1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

The 1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 1 November until 7 November 1999. Second-seeded Nathalie Tauziat won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money.[1]

1999 Sparkassen Cup
Date1–7 November
Edition10th
CategoryTier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$520,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationLeipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
France Nathalie Tauziat
Doubles
France Mary Pierce / Latvia Larisa Neiland
← 1998 · Sparkassen Cup · 2000 →

Entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank Seed
  FRA Mary Pierce 5 1
  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 7 2
  FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 9 3
  BEL Dominique Van Roost 14 4
  RUS Anna Kournikova 12 5
  ESP Conchita Martínez 15 6
  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 18 7
  GER Anke Huber 16 8

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Finals

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Singles

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  Nathalie Tauziat defeated   Květa Hrdličková, 6–1, 6–3

  • This was Tauziat's sixth WTA title of her career, and her second of the year.

Doubles

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  Mary Pierce /   Larisa Neiland defeated   Elena Likhovtseva /   Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1999). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1999. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 197–198. ISBN 9780002188623.
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