1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date4–10 October
Edition22nd
Category Tier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$520,000
Surface Hard / Indoor
Location Filderstadt, Germany
VenueFilderstadt Tennis Club [1]
Champions
Singles
Flag of Switzerland.svg Martina Hingis
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Chanda Rubin / Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud
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The 1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Filderstadt, Germany. that was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 4 October until 10 October 1999. First-seeded Martina Hingis won the singles title, her third at the event after 1996 and 1997, and earned $80,000 first prize money. [2] [3]

Contents

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Martina Hingis 11
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lindsay Davenport 22
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Serena Williams 43
Flag of France.svg  FRA Mary Pierce 64
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Amanda Coetzer 75
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Barbara Schett 86
Flag of France.svg  FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 97
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Dominique Van Roost 108

Other entrants

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 players received entry as lucky losers:

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles$80,000$40,000$20,000$10,000$7,000$3,700

Finals

Singles

Flag of Switzerland.svg Martina Hingis defeated Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Chanda Rubin / Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud defeated Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Neiland, 6–3, 6–4

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References

  1. Original ITF tournament profile
  2. "1999". www.40love.de. Porsche.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (2000). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2000. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 183, 185, 196–197. ISBN   9780002189460.