The 1999 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the

ASB Tennis Centre The ASB Tennis Centre is a tennis facility located in the Parnell district of Auckland, New Zealand. The centre was opened on 18 November 1922 by the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis Auckland) on grounds leased from the Auckland City ...

in Auckland in New Zealand that was part of Tier IVb of the

1999 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV ...

. The tournament was held from 4 January until 9 January 1999. Third-seeded Julie Halard-Decugis won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Julie Halard-Decugis defeated Dominique Van Roost, 6–4, 6–1 * It was Halard-Decugis' 1st title of the year and the 14th of her career.

Doubles

Silvia Farina Silvia Farina Elia (; born 27 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She won three WTA singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. ...

Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, ...

defeated

Seda Noorlander Seda Noorlander (born 22 May 1974) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands who turned professional in 1993. She reached the final of the 2001 Tashkent Open in singles, losing to Bianka Lamade Bianka Lamade (born 30 August 1982) is ...

/ Marlene Weingärtner, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)

Prize money

Total prize money for the tournament was $112,500.

Entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Leanne Baker Leanne Baker (born 8 January 1981) is a former New Zealand professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each pl ...

Rewa Hudson Rewa Harriman (née Hudson; born 15 September 1980) is a retired New Zealand female tennis player. Hudson has won seven doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 16 February 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 3 ...

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: *

Émilie Loit Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a retired tennis player from France. Besides her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007, she won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her hi ...

Irina Selyutina Irina Gennadyevna Selyutina (Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; born 7 November 1979) is a former tennis player from Kazakhstan. She is a former world No. 1 in junior doubles, winning French Open and Wimbledon in 1997, partne ...

Miho Saeki (born 18 March 1976) is a retired Japanese tennis player, winner of professional tournaments in doubles and singles, and a representative of Japan for the Federation Cup. Career Saeki's career began officially in April 1994. As a junior finale, ...

Meilen Tu Meilen Tu (traditional Chinese: 涂美倫, simplified Chinese: 涂美伦, Hanyu Pinyin: ''Tú Měilún'') (born January 17, 1978) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. She has won one WTA Tour singles title, four WTA Tour doubles t ...

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw: *

Anca Barna Anca Barna (born 14 May 1977) is a former German tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and retired in 2005. On 12 April 2004, Barna reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 46. Her highest doubles ranking came on 21 April 1997, whe ...

Karin Miller Karin Miller (born December 10, 1977) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Early life Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Miller grew up in the Hamilton Square section of Hamilton Township, Mercer County. She was co ...

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Tournament edition details

Tournament draws
{{1999 WTA Tour ASB Classic WTA Auckland Open ASB ASB 1999 in New Zealand tennis