Mariaan de Swardt
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and
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Government officials
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defeated
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...
and
Max Mirnyi
Maksim "Max" Mikalaevich Mirnyi ( be, Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны, ; russian: Максим Николаевич Мирный, ; born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player.
Mirnyi became a doubles speci ...
in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
(7–5) to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1999 Australian Open.
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ...
and
Justin Gimelstob
Justin Jeremy Gimelstob (born January 26, 1977) is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey, and as of 2009 lived in Santa Monica, California.
He was the top-ranked boy in his age group at the a ...
were the defending champions, but did not compete that year.
One of the surprises of this tournament was that over half of the seeds lost in the first round, and none of the seeds made it past the second round.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
1999 Australian Open – Doubles draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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Mixed Doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...
Australian Open (tennis) by year – Mixed doubles