1999 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Singles
1999 Generali Ladies Linz
Champion Mary Pierce
Runner-up Sandrine Testud
Score7–6(7–2), 6–1
Draw28
Seeds8

Jana Novotná was the reigning champion, but she retired from tennis earlier in the year.[1]

Mary Pierce won the title, defeating compatriot Sandrine Testud in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–1.

Seeds

  1. Mary Pierce (champion)
  2. Barbara Schett (second round)
  3. Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  4. Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals)
  5. Sandrine Testud (final)
  6. Anna Kournikova (second round)
  7. Elena Likhovtseva (first round)
  8. Anke Huber (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Mary Pierce 7 6  
4 Amélie Mauresmo 5 3  
1 Mary Pierce 77 6  
5 Sandrine Testud 62 1  
5 Sandrine Testud 6 6  
  Sarah Pitkowski 4 2  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 M Pierce 78 6  
SR M Maleeva 3 3     S Plischke 66 2  
  S Plischke 6 6   1 M Pierce 3 6 6
  A Kremer 63 2     I Spîrlea 6 2 3
  I Spîrlea 77 6     I Spîrlea 6 0 6
LL C Black 4 4   6 A Kournikova 0 6 1
6 A Kournikova 6 6   1 M Pierce 7 6  
4 A Mauresmo 5 3  
4 A Mauresmo 6 6  
SR J Kruger 2 1     P Schnyder 2 2  
  P Schnyder 6 6   4 A Mauresmo 3 7 4
  H Nagyová 3 6 3 WC B Schwartz 6 5 1r
  S Talaja 6 4 6   S Talaja 2 1  
WC B Schwartz 7 6   WC B Schwartz 6 6  
7 E Likhovtseva 5 1  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 S Testud 7 6  
Q B Rittner 5 2   5 S Testud 6 7  
  M Sánchez Lorenzo 0 3   Q S Kleinová 3 5  
Q S Kleinová 6 6   5 S Testud 6 3 6
  A Sugiyama 3 0   3 N Tauziat 3 6 3
Q A Hopmans 6 6   Q A Hopmans 5 2  
3 N Tauziat 7 6  
5 S Testud 6 6  
8 A Huber 2 3     S Pitkowski 4 2  
  A-G Sidot 6 6     A-G Sidot 6 4 1
  S Farina Elia 1 0r   S Pitkowski 4 6 6
  S Pitkowski 6 1     S Pitkowski 6 6  
Q D Chládková 6 6   Q D Chládková 2 0  
WC P Wartusch 3 2   Q D Chládková 6 6  
2/WC B Schett 2 1  

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Sabine Appelmans (first round)
  2. Jelena Dokic (second round)
  3. Karina Habšudová (second round)
  4. Cara Black (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  5. Barbara Rittner (qualified)
  6. Rita Grande (qualifying competition)
  7. Nicole Pratt (qualifying competition)
  8. Amélie Cocheteux (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

  1. Denisa Chládková
  2. Barbara Rittner
  3. Sandra Kleinová
  4. Amanda Hopmans

Lucky losers

  1. Cara Black

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Sabine Appelmans 1 4  
  Denisa Chládková 6 6  
  Denisa Chládková 7 6  
  Émilie Loit 5 0  
  Émilie Loit 6 6  
  Sandra Naćuk 3 3  
  Denisa Chládková 7 6  
8 Amélie Cocheteux 5 4  
  Miriam Oremans 6 6  
  Erika deLone 2 3  
  Miriam Oremans 7 67 1
8 Amélie Cocheteux 5 79 6
  Anca Barna 4 2  
8 Amélie Cocheteux 6 6  

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Cara Black 6 6  
WC Evelyn Fauth 0 2  
4 Cara Black 6 6  
  Anastasia Myskina 2 3  
  Anastasia Myskina 6 77  
  Lubomira Bacheva 3 64  
4 Cara Black 64 3  
5 Barbara Rittner 77 6  
WC Angelika Bachmann 3 6 6
  Miroslava Vavrinec 6 3 4
WC Angelika Bachmann 3 4  
5 Barbara Rittner 6 6  
  Ľudmila Cervanová 4 0  
5 Barbara Rittner 6 6  

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
7 Nicole Pratt 6 6  
  Magdalena Grzybowska 2 2  
7 Nicole Pratt 6 6  
  Anna Földényi 4 4  
  Tina Pisnik 4 5  
  Anna Földényi 6 7  
7 Nicole Pratt 6 5 1
  Sandra Kleinová 2 7 6
  Sandra Kleinová 6 6  
  Adriana Gerši 1 4  
  Sandra Kleinová 1    
3 Karina Habšudová 4r  
Alt Cătălina Cristea 2 2  
3 Karina Habšudová 6 6  

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
6 Rita Grande 6 6  
  Lenka Němečková 4 0  
6 Rita Grande 6 7  
WC Marion Maruska 2 5  
  Åsa Carlsson 0 4  
WC Marion Maruska 6 6  
6 Rita Grande 3 4  
  Amanda Hopmans 6 6  
  Amanda Hopmans 6 6  
WC Sybille Bammer 1 4  
  Amanda Hopmans 4 6 6
2 Jelena Dokic 6 3 3
  Jelena Kostanić 62 3  
2 Jelena Dokic 77 6  

References

  1. ^ "Tennis: Novotna's retirement hastened by defeat". The Independent. 25 September 1999. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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