Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...

defeated

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in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1999 US Open. It was her first

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singles title, the first of an eventual

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joint-record six US Open titles, and the first of an eventual Open Era record 23 major women's singles titles. Williams was the first

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woman in the Open Era to win a singles major, and the first since

Althea Gibson Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African America ...

at the

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was the defending champion, but lost to Williams in the semifinals.

Seeds

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying draw

External links

1999 US Open – Women's draws and results
at the

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