1999 Rado Swiss Open Gstaad – Doubles

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Doubles
1999 Rado Swiss Open Gstaad
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk
Runners-up Flag of North Macedonia.svg Aleksandar Kitinov
Flag of the Philippines.svg Eric Taino
Final score7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Events
Singles Doubles
  1998  · Swiss Open ·  2000  

Gustavo Kuerten and Fernando Meligeni were the defending champions, [1] but Meligeni did not compete this year. Kuerten teamed up with Jaime Oncins and lost in quarterfinals to tournament runners-up Aleksandar Kitinov and Eric Taino.

Contents

Donald Johnson and Cyril Suk won the title by defeating Aleksandar Kitinov and Eric Taino 7–5, 7–6(7–4) in the final. [2]

Seeds

  1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl (first round)
  2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek (semifinals)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk (champions)
  4. Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Haggard / Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Novák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Rikl
4 3
Flag of Brazil.svg G Kuerten
Flag of Brazil.svg J Oncins
66 Flag of Brazil.svg G Kuerten
Flag of Brazil.svg J Oncins
3 2
Flag of North Macedonia.svg A Kitinov
Flag of the Philippines.svg E Taino
67 Flag of North Macedonia.svg A Kitinov
Flag of the Philippines.svg E Taino
66
Flag of South Africa.svg L Bale
Flag of New Zealand.svg J Greenhalgh
4 5 Flag of North Macedonia.svg A Kitinov
Flag of the Philippines.svg E Taino
66
4 Flag of South Africa.svg C Haggard
Flag of Spain.svg J Sánchez
66 Flag of Spain.svg T Carbonell
Flag of Argentina.svg M Hood
1 4
Flag of South Africa.svg R Koenig
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg P Vízner
4 4 4 Flag of South Africa.svg C Haggard
Flag of Spain.svg J Sánchez
5 3
Q Flag of Ecuador.svg N Lapentti
Flag of Ecuador.svg L Morejón
6104 Flag of Spain.svg T Carbonell
Flag of Argentina.svg M Hood
76
Flag of Spain.svg T Carbonell
Flag of Argentina.svg M Hood
7126 Flag of North Macedonia.svg A Kitinov
Flag of the Philippines.svg E Taino
5 64
Flag of Spain.svg JI Carrasco
Flag of Spain.svg J Velasco Jr.
4 3 3 Flag of the United States.svg D Johnson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
777
WC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg R Federer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg M Rosset
66WC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg R Federer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg M Rosset
3 70
Flag of Italy.svg C Brandi
Flag of Italy.svg M Bertolini
2 2 3 Flag of the United States.svg D Johnson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
65 6
3 Flag of the United States.svg D Johnson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
663 Flag of the United States.svg D Johnson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
776
WC Flag of Argentina.svg L Lobo
Flag of Chile.svg M Ríos
662 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg M Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek
632
Flag of Argentina.svg D Orsanic
Flag of Argentina.svg M Puerta
2 4 WC Flag of Argentina.svg L Lobo
Flag of Chile.svg M Ríos
3 7766
WC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg G Bastl
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg L Manta
0 4 2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg M Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek
66578
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg M Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek
66

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References

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