1999 WTA Tier I Series

1999 WTA Tier I Series
Details
Duration	February 1 – October 24
Edition	10th
Tournaments	9
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Martina Hingis (4)
Most finals	Martina Hingis (5)
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Last updated October 11, 2025

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money^[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open ^[3]	Japan	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Feb 1 – 7	$1,050,000
Evert Cup ^[4]	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 1 – 14	$1,400,000
Lipton Championships ^[5]	United States	Miami	Hard	Mar 15 – 28	$2,075,000
Family Circle Cup ^[6]	United States	Hilton Head	Clay	Mar 29 – Apr	$1,050,000
Italian Open ^[7]	Italy	Rome	Clay	May 3 – 9	$1,050,000
German Open ^[8]	Germany	Berlin	Clay	May 10 – 16	$1,050,000
du Maurier Open ^[9]	Canada	Toronto	Hard	Aug 16 – 22	$1,050,000
Swisscom Challenge ^[10]	Switzerland	Zurich	Hard (i)	Oct 11 – 17	$1,050,000
Kremlin Cup ^[11]	Russia	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Oct 18 – 24	$1,050,000

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Tokyo Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 6–1	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–3
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams*	Steffi Graf	6–3, 3–6, 7–5	Martina Hingis	Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–2
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams*	Steffi Graf	6–3, 3–6, 7–5	Anna Kournikova*	Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–2
Miami Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams	Serena Williams	6–1, 4–6, 6–4	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles	0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
Hilton Head Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6–4, 6–3	Elena Likhovtseva*	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–4
Hilton Head Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6–4, 6–3	Jana Novotná	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–4
Rome Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–2	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 6–2
Berlin Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–0, 6–1	Alexandra Fusai* Nathalie Tauziat*	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 7–5
Toronto Singles – Doubles	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	6–4, 6–4	Jana Novotná Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Zürich Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4	Lisa Raymond*	Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
Zürich Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4	Rennae Stubbs	Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–2
Moscow Singles – Doubles	Nathalie Tauziat*	Barbara Schett	2–6, 6–4, 6–1	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Julie Halard-Decugis Anke Huber	6–1, 6–0

Tournament details

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Tokyo

Tournament name	Toray Pan Pacific Open
Dates^[3]	February 2 – 7
Surface	Carpet (Indoors)
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Prize money	$ 1,000,000

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Lindsay Davenport	6	4	3

7	Amanda Coetzer	2	6	6
					7	Amanda Coetzer	6	6

					4	Monica Seles	4	2
4	Monica Seles	7	6

6	Anna Kournikova	5	3
									7	Amanda Coetzer	2	1

									2	Martina Hingis	6	6
8	Natasha Zvereva	5	0^r

3	Jana Novotná	7	0
					3	Jana Novotná	3	4

					2	Martina Hingis	6	6
5	Steffi Graf	6	2	4

2	Martina Hingis	3	6	6

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6	6

	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	3	3
				1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	2	3

				2	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6	6
	Patricia Tarabini Caroline Vis	1	0

2	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Indian Wells

Tournament name	Evert Cup
Dates^[4]	March 5 – 14
Surface	Hard (Outdoors)
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Prize money	$ 1,400,000

Singles

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	Martina Hingis	3	6²

	Chanda Rubin	6	7⁷
					Chanda Rubin	6	4	2

				5	Steffi Graf	2	6	6
4	Jana Novotná	2	0

5	Steffi Graf	6	6
									5	Steffi Graf	3	6	5

										Serena Williams	6	3	7
12	Sandrine Testud	7	6

	Henrieta Nagyová	1	3
				12	Sandrine Testud	5	0

					Serena Williams	7	6
6	Mary Pierce	5	6¹

	Serena Williams	7	7⁷

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

	Serena Williams Venus Williams	3	4

	Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná	6	6
					Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná	2	2

				2	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6	6
7	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	1	0

2	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6	6

Miami

Tournament name	Lipton Championships
Dates^[5]	March 15 – 29
Surface	Hard (Outdoors)
Location	Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
Prize money	$ 2,075,000

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Hingis	6	6

20	Barbara Schett	1	1
					1	Martina Hingis	4	6³

					16	Serena Williams	6	7⁷
16	Serena Williams	6	6

9	Amanda Coetzer	4	0
									16	Serena Williams	1	6	4

									6	Venus Williams	6	4	6
6	Venus Williams	5	6	6

4	Jana Novotná	7	2	3
					6	Venus Williams	6	6

					7	Steffi Graf	2	4
7	Steffi Graf	w/o

2	Lindsay Davenport

Doubles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	7⁷	6

13	Silvia Farina Karina Habšudová	6³	3
					1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	1	7⁷	6

						Cara Black Irina Selyutina	6	6⁴	1
	Cătălina Cristea Ruxandra Dragomir	5	7⁹	4

	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	7	6⁷	6
										1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	0	6	7⁷

										14	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles	6	4	6¹
14	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles	5	6	7⁷

4	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	4	6³
					14	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles	6	6

					2	Anna Kournikova Elena Likhovtseva	2	1
5	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	3	6	6³

2	Anna Kournikova Elena Likhovtseva	6	4	7⁷

Hilton Heads

Tournament name	Family Circle Cup
Dates^[6]	March 29 – April 4
Surface	Green clay (Outdoors)
Location	Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
Prize money	$ 1,050,000

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Martina Hingis	6	7⁷

11	Natasha Zvereva	0	6⁰
					1	Martina Hingis	6	6

					3	Jana Novotná	2	3
3	Jana Novotná	6	6

16	Henrieta Nagyová	2	4
										1	Martina Hingis	6	6

										7	Anna Kournikova	4	3
7	Anna Kournikova	6	2

	Andrea Glass	2	1^r
					7	Anna Kournikova	6⁵	6	6

					6	Patty Schnyder	7⁷	0	3
6	Patty Schnyder	6	4	7⁷

14	Elena Likhovtseva	3	6	6³

Doubles

Semifinals					Final

1	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7	6⁵	2

	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	5	7⁷	6
						Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	1	4

					2	Elena Likhovtseva Jana Novotná	6	6
	Alexandra Fusai Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	3	6	2

2	Elena Likhovtseva Jana Novotná	6	1	6

Rome

Tournament name	Italian Open
Dates^[7]	May 3 – 9
Surface	Red clay (Outdoors)
Location	Rome, Italy
Prize money	$ 1,050,000

Singles

Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	Martina Hingis	6	6

6	Serena Williams	2	2
				1	Martina Hingis	4	6	4

				3	Venus Williams	6	1	6
3	Venus Williams	7⁷	6

11	Dominique Van Roost	6¹	2
									3	Venus Williams	6	6

									4	Mary Pierce	4	2
8	Sandrine Testud	4	5

4	Mary Pierce	6	7
				4	Mary Pierce	6¹	6	6

				10	Amélie Mauresmo	7⁷	2	4
10	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6

	Sylvia Plischke	2	3

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6	6

6	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	4	3
				1	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6	6

				2	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	2	2
	Mary Pierce Natasha Zvereva	2	1

2	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6	6

Berlin

Tournament name	German Open
Dates^[8]	May 10 – 16
Surface	Red clay (Outdoors)
Location	Berlin, Germany
Prize money	$ 1,050,000

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Hingis	7	7

16	Barbara Schett	5	5
					1	Martina Hingis	6	6

					4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	0
4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	3

7	Serena Williams	3	2^r
									1	Martina Hingis	6	6

										Julie Halard-Decugis	0	1
	Julie Halard-Decugis	5	6	6

3	Steffi Graf	7	4	4
						Julie Halard-Decugis	6	6

						Ruxandra Dragomir	2	2
8	Patty Schnyder	6	1	1

	Ruxandra Dragomir	3	6	6

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

1	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	6	6

	Ruxandra Dragomir Florencia Labat	3	1
				1	Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini	3	5

				2	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6	7
4	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	1

2	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6	6

Toronto

Tournament name	du Maurier Open
Dates^[9]	August 16 – 22
Surface	Hard (Outdoors)
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prize money	$ 1,050,000

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Hingis	6	6

5	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1	1
					1	Martina Hingis	7⁷	6

					3	Mary Pierce	6³	3
3	Mary Pierce	6	6

10	Sandrine Testud	1	3
									1	Martina Hingis	6	6

									2	Monica Seles	4	4
6	Amanda Coetzer	7	4	4

	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5	6	6
						Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	3	4

					2	Monica Seles	6	6
9	Barbara Schett	3	6	1

2	Monica Seles	6	3	6

Doubles

Semifinals					Final

5	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6

3	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	3	1
					5	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	6	3

					4	Jana Novotná Mary Pierce	6	2	6
4	Jana Novotná Mary Pierce	5	7	6

6	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	7	5	2

Zurich

Tournament name	Swisscom Challenge
Dates^[10]	October 11 – 17
Surface	Hard (Indoors)
Location	Zurich, Switzerland
Prize money	$ 1,050,000

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Martina Hingis	7	6

Q	Corina Morariu	5	2
					1	Martina Hingis	6	4	6

					8	Nathalie Tauziat	3	6	3
4	Amanda Coetzer	3	6	2

8	Nathalie Tauziat	6	3	6
										1	Martina Hingis	3	4

										2	Venus Williams	6	6
7	Dominique Van Roost	2	4

3	Mary Pierce	6	6
					3	Mary Pierce	4	4

					2	Venus Williams	6	6
6	Julie Halard-Decugis	2	3

2	Venus Williams	6	6

Doubles

Semifinals				Final

1	Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva	6	6

	Miriam Oremans Patty Schnyder	0	2
				1	Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva	2	2

				3	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6	6
3	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6	6

Q	Jelena Kostanić Tara Snyder	1	0

Moscow

Tournament name	Kremlin Cup
Dates^[11]	October 18 – 24
Surface	Carpet (Indoors)
Location	Moscow, Russia
Prize money	$ 1,050,000

Singles

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

	Ai Sugiyama	3	5

	Lisa Raymond	6	7
						Lisa Raymond	4	2

					4	Nathalie Tauziat	6	6
4	Nathalie Tauziat	6	6

	Anke Huber	4	3
									4	Nathalie Tauziat	2	6	6

									2	Barbara Schett	6	4	1
5	Dominique Van Roost	6	4	6

3	Julie Halard-Decugis	1	6	1
					5	Dominique Van Roost	5	6⁶

					2	Barbara Schett	7	7⁸
	Silvia Farina	6	4	3

2	Barbara Schett	1	6	6

Doubles

Semifinals					Final

1	Elena Tatarkova Natasha Zvereva	6⁷	4

3	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7⁹	6
					3	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6	6

						Julie Halard-Decugis Anke Huber	1	0
	Julie Halard-Decugis Anke Huber	6	5	6

2	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	2	7	0

References

↑ "1999 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
↑ "1999 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.
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1 2 "Indian Wells 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
1 2 "Miami 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
1 2 "Hilton Heads 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
1 2 "Rome 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
1 2 "Berlin 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com.
1 2 "Toronto 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
1 2 "Zurich 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
1 2 "Moscow 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com.

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[1] "1999 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.

[2] "1999 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.

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[indianwellsinfo-4] 1 2 "Indian Wells 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

[miamiinfo-5] 1 2 "Miami 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

[hiltonheadsinfo-6] 1 2 "Hilton Heads 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

[romeinfo-7] 1 2 "Rome 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

[berlininfo-8] 1 2 "Berlin 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com.

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[zurichinfo-10] 1 2 "Zurich 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

[moscowinfo-11] 1 2 "Moscow 1999 - Overview". ITFTennis.com.

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Team events	Fed Cup
WTA Tour Championships, New York (S, D) Grand Slam Cup, Munich (S)

1999 WTA Tier I Series

Contents

Tournaments

Results

Tournament details

Key

Tokyo

Singles

Doubles

Indian Wells

Singles

Doubles

Miami

Singles

Doubles

Hilton Heads

Singles

Doubles

Rome

Singles

Doubles

Berlin

Singles

Doubles

Toronto

Singles

Doubles

Zurich

Singles

Doubles

Moscow

Singles

Doubles

See also

References

External links