1999 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 21 June – 4 July |
Edition | 113th |
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
Draw | 128S/64D/64XD |
Prize money | £7,595,330 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Pete Sampras | |
Women's singles | |
Lindsay Davenport | |
Men's doubles | |
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes | |
Women's doubles | |
Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu | |
Mixed doubles | |
Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond | |
Boys' singles | |
Jürgen Melzer | |
Girls' singles | |
Iroda Tulyaganova | |
Boys' doubles | |
Guillermo Coria / David Nalbandian | |
Girls' doubles | |
Dája Bedáňová / María Emilia Salerni |
The 1999 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] It was the 113th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 1999.
The total prize money for 1999 championships was £7,595,330. The winner of the men's title earned £455,000 while the women's singles champion earned £409,500. [3] [4]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 |
Men's singles | £455,000 | |||||||
Women's singles | £409,500 | |||||||
Men's doubles * | £186,420 | — | ||||||
Women's doubles * | £167,770 | — | ||||||
Mixed doubles * | £79,180 | — |
* per team
Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 [5]
Lindsay Davenport defeated Steffi Graf, 6–4, 7–5 [6]
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Paul Haarhuis / Jared Palmer, 6–7(10–12), 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) [7]
Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu defeated Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova, 6–4, 6–4 [8]
Lisa Raymond / Leander Paes defeated Jonas Björkman / Anna Kournikova, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 [9]
Jürgen Melzer defeated Kristian Pless, 7–6(9–7), 6–3 [10]
Iroda Tulyaganova defeated Lina Krasnoroutskaya, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 [11]
Guillermo Coria / David Nalbandian defeated Todor Enev / Jarkko Nieminen, 7–5, 6–4 [12]
Dája Bedáňová / María Emilia Salerni defeated Tatiana Perebiynis / Iroda Tulyaganova, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 [13]
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