1999 Sydney International Explained

The 1999 Sydney International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney in Australia that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 11 through 16 January 1999.

WTA entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Lindsay Davenport11
Martina Hingis22
SpainArantxa Sánchez Vicario43
Venus Williams54
SpainConchita Martínez95
Steffi Graf106
Patty Schnyder87
BelgiumDominique Van Roost128

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the women's singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the women's doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the women's singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from the women's doubles qualifying draw:

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 1999 Sydney International – Men's singles. Todd Martin defeated Àlex Corretja, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)

Women's singles

See main article: 1999 Sydney International – Women's singles. Lindsay Davenport defeated Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

See main article: 1999 Sydney International – Men's doubles. Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor defeated Patrick Galbraith / Paul Haarhuis, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

See main article: 1999 Sydney International – Women's doubles. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama defeated Mary Joe Fernández / Anke Huber, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0

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