1999 WTA Madrid Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1999 WTA Madrid Open
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
Runners-up Flag of Argentina.svg María Fernanda Landa
Flag of Germany.svg Marlene Weingärtner
Final score6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Events
Singles Doubles
  1998  · WTA Madrid Open ·  2000  

The 1999 WTA Madrid Open doubles was the doubles event of the fourth edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, a WTA Tier III tournament held in Madrid, Spain and part of the European clay court season. Florencia Labat and Dominique Van Roost were the defending champions, but they did not compete this year.

Contents

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title, defeating Marlene Weingärtner and Labat's and Suárez's compatriot María Fernanda Landa in the final, 6–2, 0–6, 6–0.

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Kimberly Po / Flag of Switzerland.svg Patty Schnyder (first round)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez (champions)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Graham / Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo (semifinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of the United States.svg Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the United States.svg K Po
Flag of Switzerland.svg P Schnyder
65 0
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg R McQuillan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Pratt
4 76  Flag of Australia (converted).svg R McQuillan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Pratt
6666
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Pleming
Flag of France.svg C Tanvier
66   Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Pleming
Flag of France.svg C Tanvier
3 784
  Flag of Bulgaria.svg S Krivencheva
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Woodroffe
4 3    Flag of Australia (converted).svg R McQuillan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg N Pratt
655  
4 Flag of the United States.svg K Adams
Flag of the United States.svg C Rubin
66   Flag of Argentina.svg M-F Landa
Flag of Germany.svg M Weingärtner
777 
  Flag of Spain.svg G León García
Flag of Germany.svg C Singer
4 0  4 Flag of the United States.svg K Adams
Flag of the United States.svg C Rubin
65 6
  Flag of Italy.svg A Canepa
Flag of Spain.svg A Ortuño
5 2    Flag of Argentina.svg M-F Landa
Flag of Germany.svg M Weingärtner
4 74
  Flag of Argentina.svg M-F Landa
Flag of Germany.svg M Weingärtner
76   Flag of Argentina.svg M-F Landa
Flag of Germany.svg M Weingärtner
2 60
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg H Crook
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg V Davies
3 2  2 Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
60 6
  Flag of Ukraine.svg O Lugina
Flag of Croatia.svg M Murić
66   Flag of Ukraine.svg O Lugina
Flag of Croatia.svg M Murić
63 2
  Flag of the United States.svg A Frazier
Flag of the United States.svg K Schlukebir
4 4  3 Flag of the United States.svg D Graham
Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
4 66
3 Flag of the United States.svg D Graham
Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
66 3 Flag of the United States.svg D Graham
Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
4 3  
WC Flag of Italy.svg S Farina
Flag of Spain.svg M Serna
776 2 Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
66 
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg T Musgrave
Flag of Australia (converted).svg B Stewart
644  WC Flag of Italy.svg S Farina
Flag of Spain.svg M Serna
2 3  
Q Flag of Croatia.svg S Talaja
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg D Zarić
3 61 2 Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
66 
2 Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
677 

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

  1. Flag of Croatia.svg Silvija Talaja / Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dragana Zarić

Qualifying draw

Key

First round Second round Qualifying competition
         
1 Flag of Switzerland.svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti
 
 Flag placeholder.svgBye 
1 Flag of Switzerland.svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti
5
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ludmila Richterová
Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy
8
  Flag of the United States.svg Brie Rippner
Flag of the United States.svg Tara Snyder
2
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ludmila Richterová
Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy
8
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ludmila Richterová
Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy
2
  Flag of Croatia.svg Silvija Talaja
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dragana Zarić
8
WC Flag of Spain.svg Marta Marrero
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
4
  Flag of Croatia.svg Silvija Talaja
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dragana Zarić
8
  Flag of Croatia.svg Silvija Talaja
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dragana Zarić
8
2 Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ishida
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Nagatomi
5
 Flag placeholder.svgBye 
2 Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ishida
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Nagatomi
 

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