1999 Lipton Championships Explained

The 1999 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida in the United States from March 15 through March 29, 1999.

WTA entrants

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
		1	1
United States		2	2
United States	Monica Seles	3	3
Czech Republic		4	4
Spain		5	5
United States		6	6
		7	7
France	Mary Pierce	8	8
		9	9
France	Nathalie Tauziat	10	10
France	Sandrine Testud	11	11
	Patty Schnyder	12	12
Russian Federation	Anna Kournikova	13	13
France	Amélie Mauresmo	14	14
Romania	Irina Spîrlea	15	15
United States	Serena Williams	16	16
Belgium		17	17
Spain		18	18
Belarus	Natasha Zvereva	19	19
Austria		20	20
France		21	21
Italy		22	22
Russian Federation		23	23
United States	Chanda Rubin	24	24
Spain		25	25
Slovakia	Henrieta Nagyová	26	26
	Anke Huber	29	27
Spain	Virginia Ruano Pascual	30	28
	Cara Black	31	29
	Iva Majoli	32	30
France	Nathalie Dechy	33	31
United States	Amy Frazier	34	32

The 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 player received entry as a lucky loser:

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

It was Krajicek's 2nd title of the year and the 20th of his career. It was his 1st Super 9 title of the year and his 2nd overall.

See main article: 1999 Lipton Championships – Women's singles. Venus Williams defeated Serena Williams, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4

It was Williams' 3rd title of the year and the 10th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title of the year and her 2nd overall. It was her 2nd title at the event having also won in 1998.