The 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's
tennis tournament played on
outdoor clay courts in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, France that was part of
Tier III 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 ...
.It was the 13th edition of The tournament and was held from 17 May until 23 May 1999. Unseeded
Jennifer Capriati won the singles title and $27,500 first-prize money.
Entrants
Seeds
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Laurence Andretto
*
Stéphanie Foretz
Stéphanie Foretz (born 3 May 1981) is a retired tennis player from France.
Foretz won nine singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 February 2003, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 19 May ...
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Magdalena Maleeva
Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Магдалена Георгиева Малеева, ; born 1 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to Octo ...
/
Miriam Oremans
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
*
Adriana Gerši
Adriana Gerši (born 26 June 1976) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
She reached her career-high singles ranking on 23 July 1997, as the world No. 48, and her career-high doubles ranking on 14 October 1996, as No. ...
*
Denisa Chládková
*
Janet Lee
Janet Lee (, born October 22, 1976) is a Taiwanese-American retired tennis player. She won three doubles titles during her professional career on the WTA Tour. She competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles. Her car ...
*
Lubomira Bacheva
Lubomira Bacheva ( bg, Любомира Бачева, born 7 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 68 on 1 November 1999.
Tennis career
As a junior, Bacheva won the European Champi ...
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
*
Jolene Watanabe
Jolene Watanabe (August 31, 1968 – June 22, 2019) was an American international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The ...
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
*
Joannette Kruger
Joannette Kruger (born 3 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa. Her career-high in singles is No. 21 in the world, a ranking she achieved on 4 May 1998.
Kruger turned professional in 1989, but ...
/
Li Fang
Finals
Singles
Jennifer Capriati defeated
Elena Likhovtseva, 6–1, 6–3
* It was Capriati's 7th career title, and her first since 1993.
Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva /
Ai Sugiyama defeated
Alexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them p ...
/
Nathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...
, 2–6, 7–6
(8–6), 6–1
References
External links
Tournament draws
{{1999 WTA Tour
Internationaux de Strasbourg
1999
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