1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Singles

Singles
1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg
Champion	Kim Clijsters
Runner-up	Dominique Van Roost
Final score	6–2, 6–2

The 1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg – Singles was the singles event of the ninth edition of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Luxembourg. Mary Pierce was the defending champion but she did not compete in this year.

Qualifier Kim Clijsters won in the final, 6–2, 6–2, against top playing seed Dominique Van Roost, to win her first WTA title.

Seeds

1. Serena Williams (Withdrew due to exhaustion)^[1]
2. Dominique Van Roost (Final)
3. Jana Novotná (First Round)
4. Irina Spîrlea (First Round)
5. Anke Huber (Second Round)
6. Silvia Farina Elia (Quarterfinals)
7. Sylvia Plischke (First Round)
8. Anne Kremer (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
	Q	Kim Clijsters	6	6^7	6
		Sabine Appelmans	2	7^9	1
								Q	Kim Clijsters	6	6
								2	Dominique Van Roost	2	2
	WC	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	7	3	1
	2	Dominique Van Roost	5	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							LL	E Callens	7^8	6
	B Schwartz	6	6^7	6				B Schwartz	6^6	3
	M Serna	3	7^9	3										LL	E Callens	4	4
Q	K Clijsters	6	6											Q	K Clijsters	6	6
	K Srebotnik	1	1				Q	K Clijsters	6	6
	M Weingärtner	0	0	r			5	A Huber	1	4
5	A Huber	6	5																		Q	K Clijsters	6	6^7	6
4	I Spîrlea	5	6^3																			S Appelmans	2	7^9	1
	S Appelmans	7	7^7					S Appelmans	6	6
	L Courtois	5	5					D Chládková	3	4
	D Chládková	7	7												S Appelmans	6	6
WC	J Henin	6	6											WC	J Henin	4	3
	K Hrdličková	2	2				WC	J Henin	6	2	6
Q	J Kostanić	6	6				Q	J Kostanić	0	6	1
7	S Plischke	2	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	S Farina Elia	6	6
WC	M Oremans	4	2				6	S Farina Elia	6	6
	B Rittner	5	4					S Pitkowski	1	4
	S Pitkowski	7	6											6	S Farina Elia	6	3	3
WC	L Krasnoroutskaya	6	6											WC	L Krasnoroutskaya	0	6	6
	E Tatarkova	3	1				WC	L Krasnoroutskaya	1	7	6
Q	M Maleeva	6	6^7	6			Q	M Maleeva	6	5	2
3	J Novotná	1	7^9	3																	WC	L Krasnoroutskaya	7	3	1
8	A Kremer	4	4																		2	D Van Roost	5	6	6
	R Grande	6	6					R Grande	6	5	3
Q	T Pisnik	6	6				Q	T Pisnik	3	7	6
	A Dechaume-Balleret	2	3											Q	T Pisnik	5	3
	C Torrens Valero	3	3											2	D Van Roost	7	6
	A-G Sidot	6	6					A-G Sidot	6	4	4
							2	D Van Roost	4	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Adriana Gerši (Second Round)
2. Miriam Oremans (First Round)
3. n.a.
4. Kim Clijsters (Qualifier)
5. Els Callens (Qualifying Competition, Lucky Loser)
6. Tina Pisnik (Qualifier)
7. Jelena Kostanić (Qualifier)
8. n.a.
9. Tina Križan (Second Round)
10. Raluca Sandu (First Round)

Qualifiers

1. Magdalena Maleeva
2. Kim Clijsters
3. Jelena Kostanić
4. Tina Pisnik

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	Adriana Gerši	6	6
		Denise Hofer	3	2
								1	Adriana Gerši	6	1	3
								WC	Magdalena Maleeva	3	6	6
	WC	Magdalena Maleeva	6	6
		Jana Kandarr	1	2
															WC	Magdalena Maleeva	6	6
															5	Els Callens	4	4
		Agnieszka Abram	6	6
	WC	Fabienne Thill	3	4
									Agnieszka Abram	1	0
								5	Els Callens	6	6
		Sybille Bammer	4	2
	5	Els Callens	6	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Kim Clijsters	6	6
		Lisa Fritz	2	1
								4	Kim Clijsters	6	6
								WC	Claudine Schaul	2	1
		Sophie Lefèvre	2	4
	WC	Claudine Schaul	6	6
															4	Kim Clijsters	6	6
																Linda Wild	1	1
		Linda Wild	6	6
		Miriam Schnitzer	3	2
									Linda Wild	6	6
								9	Tina Križan	4	3
		Daphne Van de Zande	4	2
	9	Tina Križan	6	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Jelena Kostanić	6	6
		Laurence Andretto	2	4
								7	Jelena Kostanić	6	7
									Angelika Bachmann	1	5
	WC	Alice Barnes	4	4
		Angelika Bachmann	6	6
															7	Jelena Kostanić	6	2
																Kirstin Freye	2	0	r
		Lorna Woodroffe	6	4	2
		Lea Ghirardi	2	6	6
									Lea Ghirardi	6	3	4
									Kirstin Freye	4	6	6
		Kirstin Freye	6	6
	10	Raluca Sandu	1	0

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Tina Pisnik	6	6
		Renata Kučerová	4	4
								6	Tina Pisnik	6	6
									Patty Van Acker	4	3
	WC	Karen Cross	5	7	1
		Patty Van Acker	7	5	6
															6	Tina Pisnik	1	6	6
																Alexandra Fusai	6	1	4
		Martina Müller	6	7
		Ana Salas Lozano	3	5
									Martina Müller	1	2
									Alexandra Fusai	6	6
		Alexandra Fusai	6	6
	2	Amanda Hopmans	3	1

References

• ITF singles results page

1. "Weary Williams withdraws, annoys organizers". The Herald Journal. 22 September 1999. Retrieved 1 May 2013.