugis | 20 | 1 |
USA | Corina Morariu | 33 | 2 |
ESP | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 32 | 3 |
FRA | Sarah Pitkowski | 35 | 4 |
USA | Chanda Rubin | 31 | 5 |
RSA | Mariaan de Swardt | 36 | 6 |
ROU | Ruxandra Dragomir | 37 | 7 |
CHN | Li Fang | 40 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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:
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as a lucky loser:
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