Women's doubles | |
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1999 Kremlin Cup | |
Champions | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
Runners-up | Julie Halard-Decugis Anke Huber |
Score | 6–1, 6–0 |
Seeds | 4 |
The 1999 Kremlin Cup women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the fourth WTA edition of the Kremlin Cup; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious tournament held in Russia. Mary Pierce and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but Pierce competed this year with Barbara Schett, whereas Zvereva competed with Elena Tatarkova.
Pierce and Schett withdrew after their first round victory, whereas Zvereva and Tatarkova were defeated in the semifinals by eventual champions Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | E Tatarkova N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K Po A-G Sidot | 4 | 2 | 1 | E Tatarkova N Zvereva | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Q | S Pitkowski E Sysoeva | 1 | 66 | M Pierce B Schett | |||||||||||||||||||||||
M Pierce B Schett | 6 | 78 | 1 | E Tatarkova N Zvereva | 67 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 79 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Drake C Schneider | 4 | 3 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C Cristea R Dragomir | 3 | 79 | 6 | C Cristea R Dragomir | 0 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
N Petrova P Schnyder | 6 | 67 | 0 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Halard-Decugis A Huber | 6 | 6 | J Halard-Decugis A Huber | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Krivencheva N Ostrovskaya | 2 | 0 | J Halard-Decugis A Huber | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | L Krasnoroutskaya E Makarova | 7 | 6 | WC | L Krasnoroutskaya E Makarova | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 5 | 4 | J Halard-Decugis A Huber | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina C Rubin | 3 | 4 | 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L Neiland D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | L Neiland D Van Roost | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Paštiková T Poutchek | 61 | 2 | 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 77 | 6 |
First round | Second round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
1 | Sarah Pitkowski Ekaterina Sysoeva | |||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
1 | Sarah Pitkowski Ekaterina Sysoeva | 8 | ||||||||||||
Tatiana Perebiynis Anna Zaporozhanova | 5 | |||||||||||||
Tatiana Perebiynis Anna Zaporozhanova | 8 | |||||||||||||
Irina Kornienko Ekaterina Paniouchkina | 5 | |||||||||||||
1 | Sarah Pitkowski Ekaterina Sysoeva | 9 | ||||||||||||
2 | Sylvia Plischke Silvija Talaja | 8 | ||||||||||||
Maria Goloviznina Anastasia Myskina | 8 | |||||||||||||
Vanessa Henke Marketa Kochta | 9 | |||||||||||||
Vanessa Henke Marketa Kochta | ||||||||||||||
2 | Sylvia Plischke Silvija Talaja | w/o | ||||||||||||
Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Liudmila Nikoyan | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 | Sylvia Plischke Silvija Talaja | 8 |
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