1999 Direct Line International Championships

1999 Direct Line International Championships
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
Natasha Zvereva
Doubles
Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
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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]

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
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

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Samantha Smith
• Karen Cross

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Louise Latimer
• Elena Tatarkova
• Mariaan de Swardt
• Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

• Maja Murić / Christína Papadáki

Natasha 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]

Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova defeated Jana Novotná / Natasha Zvereva, 6–4 retired

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine