1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

The 1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Filderstadt, Germany. that was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 4 October until 10 October 1999. First-seeded Martina Hingis won the singles title, her third at the event after 1996 and 1997, and earned $80,000 first prize money.[1][2]

1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date4–10 October
Edition22nd
CategoryTier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$520,000
SurfaceHard / Indoor
LocationFilderstadt, Germany
VenueFilderstadt Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Martina Hingis
Doubles
Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud

Entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis 1 1
 USA Lindsay Davenport 2 2
 USA Serena Williams 4 3
 FRA Mary Pierce 6 4
 RSA Amanda Coetzer 7 5
 AUT Barbara Schett 8 6
 FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 9 7
 BEL Dominique Van Roost 10 8

Other entrants

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:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32
Singles $80,000 $40,000 $20,000 $10,000 $7,000 $3,700

Finals

Singles
Main article: 1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles

Martina Hingis defeated Mary Pierce, 6–4, 6–1

  • This was Hingis' seventh title of the year.

Doubles
Main article: 1999 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles

Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Larisa Neiland, 6–3, 6–4

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References
  1. "1999". www.40love.de. Porsche.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (2000). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2000. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 183, 185, 196–197. ISBN 9780002189460.
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