1999 Pilot Pen Tennis – Singles

Singles
Singles
1999 Pilot Pen Tennis
Final
Champion	Venus Williams
Runner-up	Lindsay Davenport
Score	6–2, 7–5
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

The 1999 Pilot Pen Tennis singles was the singles event of the seventeenth edition of the final tournament in the US Open Series. Steffi Graf was the reigning champion, but had retired after the TIG Classic.

Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final to win her first New Haven title.

Seeds

Lindsay Davenport (final)
Venus Williams (champion)
Monica Seles (semifinals)
Jana Novotná (second round)
Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals, retired)
Julie Halard-Decugis (second round)
Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Lindsay Davenport	4	6	6

	Ruxandra Dragomir	6	2	0
					1	Lindsay Davenport	2	5

					2	Venus Williams	6	7
3	Monica Seles	1	3

2	Venus Williams	6	6

Top half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	L Davenport	6	6
	N Dechy	6	6			N Dechy	4	2
Q	T Panova	1	3						1	L Davenport	6	6
Q	K Hrdličková	4	6	5						A Mauresmo	1	2
	A Mauresmo	6	3	7		A Mauresmo	6	6
	A Huber	6	6⁴	2	6	J Halard-Decugis	1	2
6	J Halard-Decugis	4	7⁷	6										1	L Davenport	4	6	6
															R Dragomir	6	2	0
					4	J Novotná	6⁵	0
	S Farina	5	7⁹	5		R Dragomir	7⁷	6
	R Dragomir	7	6⁷	7						R Dragomir	5	6	7
Q	Á Montolio	6	4	2					8	S Testud	7	4	5
Q	B Schwartz	4	6	6	Q	B Schwartz	4	2
WC	T Snyder	6⁴	3		8	S Testud	6	6
8	S Testud	7⁷	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	A Coetzer	6	4	6
Q	A Cocheteux	3	6	1	6	A Coetzer	5
Q	S Appelmans	3	6	6	Q	S Appelmans	4^r
	S Plischke	6	1	4						6	A Coetzer	2	1
	E Likhovtseva	4	7	7						3	M Seles	6	6
	L Raymond	6	5	5		E Likhovtseva	0	6⁶
					3	M Seles	6	7⁸
														3	M Seles	1	3
7	N Tauziat	6	3	3										2	V Williams	6	6
	H Nagyová	3	6	6		H Nagyová	6⁵	6	3
WC	L Osterloh	3	3		Q	M Serna	7⁷	3	6
Q	M Serna	6	6							Q	M Serna	0	4
Q	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	5	6						2	V Williams	6	6
	D Van Roost	2	7	2	Q	M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	1
					2	V Williams	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Anne Kremer (qualifying competition)
Sarah Pitkowski (second round)
María Sánchez Lorenzo (Qualifier)
Magüi Serna (Qualifier)
replaced by Melissa Mazzotta (qualifying competition)
Alexandra Stevenson (second round)
Anna Smashnova (second round)
Gala León García (second round)
Fabiola Zuluaga (second round)
Cristina Torrens Valero (qualifying competition)
Barbara Rittner (second round)
Barbara Schwartz (Qualifier)
Cara Black (qualifying competition)
Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
Inés Gorrochategui (qualifying competition)
Marlene Weingärtner (second round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First round				Second round				Qualifying competition

				1	Anne Kremer	6	4
	Larissa Schaerer	6	2		Emmanuelle Gagliardi	0	1^r
	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	7	6					1	Anne Kremer	3	7	6
	Meghann Shaughnessy	4	3						Tatiana Panova	6	6	7
	Tatiana Panova	6	6		Tatiana Panova	6	7
				11	Barbara Rittner	4	5

Second qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

					16	Marlene Weingärtner	2	1
	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6	3	4		Janet Lee	6	6
	Janet Lee	2	6	6						Janet Lee	6	2	4
	Alicia Molik	4	6	4						Amélie Cocheteux	2	6	6
	Amélie Cocheteux	6	4	6		Amélie Cocheteux	6	6
					6	Alexandra Stevenson	4	4

Third qualifier

First round					Second round					Qualifying competition

					4	Magüi Serna	6	1	6
	Seda Noorlander					Meilen Tu	4	6	0
	Meilen Tu	w/o								4	Magüi Serna	6	6
	Lenka Němečková	3	6	6						13	Cara Black	4	3
	Katarína Studeníková	6	2	0		Lenka Němečková	6	6
					13	Cara Black	4	4

Fourth qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

					10	Cristina Torrens Valero	w/o
	Denisa Chládková	6	6			Denisa Chládková
Alt	Tracy Singian	2	4						10	Cristina Torrens Valero	3	6	6
	Sabine Appelmans	2	6	6						Sabine Appelmans	6	1	7
	Kristine Kunce	6	1	1		Sabine Appelmans	7	6
					8	Gala León García	5	2

Fifth qualifier

First round				Second round				Qualifying competition

				Alt	Melissa Mazzotta	6	6
WC	Linda Wild	6	6	WC	Linda Wild	4	3
WC	Jolene Watanabe	2	4					Alt	Melissa Mazzotta	0	0^r
	Émilie Loit	6	6					12	Barbara Schwartz	6	3
WC	Patty Murren	2	4		Émilie Loit	2	3
				12	Barbara Schwartz	6	6

Sixth qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

					9	Fabiola Zuluaga	1	2
	Sandra Kleinová	3	7	6		Sandra Kleinová	6	6
WC	Jennifer Hopkins	6	6	3						Sandra Kleinová	4	4
	Adriana Serra Zanetti	4	0						3	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6
	Miriam Oremans	6	6			Miriam Oremans	4	4
					3	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6

Seventh qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

				7	Anna Smashnova	1	7	3
	Virginia Ruano Pascual	4	2		Květa Hrdličková	6	6	6
	Květa Hrdličková	6	6							Květa Hrdličková	6	7
	Rita Kuti-Kis	2	6							Nicole Pratt	4	5
	Nicole Pratt	6	7		Nicole Pratt	6	1	6
				14	Katarina Srebotnik	4	6	3

Eighth qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

				15	Inés Gorrochategui	6	6	3
WC	Brandis Braverman	7	6	WC	Brandis Braverman	2	0
	Magdalena Grzybowska	5	2						15	Inés Gorrochategui	3	6	3
	Ángeles Montolio	7	6							Ángeles Montolio	6	0	6
	Rita Grande	6	2		Ángeles Montolio	7	6
				2	Sarah Pitkowski	5	1

1999 Pilot Pen Tennis – Singles

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

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