1999 Toyota Princess Cup

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1999 Toyota Princess Cup
Date20–26 September
Edition3rd
Category Tier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money $520,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Tokyo, Japan
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez / Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini
  1998  · Toyota Princess Cup ·  2000  

The 1999 Toyota Princess Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Tokyo, Japan. It was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 20 September through 26 September 1999. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lindsay Davenport 21
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Monica Seles 52
Flag of France.svg  FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 83
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Amanda Coetzer 94
Flag of France.svg  FRA Amélie Mauresmo 145
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Conchita Martínez 166
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amy Frazier 227
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ai Sugiyama 288

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:

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport defeated Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles, 7–5, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez / Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini defeated Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jelena Dokić, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–2

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