1999 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1999 Lipton Championships
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles
Score	0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)

The 1999 Lipton Championships women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the fifteenth edition of the tennis tournament played at Miami, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions and won in the final 0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–1) against Mary Joe Fernández and Monica Seles.

Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
2. Anna Kournikova / Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals)
3. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
4. Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (quarterfinals)
5. Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (quarterfinals)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (third round, retired)
7. Serena Williams / Venus Williams (third round, withdrew)
8. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (third round)
9. Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (second round)
10. Mary Pierce / Natasha Zvereva (third round, withdrew)
11. Els Callens / Julie Halard-Decugis (second round)
12. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (second round)
13. Silvia Farina / Karina Habšudová (quarterfinals)
14. Mary Joe Fernández / Monica Seles (final)
15. Kristine Kunce / Kimberly Po (second round)
16. Catherine Barclay / Lori McNeil (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis  Jana Novotná	7^7	6
	13	Silvia Farina  Karina Habšudová	6^3	3
								1	Martina Hingis  Jana Novotná	1	7^7	6
									Cara Black  Irina Selyutina	6	6^4	1
		Cătălina Cristea  Ruxandra Dragomir	5	7^9	4
		Cara Black  Irina Selyutina	7	6^7	6
															1	Martina Hingis  Jana Novotná	0	6	7^7
															14	Mary Joe Fernández  Monica Seles	6	4	6^1
	14	Mary Joe Fernández  Monica Seles	5	6	7^7
	4	Larisa Neiland  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7	4	6^3
								14	Mary Joe Fernández  Monica Seles	6	6
								2	Anna Kournikova  Elena Likhovtseva	2	1
	5	Mariaan de Swardt  Elena Tatarkova	3	6	6^3
	2	Anna Kournikova  Elena Likhovtseva	6	4	7^7

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	M Hingis  J Novotná	6	6
		K Hrdličková  T Križan	6	6					K Hrdličková  T Križan	4	3
		K Adams  M Saeki	4	2											1	M Hingis  J Novotná	w/o
		S Noorlander  C Papadáki	0	3											10	M Pierce  N Zvereva
		A Huber  C Morariu	6	6					A Huber  C Morariu	6	6^4	1
								10	M Pierce  N Zvereva	2	7^7	6
																						1	M Hingis  J Novotná	7^7	6
																						13	S Farina  K Habšudová	6^3	3
								13	S Farina  K Habšudová	6	6
		I Gorrochategui  S Graf	6	6					I Gorrochategui  S Graf	4	4
	WC	T Snyder  M Washington	1	3											13	S Farina  K Habšudová	w/o
	Q	V Menga  E Wagner	7	3	2										7	S Williams  V Williams
		D Graham  R Grande	5	6	6				D Graham  R Grande	4	5
								7	S Williams  V Williams	6	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	A Fusai  N Tauziat	6	1	3
		Å Carlsson  L Courtois	6	6^4	1^r				C Cristea  R Dragomir	0	6	6
		C Cristea  R Dragomir	1	7^7	3											C Cristea  R Dragomir	7^9	3	7^7
		E deLone  N Pratt	7	6												E deLone  N Pratt	6^7	6	6^4
		M Drake  M Murić	5	3					E deLone  N Pratt	6	6
								16	C Barclay  L McNeil	4	4
																							C Cristea  R Dragomir	5	7^9	4
																							C Black  I Selyutina	7	6^7	6
								12	V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	1	5
		C Black  I Selyutina	6	6^5	6				C Black  I Selyutina	6	7
		P Stoyanova  R Zrubáková	3	7^7	2											C Black  I Selyutina	2	6	4
		A Frazier  K Schlukebir	6	3	6										6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	1	0^r
		J Lee  T Tanasugarn	1	6	4				A Frazier  K Schlukebir	6	5	4
								6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	1	7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	I Spîrlea  C Vis	6	3	6
		N Arendt  M Bollegraf	4	6	7				N Arendt  M Bollegraf	3	6	1
		B Rittner  D Van Roost	6	4	5										8	I Spîrlea  C Vis	3	0
		C Rubin  S Testud	6	7											14	MJ Fernández  M Seles	6	6
		S Appelmans  M Oremans	2	5					C Rubin  S Testud	6	3	4
								14	MJ Fernández  M Seles	4	6	6
																						14	MJ Fernández  M Seles	5	6	7^7
																						4	L Neiland  A Sánchez Vicario	7	4	6^3
								11	E Callens  J Halard-Decugis	6^3	6	1
		S Cacic  S Jeyaseelan	0	1					A Dechaume-Balleret  A Mauresmo	7^7	2	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret  A Mauresmo	6	6												A Dechaume-Balleret  A Mauresmo	3	4
		T Garbin  L Montalvo	7^7	7^7											4	L Neiland  A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A Coetzer  J Steck	6^5	6^5					T Garbin  L Montalvo	2	3
								4	L Neiland  A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	M de Swardt  E Tatarkova	6	6
		N de Villiers  E Melicharová	3	2					N Miyagi  L Wild	2	1
		N Miyagi  L Wild	6	6											5	M de Swardt  E Tatarkova	6	6
		A Olsza  Wang S-t	6	6												A Olsza  Wang S-t	3	4
		O Barabanschikova  L Horn	3	1					A Olsza  Wang S-t	6	6
								15	K Kunce  K Po	4	4
																						5	M de Swardt  E Tatarkova	3	6	6^3
																						2	A Kournikova  E Likhovtseva	6	4	7^7
								9	B Schett  P Schnyder	3	2
		K Boogert  A-G Sidot	6	6					K Boogert  A-G Sidot	6	6
		L Osterloh  S Reeves	3	2												K Boogert  A-G Sidot	6	3	6^4
		C Singer  H Vildová	4	3											2	A Kournikova  E Likhovtseva	3	6	7^7
	WC	J Capriati  I Majoli	6	6				WC	J Capriati  I Majoli
								2	A Kournikova  E Likhovtseva	w/o

Qualifying

Main article: 1999 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles qualifying

Seeds

1. Vanessa Menga / Elena Wagner (champions)
2. Eugenia Kulikovskaya / Marlene Weingärtner (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Vanessa Menga / Elena Wagner

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Vanessa Menga  Elena Wagner	8
		Alina Jidkova  Renata Kolbovic	0
						1	Vanessa Menga  Elena Wagner	8
							Mariam Ramón Climent  Larissa Schaerer	3
		Mariam Ramón Climent  Larissa Schaerer	9
	WC	Jane Chi  Brie Rippner	8
											1	Vanessa Menga  Elena Wagner	8
											2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya  Marlene Weingärtner	4
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi  Adriana Serra Zanetti	5
		Henrieta Nagyová  Sylvia Plischke	8
							Henrieta Nagyová  Sylvia Plischke	4
						2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya  Marlene Weingärtner	8
		Surina De Beer  Annabel Ellwood	4
	2	Eugenia Kulikovskaya  Marlene Weingärtner	8

External links

• 1999 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw