The 1999 Direct Line International Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 14 June until 19 June 1999. Natasha Zvereva won the singles title.[1]
1999 Direct Line International Championships | |
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Date | 14 – 19 June |
Edition | 25th |
Category | Tier II |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
Venue | Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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Entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank | Seed |
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USA | Monica Seles | 4 | 1 |
ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 2 |
FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 9 | 3 |
RSA | Amanda Coetzer | 12 | 4 |
RUS | Anna Kournikova | 18 | 5 |
BLR | Natasha Zvereva | 17 | 6 |
��ROU | Irina Spîrlea | 21 | 7 |
RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | 22 | 8 |
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
Finals
editSingles
editNatasha Zvereva defeated Nathalie Tauziat, 0–6, 7–5, 6–3
- It was Zvereva's only singles title of the year and the fourth of her career.[2]
Doubles
editMartina Hingis / Anna Kournikova defeated Jana Novotná / Natasha Zvereva, 6–4 retired
References
edit- ^ "Centre court classics". Eastbourne Herald. 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Player Bio: Natalia Zvereva". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
External links
edit- ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine