1999 Evert Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
1999 Newsweek Champions Cup
and the Evert Cup
Final
Champions Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná
Score6–2, 6–2
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  1998  · Newsweek Champions Cup ·  2000  
  1998  · Evert Cup ·  2000  

The 1999 Evert Cup doubles was the doubles event of the eleventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California, United States. It was the second WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

Contents

Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Mary Joe Fernández and Jana Novotná.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis / Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova (champions)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai / Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
  5. Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of South Africa.svg Mariaan de Swardt / Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Tatarkova (first round)
  7. Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez / Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
  8. Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
 3 4  
 66 
 2 2  
2 66 
7 1 0  
2 66

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 66 
 3 66 2 4  
 62 4 1 62 3
 66  4 66
 0 1   4 66
 65 6 64 2
6 3 74  3 4  
 66 
3 66 
 3 66 3 4  
WC 61 3 3 62 3
 62 2  4 66
 3 66 677 
 
677  
3 62 
8 1 65 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 66 
 2 4  7 76 
 77  5 4  
 5 5  7 62 77
 71 2 WC
4 664
WC
5 66WC
66 
4 2 4  
7 1 0  
5 3 662 66 
Q 64 4 5 66 
 2 4   4 4  
 66 5 4 2  
 5 73 2 66 
 75 6 1 1  
2 66 

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kristie Boogert / Flag of France.svg Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

Qualifying draw

Key

First round Second round Qualifying competition
         
1 6
 8
 1
 8
 7
 9
 6
 8
 9
 8
 8
2 2
WC 6
2 8

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