The 1999 Sydney International was a
tennis tournament played on
outdoor hard courts at the
White City Stadium in
Sydney
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in Australia that was part of the
International Series of the
1999 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the ATP S ...
and of
Tier II 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 11 through 16 January 1999.
WTA entrants
Seeds
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the women's singles main draw:
*
Rachel McQuillan
Rachel McQuillan (born 2 December 1971) is a retired tennis player from Australia.
She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6.
Molik won a bronze medal in singles for Australi ...
The following players received wildcards into the women's doubles main draw:
*
Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6.
Molik won a bronze medal in singles for Australi ...
/
Dominique Van Roost
The following players received entry from the women's singles qualifying draw:
*
Karina Habšudová
*
Inés Gorrochategui
*
Amélie Mauresmo
*
Tatiana Panova
Tatiana Urayevna Panova (born 13 August 1976, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
The following players received entry from the women's doubles qualifying draw:
*
Sonya Jeyaseelan
Sonya Jeyaseelan (born April 24, 1976) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 48, which she reached in December 2000. Her career-high ranking in doubles is world No. 40, achieved on 16 October 20 ...
/
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 ...
Finals
Men's singles
Todd Martin defeated
Àlex Corretja, 6–3, 7–6
(7–5)
* It was Martin's only title of the year and the 12th of his career.
Women's singles
Lindsay Davenport defeated
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...
, 6–4, 6–3
* It was Davenport's 1st title of the year and the 44th of her career.
Men's doubles
Sébastien Lareau /
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal
...
defeated
Patrick Galbraith /
Paul Haarhuis, 6–3, 6–4
Women's doubles
Elena Likhovtseva /
Ai Sugiyama defeated
Mary Joe Fernández /
Anke Huber, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
External links
Official websiteATP tournament profile
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Sydney International, 1999