1999 Swisscom Challenge – Singles qualifying

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Singles qualifying
1999 Swisscom Challenge
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Singles Doubles
  1998  · Swisscom Challenge ·  2000  

The 1999 Swisscom Challenge was a WTA tennis tournament, played on indoor hard courts.

Contents

Players

Seeds

  1. Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg Magüi Serna (Qualifier)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu (Qualifier)
  4. Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo (second round)
  5. Flag of Slovakia.svg Karina Habšudová (second round)
  6. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maureen Drake (second round)
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Panova (Qualifier)
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Tara Snyder (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

  1. Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová    
 Flag placeholder.svgBye   
1 Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová 75 1
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sandra Kleinová 5 76
  Flag of Poland.svg Anna Żarska 3 2  
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sandra Kleinová 66 
1 Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová 3 65 
  Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva 677 
  Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva 677 
  Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Barabanschikova 2 64 
  Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva 66 
5 Flag of Slovakia.svg Karina Habšudová 2 3  
 Flag placeholder.svgBye   
5 Flag of Slovakia.svg Karina Habšudová    

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo    
 Flag placeholder.svgBye   
4 Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo 3 792
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Denisa Chládková 6676
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Denisa Chládková 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg Angelika Bachmann 0 1  
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Denisa Chládková 5 61
7 Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Panova 74 6
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zuzana Ondrášková w/o  
  Flag of Germany.svg Jana Kandarr    
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zuzana Ondrášková 1 2  
7 Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Panova 66 
 Flag placeholder.svgBye   
7 Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Panova    

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maureen Drake    
 Flag placeholder.svgBye   
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maureen Drake 1 3  
  Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova 66 
  Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova 66 
  Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh 1 3  
  Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova 64667
3 Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu 771 79
  Flag of Germany.svg Camilla Kremer 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lohmann 3 2  
  Flag of Germany.svg Camilla Kremer 1 2  
3 Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu 66 
 Flag placeholder.svgBye   
3 Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu    

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
8 Flag of the United States.svg Tara Snyder 4 66
  Flag of Germany.svg Miriam Schnitzer 63 4
8 Flag of the United States.svg Tara Snyder 66 
  Flag of Croatia.svg Jelena Kostanić 4 4  
  Flag of Croatia.svg Jelena Kostanić 6656
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adriana Gerši 1 774
8 Flag of the United States.svg Tara Snyder 3 63
2 Flag of Spain.svg Magüi Serna 60 6
  Flag of Switzerland.svg Miroslava Vavrinec 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg Stephanie Gehrlein 0 1  
  Flag of Switzerland.svg Miroslava Vavrinec 3 5  
2 Flag of Spain.svg Magüi Serna 67 
 Flag placeholder.svgBye   
2 Flag of Spain.svg Magüi Serna    

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