The 1999 Flanders Women's Open was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts in

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that was part of the Tier IV category of the

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. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 10 May until 16 May 1999. Unseeded Justine Henin, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title and the accompanying $16,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Justine Henin defeated Sarah Pitkowski, 6–1, 6–2 * This was future World No. 1 Henin's first WTA title.

Doubles

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/ Katarina Srebotnik defeated

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, 6–4, 6–2

Entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Justine Henin * Laurence Courtois The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Justine Henin /

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

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The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

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 ...

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

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The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Kim Clijsters /

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External links

ITF tournament edition details

Tournament draws
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