1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1999 Kremlin Cup
Champion	Nathalie Tauziat
Runner-up	Barbara Schett
Final score	2–6, 6–4, 6–1

The 1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles was the women's singles event of the fourth WTA edition of the Kremlin Cup; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious tournament held in Russia. Mary Pierce was the defending champion, but lost to Ai Sugiyama in the second round.

Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Barbara Schett.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Mary Pierce (Second Round)
2. Barbara Schett (Final)
3. Julie Halard-Decugis (Quarterfinals)
4. Nathalie Tauziat (Champion)
5. Dominique Van Roost (Semifinals)
6. Conchita Martínez (First Round)
7. Sandrine Testud (First Round)
8. Elena Likhovtseva (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Lisa Raymond	4	2
	4	Nathalie Tauziat	6	6
								4	Nathalie Tauziat	2	6	6
								2	Barbara Schett	6	4	1
	5	Dominique Van Roost	5	6^6
	2	Barbara Schett	7	7^8

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M Pierce	4	6	3
	A Sugiyama	6	3	6				A Sugiyama	6	3	6
	A Kremer	1	6	2											A Sugiyama	3	5
Q	E Tatarkova	3	6^0												L Raymond	6	7
	L Raymond	6	7^7					L Raymond	6	6
Q	N Petrova	6	6				Q	N Petrova	2	2
6	C Martínez	1	4																			L Raymond	4	2
																					4	N Tauziat	6	6
							4	N Tauziat	6	3	6
WC	T Panova	7^9	1	7			WC	T Panova	3	6	3
Q	E Dementieva	6^7	6	5										4	N Tauziat	6	6
LL	K Po	6	6^4	4											A Huber	4	3
	A Huber	4	7^7	6				A Huber	6	4	6
	R Dragomir	6	7					R Dragomir	3	6	3
8	E Likhovtseva	3	5

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	D Van Roost	7	6
	P Schnyder	5	2				5	D Van Roost	6	2	7
WC	L Krasnoroutskaya	6	3	6			WC	L Krasnoroutskaya	2	6	5
	S Talaja	1	6	3										5	D Van Roost	6	4	6
	S Plischke	3	4											3	J Halard-Decugis	1	6	1
	A-G Sidot	6	6					A-G Sidot	2	5
							3	J Halard-Decugis	6	7
																					5	D Van Roost	5	6^6
7	S Testud	3	4																		2	B Schett	7	7^8
	S Farina Elia	6	6					S Farina Elia	6	6
	N Zvereva	4	3					S Pitkowski	3	1
	S Pitkowski	6	6												S Farina Elia	6	4	3
	C Rubin	4	3											2	B Schett	1	6	6
Q	A Myskina	6	6				Q	A Myskina	6	4	2
							2	B Schett	3	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Maureen Drake (First Round)
2. Elena Dementieva (Qualifier)
3. Anastasia Myskina (Qualifier)
4. Miroslava Vavrinec (First Round)
5. replaced by Tatiana Poutchek (First Round)
6. Elena Tatarkova (Qualifier)
7. Cătălina Cristea (Second Round)
8. Kimberly Po (Qualifying Competition Lucky Loser)

Qualifiers

1. Nadia Petrova
2. Elena Tatarkova
3. Anastasia Myskina
4. Elena Dementieva

Lucky Loser

1. Kimberly Po

Qualifying Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Maureen Drake	2	1
		Nadia Petrova	6	6
									Nadia Petrova	6	6
									Germana Di Natale	2	0
		Caroline Schneider	6	4	2
		Germana Di Natale	3	6	6
																Nadia Petrova	6	6
															8	Kimberly Po	3	3
		Irina Kornienko	4	4
		Ekaterina Sysoeva	6	6
									Ekaterina Sysoeva	4	2
								8	Kimberly Po	6	6
		Michaela Paštiková	7^8	3	1
	8	Kimberly Po	6^6	6	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Miroslava Vavrinec	4	1
		Elena Makarova	6	6
									Elena Makarova	7^7	6
									Angelika Bachmann	6^3	2
		Angelika Bachmann	6	6
	WC	Julia Oussanova	4	2
																Elena Makarova	2	3
															6	Elena Tatarkova	6	6
	WC	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova	3	6	2
		Marketa Kochta	6	3	6
									Marketa Kochta	4	0
								6	Elena Tatarkova	6	6
		Tracy Singian	4	3
	6	Elena Tatarkova	6	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Cătălina Cristea	6	7
		Milena Nekvapilová	3	5
								7	Cătălina Cristea	7^11	2	4
								WC	Galina Fokina	6^9	6	6
		Svetlana Krivencheva	3	1
	WC	Galina Fokina	6	6
															WC	Galina Fokina	4	7	5
															3	Anastasia Myskina	6	5	7
		Nina Nittinger	3	0
		Anna Zaporozhanova	6	6
									Anna Zaporozhanova	3	6	1
								3	Anastasia Myskina	6	4	6
		Vanessa Henke	4	6^5
	3	Anastasia Myskina	6	7^7

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	Alt	Tatiana Poutchek	6^6	5
		Alina Jidkova	7^8	7
									Alina Jidkova	3	0
									Maria Goloviznina	6	6
	WC	Natalia Egorova	3	1
		Maria Goloviznina	6	6
																Maria Goloviznina	4	4
															2	Elena Dementieva	6	6
		Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6	6
		Nóra Köves	2	0
									Nadejda Ostrovskaya	3	2
								2	Elena Dementieva	6	6
		Tatiana Perebiynis	0	1
	2	Elena Dementieva	6	6

External links

• Kremlin Cup Draw