1999 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1999 Direct Line International Championships
Champions	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runners-up	Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva
Score	6–4 retired
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Main article: 1999 Direct Line International Championships

The 1999 Direct Line International Championships doubles was the doubles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Eastbourne International, a WTA Tier II tennis tournament held in Eastbourne, England and part of the European grass court season. The draw consisted of 16 teams of which four were seeded. Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná were the defending doubles champions but each competed with different partners in 1999. De Swardt partnered Elena Tatarkova and reached the semifinals where they lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Novotná teamed with Natasha Zvereva and they retired in the final to Hingis and Kournikova after losing the first set 4–6.

Seeds

1. Jana Novotná / Natasha Zvereva (final)
2. Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (champions)
3. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
4. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)

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							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Novotná N Zvereva	3	6	6
		D Graham L McNeil	6	0	1			1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
		K Adams C Rubin	6	6					K Adams C Rubin	4	4
		N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	3											1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
	4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6												C Martínez P Tarabini	1	4
		L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	1	2				4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	4
		R McQuillan C Morariu	6	4					C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		C Martínez P Tarabini	7	6																		1	J Novotná N Zvereva	4	r
		M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6	6																	2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6
	WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	7	1				M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
		K Kunce K Po	7	6					K Kunce K Po	4	2
	3	A Fusai N Tauziat	5	3												M de Swardt E Tatarkova	2	2
	Q	M Murić C Papadáki	2	4											2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6
		A Coetzer L Raymond	6	6					A Coetzer L Raymond	0	5
		I Spîrlea C Vis	6	2				2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	7
	2	M Hingis A Kournikova	7	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (first round)
2. Miho Saeki / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Maja Murić / Christína Papadáki

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	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	7
		Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir	9
							Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir	4
							Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8
		Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8
		Laura Golarsa Katarina Srebotnik	5
												Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8
												Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	4
	WC	Mirjana Lučić Samantha Smith	5
		Amélie Cocheteux Émilie Loit	8
							Amélie Cocheteux Émilie Loit	6
							Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	8
		Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	8
	2	Miho Saeki Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	2

External links

• 1999 Direct Line International Championships Doubles Draw