1999 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1999 Australian Open
Champions	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Final score	7–5, 6–3

The 1999 Australian Open – Women's Doubles was the women's dobules event of the eighty-seventh edition of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year and the most prestigious tournament in the Asia-Pacific and the Southern Hemisphere. Martina Hingis and Mirjana Lučić were the defending champions, but Hingis competed with Russian Anna Kournikova, and Lučić competed with Frenchwoman Mary Pierce. Lučić and Pierce were defeated in the first round by Christina Singer and Helena Vildová.
Hingis and Kournikova, however, ended up winning the title, defeating first seeds Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva, 7–5, 6–3. With this win, Hingis won her fifth consecutive Grand Slam title in doubles, and became the only woman to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles in singles and doubles simultaneously. Hingis and her partners defeated Davenport/Zvereva for all five consecutive women's doubles titles starting with the 1998 Australian and ending with the 1999 Australian Open.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
		Yayuk Basuki   Amélie Mauresmo	2	3
								1	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	1	6	6
									Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	4	4
	4	Larisa Neiland   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	1
		Serena Williams   Venus Williams	6	4	6
															1	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	5	3
															3	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	7	6
		Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	60	2
	3	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	77	6
								3	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	5	6
								2	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	3	7	4
		Florencia Labat   Dominique Van Roost	1	4
	2	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		A Frazier K Schlukebir	2	1				1	L Davenport N Zvereva	77	6
		K Kunce K Po	7	6					K Kunce K Po	63	0
		M Drake T Musgrave	5	3											1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		A Huber L Wild	6	1	3											C Cristea R Dragomir	0	3
		C Cristea R Dragomir	2	6	6				C Cristea R Dragomir	6	3	6
		I Gorrochategui S Graf	6	4	8				I Gorrochategui S Graf	4	6	3
	11	K Adams D Graham	2	6	6																	1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
	13	R McQuillan N Miyagi	2	65																			Y Basuki A Mauresmo	2	3
		Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	77					Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	710
		E Bes S Krivencheva	63	5					R Hiraki L McShea	1	68
		R Hiraki L McShea	77	7												Y Basuki A Mauresmo	6	6
		A Olsza N van Lottum	6	6											WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	2	0
		A Hopmans L Pleming	2	4					A Olsza N van Lottum	5	3
	WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	1	6	6			WC	Å Carlsson J Dokić	7	6
	6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	3	0

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	WC	E Dominikovic C Watson	3	4				4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		E de Lone N Pratt	3	3					A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	3	3
		A Dechaume-Balleret L Golarsa	6	6											4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	64	7	6
		K Hrdličková T Križan	6	6												K Hrdličková T Križan	77	5	1
		R Grande E Wagner	4	3					K Hrdličková T Križan	3	6	6
		S de Beer J Lee	4	4				9	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	2	2
	9	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6																		4	L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	4	6	1
	16	M Lučić M Pierce	2	2																			S Williams V Williams	6	4	6
		C Singer H Vildová	6	6					C Singer H Vildová	3	1
		S Williams V Williams	6	6					S Williams V Williams	6	6
		C Barclay K-A Guse	4	1												S Williams V Williams	77	6
		A Ellwood A Molik	1	2											7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	63	2
		M J Fernández C Morariu	6	6					M J Fernández C Morariu	0	3
		C Papadáki G Pizzichini	5	4				7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
	7	M de Swardt E Tatarkova	7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	8	I Spîrlea C Vis	6	6
		V Csurgó E-h Kim	1	2				8	I Spîrlea C Vis	5	5
		N Arendt M Bollegraf	77	6					N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	7
		C Black I Selyutina	5	3												N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		A Coetzer J Steck	4	6	6										15	S Appelmans M Oremans	2	3
		C Rubin S Testud	6	2	3				A Coetzer J Steck	4	62
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	4	4				15	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	77
	15	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6																			N Arendt M Bollegraf	60	2
	12	J Novotná M Seles	6	77																		3	M Hingis A Kournikova	77	6
		L Horn K Kschwendt	2	65				12	J Novotná M Seles	6	6
		L Courtois E de Villiers	77	6					L Courtois E de Villiers	2	3
		Cho Y-j Park S-h	64	3											12	J Novotná M Seles	69	3
		S Noorlander S-t Wang	7	6											3	M Hingis A Kournikova	711	6
		A Ortuño M Ramón Climent	5	3					S Noorlander S-t Wang	1	5
		E Melicharová J Pullin	3	0				3	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	7
	3	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	5	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6
		L Lee P Stoyanova	3	3				5	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	6	1
		L Osterloh M Washington	5	6	2				F Labat D Van Roost	6	2	6
		F Labat D Van Roost	7	3	6											F Labat D Van Roost	6	6
		A Canepa T Garbin	1	1											14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	4	1
		S Farina K Habšudová	6	6					S Farina K Habšudová	5	3
		S Reeves T Tanasugarn	2	77	3			14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	7	6
	14	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	6	64	6																		F Labat D Van Roost	1	4
	10	B Schett P Schnyder	7	4	6																	2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
		C Dhenin É Loit	5	6	3			10	B Schett P Schnyder	77	2	8
		K Boogert A-G Sidot	6	65	6				K Boogert A-G Sidot	63	6	6
	WC	M Tu M Weingärtner	2	77	2										10	B Schett P Schnyder	0	7	3
		R Bobková D Jones	6	6											2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	5	6
	WC	A Grahame B Stewart	2	4				WC	A Grahame B Stewart	0	3
		S Cacic S Jeyaseelan	5	1				2	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	2	L Raymond R Stubbs	7	6

References

• 1999 Australian Open on ITFtennis.com