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1999 Season Review
Andre's Giant 1999


Andre Agassi finished his rise from the ashes in 1999. Ranked 141 in the world just two years ago, he reached the finals of three Grand Slam events and became the fifth person in history to achieve the career Grand Slam.

His comeback from two sets down in the final match of the French Open against Andrei Medvedev was one of the year's most memorable matches. He played great tennis after that and capped his season with a victory at the U.S. Open. Agassi's only loss in a Grand Slam final was to Pete Sampras, who captured his sixth Wimbledon title in July. The title pulled Sampras into a tie with Roy Emerson for most career Grand Slam singles titles (12).

Sampras and Agassi rekindled one of tennis' best rivalries this year, meeting five times during the 1999 ATP Tour with Sampras winning all but one.

Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov began the season with a win a the Australian Open and was one of several men who spent time ranked #1 in the world this season. Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti broke through in 1999, rising from a ranking of 93 to finish the season at number eight.

On the women's side, Lindsay Davenport completed an all-Amercian sweep at Wimbledon on July 4. She won five tournaments this year, but her shot at repeating at the U.S. Open was derailed by Serena Williams.

It was a banner year for the Williams sisters. When they battled in the finals of the Lipton Championships on March 28 it was a sign that they had arrived. In all, Venus and Serena combined to win nine tournaments on the 1999 WTA Tour schedule.

Martina Hingis won the Australian Open in January and reached the finals of two of the final three Grand Slam events. The United States captured the Fed Cup while Mark Phillippoussis led the Australians to yet another Davis Cup title.

The WTA Tour ended its search for a sponsor and signed a five-year deal with Sanex that will begin in January 2000.

And finally, after winning her 23rd career Grand Slam title at the French Open in June, tennis great Steffi Graf announced her retirement, admitting that she had lost the will and desire she once had to play the game.

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Schedules and results of men's and women's pro singles championships in 1999


1999 Men's ATP Tour


Finals Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Score
Jan. 10 Australian Hardcourt Championships Thomas Enqvist $46,000 L. Hewitt 46 61 62
Jan. 10 Qatar Open (Doha) Rainer Schuttler 137,000 T. Henman 64 57 61
Jan. 17 adidas International (Sydney). Todd Martin 46,000 A. Corretja 63 76
Jan. 17 Heineken Open (Auckland) Sjeng Schalken 46,000 T. Haas 64 64
Jan. 31 Australian Open (Melbourne) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 458,975 T. Enqvist 46 60 63 76

Feb. 7 Marseille Open Fabrice Santoro 72,000 A. Clement 63 46 64
Feb. 14 St. Petersburg Open (Russia) Marc Rosset 46,000 D. Prinosil 63 64
Feb. 14 Dubai Open Jerome Golmard 162,000 N. Kiefer 64 62
Feb. 14 Sybase Open (San Jose) Mark Philippoussis 46,000 C. Mamiit 63 62
Feb. 21 ABN/Amro World Tennis Tournament Yevgeny Kafelnikov 135,000 T. Henman 62 76
(Rotterdam)
Feb. 21 Kroger/St.Jude International (Memphis) Tommy Haas 120,000 J. Courier 64 61
Feb. 28 Guardian Direct Cup (London) Richard Krajicek 128,000 G. Rusedski 76 67 75

Mar. 7 Franklin Templeton Classic (Scottsdale) Jan-Michael Gambill 46,000 L. Hewitt 76 46 64
Mar. 7 Copenhagen Open Magnus Gustafsson 30,400 F. Santoro 64 61
Mar. 14 Champions Cup (Indian Wells) Mark Philippoussis 361,000 C. Moya 57 64 64 46 62
Mar. 28 Lipton Championships (Key Biscayne) Richard Krajicek 360,000 S. Grosjean 46 61 62 75
Mar. 28 Grand Prix Hassan II (Casablanca) Alberto Martin 30,400 F. Vicente 63 64

Apr. 11 Gold Flake Open (Chennai) Byron Black 58,000 R. Schuttler 64 16 63
Apr. 11 Salem Open (Hong Kong) Andre Agassi 46,000 B. Becker 67 64 64
Apr. 11 Estoril Open Albert Costa 84,000 T. Martin 76 26 63
Apr. 18 Japan Open (Tokyo) Nicolas Kiefer 99,000 W. Ferreira 76 75
Apr. 18 Open Seat Godo (Barcelona) Felix Mantilla 135,000 K. Alami 76 63 63
Apr. 25 Monte Carlo Open Gustavo Kuerten 361,000 M. Rios 64 21 (ret.)
Apr. 25 US Clay Court Champs. (Orlando) Magnus Norman 37,500 G. Canas 60 63

May 2 BMW Open (Munich) Franco Squillari 70,000 A. Pavel 64 63
May 2 AT&T Challenge (Atlanta) Stefan Koubek 46,000 S. Grosjean 61 62
May 2 Skoda Czech Open (Prague) Dominik Hrbaty 66,400 S. Dosedel 62 62
May 9 German Open (Hamburg) Marcelo Rios 361,000 M. Zabaleta 67 75 57 76 62
May 9 Citrix Tennis Championships (Delray Beach) Lleyton Hewitt 34,800 X. Malisse 64 67 61
May 16 Italian Open (Rome) Gustavo Kuerten 350,000 P. Rafter 64 75 76
May 23 Raiffeisen Grand Prix (St. Polten) Marcelo Rios 57,000 M. Zabaleta 44 (ret.)
May 23 ATP World Team Championships Australia 500,000 Sweden 2-1
(Dusseldorf)

June 6 French Open (Paris) Andre Agassi 668,520 A. Medvedev 16 26 64 63 64
June 13 Stella Artois Grass Court (London) Pete Sampras 122,000 T. Henman 67 64 76
June 13 Gerry Weber Open (Halle) Nicolas Kiefer 85,000 N. Kulti 63 62
June 13 Merano Open Fernando Vicente $46,000 H. Arazi 62 36 76
June 20 Nottingham Open Cedric Pioline 46,000 K. Ullyett 63 75
June 20 Heineken Trophy ('s-Hertogenbosch) Patrick Rafter 66,400 A. Pavel 36 76 64

July 4 Wimbledon (London) Pete Sampras 724,133 A. Agassi 63 64 75
July 11 Hall of Fame Championships (Newport) Chris Woodruff 41,800 K. Carlsen 67 64 64
July 11 Swedish Open (Bastad) Juan Antonio Marin 46,000 A. Vinciguerra 63 76
July 11 Swiss Open (Gstaad) Albert Costa 74,000 N. Lapentti 76 63 64
July 25 Mercedes Cup (Stuttgart) Magnus Norman 157,000 T. Haas 67 46 76 60 63

Aug. 1 Generali Open (Kitzbühel) Albert Costa 85,500 F. Vincente 75 62 67
Aug. 1 Croatian Championship (Umag) Magnus Norman 54,000 J. Tarango 62 64
Aug. 1 Mercedes-Benz Cup (Los Angeles) Pete Sampras 46,000 A. Agassi 76 76
Aug. 8 Grolsch Open (Amsterdam) Younes El Aynaoui 66,400 M. Zabaleta 60 63
Aug. 8 du Maurier Open (Montreal) Thomas Johansson 361,000 Y. Kafelnikov 16 63 63
Aug. 15 ATP Championship (Cincinnati) Pete Sampras 361,000 P. Rafter 76 63
Aug. 15 Tennis International (San Marino) Galo Blanco 39,000 A. Portas 46 64 63
Aug. 22 RCA/U.S. Hardcourts (Indianapolis) Nicolas Lapentti 122,500 V. Spadea 46 64 64
Aug. 22 Legg Mason Classic (Washington D.C.) Andre Agassi 99,000 Y. Kafelnikov 76 61
Aug. 29 Hamlet Cup (Long Island) Magnus Norman 46,000 A. Corretja 76 46 63
Aug. 29 U.S. Pro Championships (Boston) Marat Safin 46,000 G. Rusedski 64 76

Sept. 12 U.S. Open (New York) Andre Agassi 750,000 T. Martin 64 67 67 63 62
Sept. 19 President's Cup (Tashkent) Nicolas Kiefer 66,400 G. Bastl 64 62
Sept. 19 Mallorca Open Juan Carlos Ferrero 66,400 A. Corretja 26 75 63
Sept. 20 Samsung Open (Bournemouth) Adrian Voinea 375,000 S. Koubek 16 75 76
Oct. 3 Romanian Open (Bucharest) Alberto Martin 46,000 K. Alami 63 62
Oct. 3 Toulouse Open Nicolas Escude 54,000 D. Vacek 75 61
Oct. 3 Grand Slam Cup (Munich) Greg Rusedski 1,300,000 T. Haas 63 64 67 76
Oct. 10 Swiss Indoors (Basel) Karol Kucera 137,000 T. Henman 64 76 46 46 76
Oct. 10 Heineken Open (Shanghai) Magnus Norman 46,000 M. Rios 26 63 75
Oct. 10 Int'l Championship of Sicily Arnaud Di Pasquale 46,000 A. Berasategui 61 63
Oct. 17 Heineken Open (Singapore) Marcelo Rios 111,500 M. Tillstrom 62 76
Oct. 17 CA Tennis Trophy (Vienna) Greg Rusedski 125,400 N. Kiefer 67 26 63 75 64
Oct. 24 Lyon Grand Prix Nicolas Lapentti 101,500 L. Hewitt 63 62
Oct. 31 Eurocard Open (Stuttgart) Thomas Enqvist 376,000 R. Krajicek 61 64 57 75

Nov. 7 Paris Open Andre Agassi 393,000 M. Safin 76 62 46 64
Nov. 14 Kremlin Cup (Moscow) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 137,000 B. Black 76 64
Nov. 14 Stockholm Open Thomas Enqvist 112,000 M. Gustafsson 63 64 62
Nov. 21 ATP Doubles Champs (Hartford) Alex O'Brien/Sebastien Lareau 170,000 M. Bhupathi/L. Paes 63 62 62
Nov. 28 ATP Championship (Hannover) Pete Sampras 1,385,000 A. Agassi 61 75 64

Dec. 5 Davis Cup Final Australia France 3-2

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1999 Women's WTA Tour

Finals Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Score
Jan. 10 Australian Hardcourt Champs. Patty Schnyder $27,000 M. Pierce 46 76 62
(Gold Coast)
Jan. 10 ASB Bank Classic (Auckland) Julie Halard-Decugis 16,000 D. Van Roost 64 61
Jan. 17 adidas International (Sydney) Lindsay Davenport 84,000 M. Hingis 64 63
Jan. 17 Tasmanian International (Hobart) Chanda Rubin 16,000 R. Grande 62 63
Jan. 31 Australian Open (Melbourne) Martina Hingis 369,950 A. Mauresmo 62 63

Feb. 7 Pan Pacific Open (Tokyo) Martina Hingis 150,000 A. Coetzer 62 61
Feb. 14 Nokia Cup (Prostejov) Henrieta Nagyova 112,500 S. Farina 76 64
Feb. 21 Faber Grand Prix (Hannover) Jana Novotna 80,000 V. Williams 64 64
Feb. 21 Copa Colsanitas (Bogota) Fabiola Zuluaga 22,000 C. Papadaki 61 63
Feb. 28 Open Gaz de France (Paris) Serena Williams 80,000 A. Mauresmo 62 36 76
Feb. 28 IGA Classic (Oklahoma City) Venus Williams 33,000 A. Coetzer 64 60

Mar. 13 Evert Cup (Indian Wells) Serena Williams 200,000 S. Graf 63 36 75
Mar. 28 Lipton Championships (Key Biscayne) Venus Williams 265,000 S. Williams 61 46 64

Apr. 4 Family Circle Cup (Hilton Head) Martina Hingis 150,000 A. Kournikova 64 63
Apr. 11 Bausch & Lomb Champs. (Amelia Island) Monica Seles 80,000 R. Dragomir 62 63
Apr. 11 Estoril Open Katarina Srebotnik 22,000 R. Kuti Kis 63 61
Apr. 18 Japan Open (Tokyo) Amy Frazier 27,000 A. Sugiyama 62 62
Apr. 25 Egypt Classic (Cairo) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 27,000 I. Spirlea 61 60
Apr. 25 Budapest Open Sarah Pitkowski 22,000 C. Torrens-Valero 62 62

May 2 Betty Barclay Cup (Hamburg) Venus Williams 80,000 M. Pierce 60 63
May 2 Croatian Bol Ladies Open Corina Morariu 22,000 J. Halard-Decugis 62 60
May 9 Italian Open (Rome) Venus Williams 150,000 M. Pierce 64 62
May 9 Warsaw Cup Cristina Torrens-Valero 16,000 I. Gorrochategui 75 76
May 16 German Open (Berlin) Martina Hingis 150,000 J. Halard-Decugis 60 61
May 16 Flanders Women's Open (Antwerp) Justine Henin 16,000 S. Pitkowski 61 62
May 22 Internationaux de Strasbourg Jennifer Capriati 27,500 E. Likhovtseva 61 63
May 22 Yellow Pages Open (Madrid) Lindsay Davenport $27,000 P. Suarez 61 63

June 6 French Open (Paris) Steffi Graf 574,081 M. Hingis 46 75 62
June 13 DFS Classic (Birmingham) Julie Halard-Decugis 27,000 N. Tauziat 62 36 64
June 13 Tashkent Open Anna Smashnova 16,000 L. Courtois 63 63
June 20 Direct Line Insurance Int'l. (Eastbourne) Natasha Zvereva 80,000 N. Tauziat 06 75 63
June 20 Heineken Trophy ('s-Hertogenbosch) Kristina Brandi 27,000 S. Talaja 60 36 61

July 4 Wimbledon (London) Lindsay Davenport 614,213 S. Graf 64 75
July 11 Egger Tennis Festival (Portschach) Karina Habsudova 16,000 S. Talaja 26 64 64
July 18 International Tournament at Palermo Anastasia Myskina 22,000 A. Montolio 36 76 62
July 18 Polish Open (Sopot) Conchita Martinez 27,000 K. Habsudova 61 61

Aug. 1 Bank of the West Classic (Stanford) Lindsay Davenport 80,000 V. Williams 76 62
Aug. 8 TIG Tennis Classic (San Diego) Martina Hingis 80,000 V. Williams 64 60
Aug. 8 Sanex Trophy (Knokke-Zoute) Maria Antonia Sanchez-Lorenzo 16,000 D. Chladkova 67 64 62
Aug. 15 Acura Classic (Los Angeles) Serena Williams 80,000 J. Halard-Decugis 61 64
Aug. 22 du Maurier Open (Montreal) Martina Hingis 150,000 M. Seles 64 64
Aug. 29 Pilot Pen International (New Haven) Venus Williams 80,000 L. Davenport 62 75

Sept. 12 U.S. Open (Flushing) Serena Williams 750,000 M. Hingis 63 76
Sept. 26 Princess Cup (Tokyo) Lindsay Davenport 80,000 M. Seles 75 76
Sept. 26 Seat Open (Luxembourg) Kim Clijisters 27,000 D. Van Roost 62 62

Oct. 3 Grand Slam Cup (Munich) Serena Williams 800,000 V. Williams 61 36 63
Oct. 10 Porsche Grand Prix (Filderstadt) Martina Hingis 80,000 M. Pierce 64 61
Oct. 17 Swisscom Challenge (Zurich) Venus Williams 150,000 M. Hingis 63 64
Oct. 24 Kremlin Cup (Moscow) Nathalie Tauziat 150,000 B. Schett 26 64 61
Oct. 24 Slovak Indoor (Bratislava) Amelie Mauresmo 16,000 K. Clijsters 63 63
Oct. 31 EA Generali Ladies Open (Linz) Mary Pierce 80,000 S. Testud 76 61

Nov. 7 Bell Challenge (Quebec City) Jennifer Capriati 27,000 C. Rubin 46 61 62
Nov. 7 Sparkassen Cup (Leipzig, Ger) Nathalie Tauziat 80,000 K. Hrdlickova 61 63
Nov. 14 Advanta Championship (Philadelphia) Lindsay Davenport 80,000 M. Hingis 63 64
Nov. 14 Wismilak Open (Kuala Lumpur) Asa Carlsson 27,000 E. De Lone 62 64
Nov. 21 Volvo Women's Open (Pattaya) Magdalena Maleeva 16,000 A. Kremer 46 61 62
Nov. 21 Chase Championship (New York) Lindsay Davenport 500,000 M. Hingis 64 62

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Australian Open

Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #7 Karol Kucera; #10 Yevgeny Kafelnikov; #15 Todd Martin; plus unseeded Thomas Enqvist, Tommy Haas, Nicolas Lapentti, Marc Rosset and Vincent Spadea.

Quarterfinals
Kafelnikov def. Martin 62 76(1) 62
Haas def. Spadea 76(5) 75 63
Enqvist def. Rosset 63 64 64
Lapentti def. Kucera 76(4) 67(6) 62 06 86

Semifinals
Kafelnikov def. Haas 63 64 75
Enqvist def. Lapentti 63 75 61

Final
Kafelnikov def. Enqvist 46 60 63 76(1)




Women's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Lindsay Davenport; #2 Martina Hingis; #5 Venus Williams; #6 Monica Seles; #7 Mary Pierce; #10 Steffi Graf; #11 Dominique Van Roost; plus unseeded Amelie Mauresmo.

Quarterfinals
Davenport def. Williams 64 60
Mauresmo def. Van Roost 63 76(3)
Seles def. Graf 75 61
Hingis def. Pierce 63 64

Semifinals
Mauresmo def. Davenport 46 75 75
Hingis def. Seles 62 64

Final
Hingis def. Mauresmo 62 63




Doubles Finals
Men— #5 Jonas Bjorkman & Patrick Rafter def. #1 Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (10-12), 6-4.

Women— #3 Martina Hingis & Anna Kournikova def. #1 Lindsay Davenport & Natasha Zvereva, 7-5, 6-3.

Mixed— David Adams & Mariaan De Swardt def. Max Mirnyi & Serena Williams, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5).

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French Open


Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #6 Alex Corretja; #8 Gustavo Kuerten; #9 Marcelo Rios; #13 Andre Agassi; plus unseated Marcelo Filippini, Dominik Hrbaty, Andrei Medvedev and Fernando Meligeni.

Quarterfinals
Hrbaty def. Rios 76(4) 62 67(6) 63
Agassi def. Filippini 62 62 60
Meligeni def. Corretja 62 62 60
Medvedev def. Kuerten 75 64 64

Semifinals
Agassi def. Hrbaty 64 76(6) 36 64
Medvedev def. Meligeni 75 36 64 76(6)

Final
Agassi def. Medvedev 16 26 64 63 64




Women's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Martina Hingis; #2 Lindsay Davenport; #3 Monica Seles; #6 Steffi Graf; #7 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario; plus unseeded Conchita Martinez, Sylvia Plischke and Barbara Schwartz.

Quarterfinals
Hingis def. Schwartz 62 62
Sanchez Vicario def. Plischke 62 64
Seles def. Martinez 61 64
Graf def. Davenport 62 63

Semifinals
Hingis def. Sanchez Vicario 63 62
Graf def. Seles 67(2) 63 64

Final
Graf def. Hingis 46 75 62




Doubles Finals
Men— #1 Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes def. Goran Ivanisevic & Jeff Tarango, 6-2, 7-5.

Women—#9 Venus Williams & Serena Williams def. #2 Martina Hingis & Anna Kournikova 6-3, 6-7(2-7), 8-6.

Mixed— Katarina Srebotnik & Piet Norval def. #6 Larisa Neiland & Rick Leach 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

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Wimbledon


Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Pete Sampras; #2 Patrick Rafter; #4 Andre Agassi; #6 Tim Henman; Mark Philippoussis; #8 Todd Martin; #11 Gustavo Kuerten; plus unseeded Cedric Pioline.

Quarterfinals
Sampras def. Philippoussis 46 21 ret.
Henman def. Pioline 64 62 46 63
Agassi def. Kuerten 63 64 64
Rafter def. Martin 63 67(5) 76(5) 76(3)

Semifinals
Sampras def. Henman 36 64 63 64
Agassi def. Rafter 75 76(5) 62

Final
Sampras def. Agassi 63 64 75




Women's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #2 Steffi Graf; #3 Lindsay Davenport; #5 Jana Novotna; #6 Venus Williams; #8 Nathalie Tauziat; plus unseeded Jelena Dokic, Mirjana Lucic and Alexandra Stevenson.

Quarterfinals
Stevenson def. Dokic 63 16 63
Davenport def. Novotna 63 64
Lucic def. Tauziat 46 64 75
Graf def. Williams 62 36 64

Semifinals
Davenport def. Stevenson 61 61
Graf def. Lucic 67(3) 64 63

Final
Davenport def. Graf 64 75



Doubles Finals
Men— #1 Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes def. #8 Paul Haarhuis & Jared Palmer 6-7 (10-12), 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

Women— #7 Lindsay Davenport & Corina Morariu def. #9 Mariaan de Swardt & Elena Tatarkova 6-4, 6-4.

Mixed— #1 Leander Paes & Lisa Raymond def. #3 Jonas Bjorkman & Anna Kournikova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

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U.S. Open


Men's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #2 Andre Agassi; #3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov; #5 Gustavo Kuerten; #7 Todd Martin; #12 Richard Krajicek; plus unseeded Slava Dosedel, Nicolas Escude and Cedric Pioline.

Quarterfinals
Martin def. Dosedel 63 57 64 64
Pioline def. Kuerten 46 76(6) 76(14) 76(
Kafelnikov def. Krajicek 76(0) 76(4) 36 76(
Agassi def. Escude 76(3) 63 64

Semifinals
Martin def. Pioline 64 61 62
Agassi def. Kafelnikov 16 63 63 63

Final
Agassi def. Martin 64 67(5) 67(2) 63 62



Women's Singles
FINAL EIGHT— #1 Martina Hingis; #2 Lindsay Davenport; #3 Venus Williams; #4 Monica Seles; #5 Mary Pierce; #7 Serena Williams; #12 Barbara Schett; plus unseeded Anke Huber.

Quarterfinals
Hingis def. Huber 62 60
V. Williams def. Schett 64 63
S. Williams def. Seles 46 63 62
Davenport def. Pierce 62 36 75

Semifinals
Hingis def. V. Williams 61 46 63
S. Williams def. Davenport 64 16 64

Final
S. Williams def. Hingis 63 76(4)




Doubles Finals
Men— #11 Sebastien Lareau & Alex O'Brien def. #1 Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes 7-6 (9-7), 6-4.

Women— #5 Venus Williams & Serena Williams def. Chanda Rubin & Sandrine Testud 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Mixed— #2 Ai Sugiyama & Mahesh Bhupathi def. Kimberly Po & Donald Johnson 6-4, 6-4.

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1999 Fed Cup


Quarterfinals
(April 16-1

Winner Loser
at United States 5 Croatia 0
at Russia 3 France 2
at Italy 3 Spain 2
Slovakia 5 at Switzerland 0


Semifinals


United States 3, Italy 1
at Ancona, Italy (July 24-25)

Day One— Venus Williams (USA) def. Rita Grande (ITA), 6-2, 6-3; Silvia Farina (ITA) def. Monica Seles (USA), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Day Two— V. Williams (USA) def. Farina (ITA), 6-1, 6-1; Serena Williams (USA)* def. Grande (ITA), 6-1, 6-1. V. Williams & S. Williams (USA) def. Adriana Serra-Zanetti & Tathiana Garbin (ITA), 6-2, 6-2.

Russia 3, Slovakia 2
at Moscow, Russia (July 24-25)

Day One— Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) def. Ludmila Cervanova (SVK), 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3; Karina Habsudova (SVK) def. Tatyana Panova (RUS), 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.

Day Two— Likhovtseva (RUS) def. Habsudova (SVK), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Panova (RUS) def. Cervanova (SVK), 6-4, 6-4; Cervanova & Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) def. Elena Makarova & Elena Dementieva (RUS), 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).



Finals
United States 4, Russia 1
at Palo Alto, Calif. (Sept. 18-19)

Day One— Venus Williams (USA) def. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS), 6-3, 6-4; Lindsay Davenport (USA) def. Elena Dementieva (RUS), 6-4, 6-0.

Day Two— Davenport (USA) def. Likhovtseva (RUS), 6-4, 6-4; Dementieva (RUS) def. V. Williams (USA), 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); V. Williams & Serena Williams (USA) def. Dementieva & Elena Makarova (RUS), 6-2, 6-1.

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WOMEN
Corel WTA Tour singles ranking system based on total Round and Quality Points for each tournament played during the last 12 months. Tournaments, titles and match won-lost records, however, are for 1999 only.

Rank Finish
99 (9 1-2-SF W-L Pts
1 (2) Martina Hingis 7-6-4 71-13 6074
2 (1) Lindsay Davenport 6-1-5 61-10 4841
3 (5) Venus Williams 6-4-3 61-13 4378
4 (20) Serena Williams 5-1-0 41-7 3021
5 (7) Mary Pierce 1-4-3 45-20 2658
6 (6) Monica Seles 1-2-4 38-13 2310
7 (10) Nathalie Tauziat 2-2-3 37-25 2213
8 (23) Barbara Schett 0-1-3 47-25 2188
9 (22) Julie Halard-Decugis 2-3-1 47-20 1977
10 (29) Amelie Mauresmo 1-2-2 35-15 1906
11 (17) Amanda Coetzer 0-2-3 TK 1846
12 (13) Anna Kournikova 0-1-3 35-19 1641
13 (14) Sandrine Testud 1-0-3 35-25 1635
14 (12) Dominique Van Roost 0-3-1 35-28 1621
15 ( Conchita Martinez 1-0-1 38-22 1564
16 (21) Anke Huber 0-0-2 34-26 1548
17 (4) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 1-0-3 24-18 1435
18 (26) Elena Likhovtseva 0-0-1 37-32 1393
19 (42) Amy Frazier 1-0-3 TK 1299
20 (3 Ruxandra Dragomir 0-1-2 TK 1291

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Singles Leaders
Official Top 20 computer rankings and money leaders of men's and women's tours for 1998 and unofficial rankings and money leaders for 1999 (through Sept. 20), as compiled by the ATP Tour (Association of Tennis Professionals) and WTA (Women's Tennis Association). Note that money lists include doubles earnings.

Final 1999 Computer Rankings
Listed are tournaments won and times a finalist and semifinalist (Finish, 1-2-SF), match record (W-L), and computer points earned (Pts).

MEN
ATP Tour singles rankings based on total computer points from each player's 14 best tournaments covering the last 12 months. Tournaments, titles and match won-lost records, however, are for 1999 only.

Rank Finish
99 (9 1-2-SF W-L Pts
1 (6) Andre Agassi 5-3-4 63-14 5048
2 (11) Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-2-5 61-32 3465
3 (1) Pete Sampras 5-0-1 40-8 3024
4 (22) Thomas Enqvist 3-1-3 48-28 2606
5 (23) Gustavo Kuerten 2-0-1 50-25 2601
6 (35) Nicolas Kiefer 3-2-4 54-25 2447
7 (16) Todd Martin 1-2-3 42-20 2408
8 (92) Nicolas Lapentti 2-1-4 58-24 2284
9 (2) Marcelo Rios 3-2-1 47-18 2245
10 (10) Richard Krajicek 2-1-1 43-21 2095
11 (34) Tommy Haas 1-3-2 47-26 1921
12 (7) Tim Henman 0-4-1 44-29 1920
13 (1 Cedric Pioline 1-0-3 43-32 1814
14 (9) Greg Rusedski 2-2-3 48-26 1802
15 (52) Magnus Norman 5-0-1 44-22 1748
16 (4) Patrick Rafter 1-2-1 38-16 1731
17 ( Karol Kucera 1-0-2 43-22 1633
18 (14) Albert Costa 3-0-2 40-22 1572
19 (15) Mark Philippoussis 2-0-0 35-17 1570
20 (42) Vince Spadea 0-1-0 33-27 1542

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Final 1999 Money Winners

MEN
Earnings
1 Andre Agassi $4,269,256
2 Pete Sampras 2,816,406
3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2,360,498
4 Greg Rusedski 2,122,535
5 Marcelo Rios 1,794,244
6 Gustavo Kuerten 1,762,269
7 Thomas Enqvist 1,729,056
8 Tim Henman 1,537,594
9 Tommy Haas 1,447,308
10 Richard Krajicek 1,348,977
11 Carlos Moya 1,281,337
12 Patrick Rafter 1,254,574
13 Nicolas Lapentti 1,234,278
14 Nicolas Kiefer 1,232,268
15 Todd Martin 1,185,394
16 Alex Corretja 1,072,288
17 Mark Philippoussis 1,019,856
18 Andrei Medvedev 930,731
19 Karol Kucera 870,957
20 Jonas Bjorkman 852,415
21 Cedric Pioline 723,428
22 Dominik Hrbaty 719,802
23 Thomas Johansson 708,737
24 Leander Paes 705,035
25 Marat Safin 678,609

Women
Earnings
1 Martina Hingis $3,291,780
2 Lindsay Davenport 2,734,205
3 Serena Williams 2,605,102
4 Venus Williams 2,316,005
5 Steffi Graf 1,248,867
6 Mary Pierce 996,442
7 Nathalie Tauziat 864,507
8 Monica Seles 822,218
9 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 807,921
10 Anna Kournikova 748,424
11 Jana Novotna 741,454
12 Barbara Schett 725,685
13 Amelie Mauresmo 582,468
14 Elena Likhovtseva 525,307
15 Julie Halard-Decugis 514,070
16 Sandrine Testud 488,496
17 Conchita Martinez 486,392
18 Amanda Coetzer 486,120
19 Lisa Raymond 465,664
20 Dominique Van Roost 450,401

[stoffer]

Whats the point of this?

[Rhino]

Originally Posted by stoffer

Whats the point of this?

In 1999 there were some players and some tournaments, and um, some prize money. It was quite something apparently.

[Max G.]

Originally Posted by Rhino

In 1999 there were some players and some tournaments, and um, some prize money. It was quite something apparently.

I'll keep that in mind... I'll bookmark this post in case I ever forget that there was tennis in 1999.

[jamauss]

hahahahah. What the #(*@ ?

Isn't all of this information more than easily accessible from the ATP website?

[SAMPRAS]

Originally Posted by jamauss

hahahahah. What the #(*@ ?

Isn't all of this information more than easily accessible from the ATP website?

No friend

[Rhino]

Originally Posted by SAMPRAS

No friend

I'm afraid he's right jamauss. Every time I think to myself "what on earth happened in 1999, were people playing tennis that year?", I go straight to the atp site only to be left none the wiser. I'm glad we now finally have this post to clarify the situation. friend.

[Andres]

Oh, I had a total tennis gap between 1998 and 2000.
Had no idea what happened with Sampras on 1999. Was any tennis played in 1999? Did I had any school?

Geez, thanks for bringing back a year I can't remember at all.