1999 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1999 Lipton Championships
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles
Final score	0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)

The 1999 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the fifteenth edition of the tennis tournament played at Miami, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions and won in the final 0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1) against Mary Joe Fernández and Monica Seles.

Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (Champions)
2. Anna Kournikova / Elena Likhovtseva (Semifinals)
3. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
4. Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (Quarterfinals)
5. Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (Quarterfinals)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Third Round, retired)
7. Serena Williams / Venus Williams (Third Round, withdrew)
8. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (Third Round)
9. Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (Second Round)
10. Mary Pierce / Natasha Zvereva (Third Round, withdrew)
11. Els Callens / Julie Halard-Decugis (Second Round)
12. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Second Round)
13. Silvia Farina / Karina Habšudová (Quarterfinals)
14. Mary Joe Fernández / Monica Seles (Final)
15. Kristine Kunce / Kimberly Po (Second Round)
16. Catherine Barclay / Lori McNeil (Second Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	7^7	6
	13	Silvia Farina   Karina Habšudová	6^3	3
								1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	1	7^7	6
									Cara Black   Irina Selyutina	6	6^4	1
		Cătălina Cristea   Ruxandra Dragomir	5	7^9	4
		Cara Black   Irina Selyutina	7	6^7	6
															1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	0	6	7^7
															14	Mary Joe Fernández   Monica Seles	6	4	6^1
	14	Mary Joe Fernández   Monica Seles	5	6	7^7
	4	Larisa Neiland   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	4	6^3
								14	Mary Joe Fernández   Monica Seles	6	6
								2	Anna Kournikova   Elena Likhovtseva	2	1
	5	Mariaan de Swardt   Elena Tatarkova	3	6	6^3
	2	Anna Kournikova   Elena Likhovtseva	6	4	7^7

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
							1	M Hingis   J Novotná	6	6
	K Hrdličková   T Križan	6	6					K Hrdličková   T Križan	4	3
	K Adams   M Saeki	4	2											1	M Hingis   J Novotná	w/o
	S Noorlander   C Papadáki	0	3											10	M Pierce   N Zvereva
	A Huber   C Morariu	6	6					A Huber   C Morariu	6	6^4	1
							10	M Pierce   N Zvereva	2	7^7	6
																					1	M Hingis   J Novotná	7^7	6
																					13	S Farina   K Habšudová	6^3	3
							13	S Farina   K Habšudová	6	6
	I Gorrochategui   S Graf	6	6					I Gorrochategui   S Graf	4	4
WC	T Snyder   M Washington	1	3											13	S Farina   K Habšudová	w/o
Q	V Menga   E Wagner	7	3	2										7	S Williams   V Williams
	D Graham   R Grande	5	6	6				D Graham   R Grande	4	5
							7	S Williams   V Williams	6	7

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
							3	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	1	3
	Å Carlsson   L Courtois	6	6^4	1^r				C Cristea   R Dragomir	0	6	6
	C Cristea   R Dragomir	1	7^7	3											C Cristea   R Dragomir	7^9	3	7^7
	E de Lone   N Pratt	7	6												E de Lone   N Pratt	6^7	6	6^4
	M Drake   M Murić	5	3					E de Lone   N Pratt	6	6
							16	C Barclay   L McNeil	4	4
																						C Cristea   R Dragomir	5	7^9	4
																						C Black   I Selyutina	7	6^7	6
							12	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	1	5
	C Black   I Selyutina	6	6^5	6				C Black   I Selyutina	6	7
	P Stoyanova   R Zrubáková	3	7^7	2											C Black   I Selyutina	2	6	4
	A Frazier   K Schlukebir	6	3	6										6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	1	0^r
	J Lee   T Tanasugarn	1	6	4				A Frazier   K Schlukebir	6	5	4
							6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	1	7	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
							8	I Spîrlea   C Vis	6	3	6
	N Arendt   M Bollegraf	4	6	7				N Arendt   M Bollegraf	3	6	1
	B Rittner   D Van Roost	6	4	5										8	I Spîrlea   C Vis	3	0
	C Rubin   S Testud	6	7											14	MJ Fernández   M Seles	6	6
	S Appelmans   M Oremans	2	5					C Rubin   S Testud	6	3	4
							14	MJ Fernández   M Seles	4	6	6
																					14	MJ Fernández   M Seles	5	6	7^7
																					4	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	7	4	6^3
							11	E Callens   J Halard-Decugis	6^3	6	1
	S Cacic   S Jeyaseelan	0	1					A Dechaume-Balleret   A Mauresmo	7^7	2	6
	A Dechaume-Balleret   A Mauresmo	6	6												A Dechaume-Balleret   A Mauresmo	3	4
	T Garbin   L Montalvo	7^7	7^7											4	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	A Coetzer   J Steck	6^5	6^5					T Garbin   L Montalvo	2	3
							4	L Neiland   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
							5	M de Swardt   E Tatarkova	6	6
	N de Villiers   E Melicharová	3	2					N Miyagi   L Wild	2	1
	N Miyagi   L Wild	6	6											5	M de Swardt   E Tatarkova	6	6
	A Olsza   Wang S-t	6	6												A Olsza   Wang S-t	3	4
	O Barabanschikova   L Horn	3	1					A Olsza   Wang S-t	6	6
							15	K Kunce   K Po	4	4
																					5	M de Swardt   E Tatarkova	3	6	6^3
																					2	A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	6	4	7^7
							9	B Schett   P Schnyder	3	2
	K Boogert   A-G Sidot	6	6					K Boogert   A-G Sidot	6	6
	L Osterloh   S Reeves	3	2												K Boogert   A-G Sidot	6	3	6^4
	C Singer   H Vildová	4	3											2	A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	3	6	7^7
WC	J Capriati   I Majoli	6	6				WC	J Capriati   I Majoli
							2	A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	w/o

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Vanessa Menga / Elena Wagner (Champions)
2. Eugenia Kulikovskaya / Marlene Weingärtner (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers

1. Vanessa Menga / Elena Wagner

Qualifying Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition
	1	Vanessa Menga   Elena Wagner	8
		Alina Jidkova   Renata Kolbovic	0
						1	Vanessa Menga   Elena Wagner	8
							Mariam Ramon Climent   Larissa Schaerer	3
		Mariam Ramon Climent   Larissa Schaerer	9
	WC	Jane Chi   Brie Rippner	8
											1	Vanessa Menga   Elena Wagner	8
											2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya   Marlene Weingärtner	4
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi   Adriana Serra Zanetti	5
		Henrieta Nagyová   Sylvia Plischke	8
							Henrieta Nagyová   Sylvia Plischke	4
						2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya   Marlene Weingärtner	8
		Surina De Beer   Annabel Ellwood	4
	2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya   Marlene Weingärtner	8

External links

• 1999 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw