The 1999 Australian Open – Women's Doubles was the women's dobules event of the eighty-seventh edition of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year and the most prestigious tournament in the Asia-Pacific and the Southern Hemisphere. Martina Hingis and Mirjana Lučić were the defending champions, but Hingis competed with Russian Anna Kournikova, and Lučić competed with Frenchwoman Mary Pierce. Lučić and Pierce were defeated in the first round by Christina Singer and Helena Vildová.
Hingis and Kournikova, however, ended up winning the title, defeating first seeds Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva, 7–5, 6–3. With this win, Hingis won her fifth consecutive Grand Slam title in doubles, and became the only woman to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles in singles and doubles simultaneously. Hingis and her partners defeated Davenport/Zvereva for all five consecutive women's doubles titles starting with the 1998 Australian and ending with the 1999 Australian Open.
Paula Ormaechea was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Andrea Gámiz and Paula Ormaechea were the defending champions, but Ormaechea chose not to participate. Gámiz partnered up with Adriana Pérez and successfully defended her title, the pair defeating Julia Cohen and Andrea Koch-Benvenuto in the final, 6–3, 6–4.
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but was not allowed to participate because there were already two top-6 players in the draw.
Serena Williams won the tournament, beating 9th seed Lucie Šafářová, 6–0, 6–1.
This was the first edition of the tournament.
The 2012 John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in New Braunfels, Texas, United States, on 29 October–4 November 2012.
This was a new event in 2012. Melanie Oudin won the title, defeating Mariana Duque in the final, 6–1, 6–1.
Elena Bovina and Mirjana Lučić-Baroni were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but both chose not to participate in 2013.
Alizé Cornet was the defending champion, but lost to Camila Giorgi in the first round.
Unseeded Monica Puig won her first WTA title, defeating Sílvia Soler Espinosa in the final, 6–4, 6–3.
Adriana Pérez was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but chose not to participate.
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion but lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals.
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Simona Halep.
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Daria Gavrilova.
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but could not defend the title because of her provisional suspension after failing a drug test at the Australian Open.
Samantha Stosur was the defending champion, but withdrew before her quarterfinal match due to a left wrist injury.
Belinda Bencic was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Elena Vesnina.
Sloane Stephens was the defending champion, but could not participate this year as she was recovering from a left foot surgery.
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but did not participate this year as she was on maternity leave.
Simona Halep was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2.
