1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open

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1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open
Date 19 – 25 April
Edition 4th
Category Tier IVa
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $142,500
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Budapest, Hungary
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Sarah Pitkowski
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Sandra Načuk
  1998  · Hungarian Ladies Open ·  2000  

The 1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest in Hungary that was part of Tier IVa of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 19 April until 25 April 1999. Seventh-seeded Sarah Pitkowski won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Clay court type of tennis court

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

Budapest Capital city in Hungary

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of France.svg Sarah Pitkowski defeated Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Torrens Valero, 6–2, 6–2

Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor is a former professional female tennis player from France. Her career high singles ranking is World No. 29, which she achieved on 1 November 1999.

Cristina Torrens Valero is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No. 27 on 4 March 2002.

Doubles

Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg Sandra Načuk defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo / Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6–3, 6–4

Evgenia Kulikovskaya is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached her highest singles ranking of No. 91 on 9 June 2003. She had more success in doubles, winning four WTA doubles titles and reaching the top fifty.

Sandra Načuk is a former professional tennis player who played for Serbia and Montenegro. She reached her highest singles ranking of World No. 81 in August 1999.

Laura Montalvo is an Argentine former professional female tennis player.

Entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Jana Novotná 41
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Henrieta Nagyová 242
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Silvia Farina 253
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 284
Flag of France.svg  FRA Nathalie Dechy 305
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María Sánchez Lorenzo 406
Flag of France.svg  FRA Sarah Pitkowski 417
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Gala León García 498

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Eva Martincová is a former Czech tennis player.

Zsófia Gubacsi is a former Hungarian professional tennis player.

Martina Suchá Slovak tennis player

Martina Suchá is a retired tennis player from Slovakia.

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

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