1999 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Martina Hingis was the two-time defending champion, and she defeated unseeded Amélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–3, in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1999 Australian Open. With this win, she joined Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles as the only women to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles. Hingis also became the only woman to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles in singles and doubles simultaneously.

Women's Singles
1999 Australian Open
Champion Martina Hingis
Runner-up Amélie Mauresmo
Final score6–2, 6–3
Draw128
Seeds16

This was future number one Mauresmo's first Grand Slam final, and was also the first time she had progressed past the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. This would be her only Grand Slam final until 2006, despite Mauresmo being one of the top players of the early 2000s.

Prior to her semifinal defeat to Hingis, Monica Seles was 33 matches undefeated at the Australian Open, dating back to her first match in 1991, the most by a woman in the Open Era.[1] It was therefore Seles’ first ever loss at the tournament.

This tournament was the first Grand Slam in which two future World No. 3 singles players, Nadia Petrova and Elena Dementieva, competed in the main draw.[2] They lost to Dominique Van Roost and Hingis in the first and second rounds respectively. It was also the last Australian Open appearance for four-time champion Steffi Graf, who lost to Seles in the quarterfinals.

Seeds
01.   Lindsay Davenport (Semifinals)
02.   Martina Hingis (Champion)
03.   Jana Novotná (Third round)
04.   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Second round)
05.   Venus Williams (Quarterfinals)
06.   Monica Seles (Semifinals)
07.   Mary Pierce (Quarterfinals)
08.   Patty Schnyder (Second round)
09.   Conchita Martínez (Third round)
10.   Steffi Graf (Quarterfinals)
11.   Dominique Van Roost (Quarterfinals)
12.   Anna Kournikova (Fourth round)
13.   Irina Spîrlea (First round)
14.   Sandrine Testud (Fourth round)
15.   Natasha Zvereva (Third round)
16.   Amanda Coetzer (Fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying draw
Main article: 1999 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Lindsay Davenport 6 6
5 Venus Williams 4 0
1 Lindsay Davenport 6 5 5
  Amélie Mauresmo 4 7 7
11 Dominique Van Roost 3 63
  Amélie Mauresmo 6 77
  Amélie Mauresmo 2 3
2 Martina Hingis 6 6
6 Monica Seles 7 6
10 Steffi Graf 5 1
6 Monica Seles 2 4
2 Martina Hingis 6 6
7 Mary Pierce 3 4
2 Martina Hingis 6 6

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 L Davenport 6 6
G León García 2 2 1 L Davenport 6 6
F Labat 3 6 6 F Labat 2 1
Y Basuki 6 2 1 1 L Davenport 6 6
WC S-h Park 0 7 1 K Habšudová 0 4
K Habšudová 6 5 6 K Habšudová 63 6 6
L Raymond 6 2 4 L Ghirardi 77 4 3
L Ghirardi 3 6 6 1 L Davenport 6 6
L Courtois 2 6 1 Q M Drake 1 3
WC R McQuillan 6 3 6 WC R McQuillan 62 6 2
Q M Drake 77 65 6 Q M Drake 77 4 6
Y Yoshida 65 77 4 Q M Drake 6 6
K Hrdličková 3 4 S Plischke 2 2
S Plischke 6 6 S Plischke 67 6 7
A Huber 7 6 A Huber 79 3 5
13 I Spîrlea 5 4

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 N Zvereva 6 7
K Studeníková 3 5 15 N Zvereva 6 7
K Po 2 2 PR M Tu 3 5
PR M Tu 6 6 15 N Zvereva 63 6 4
C Rubin 6 6 C Rubin 77 4 6
M Weingärtner 1 2 C Rubin 4 77 6
C Papadáki 6 4 2 E Wagner 6 64 2
E Wagner 4 6 6 C Rubin 63 4
K Miller 2 2 5 V Williams 77 6
R Dragomir 6 6 R Dragomir 6 6
WC A Ellwood 0 6 2 J Chi 1 2
J Chi 6 4 6 R Dragomir 3 4
C Torrens Valero 6 3 4 5 V Williams 6 6
Å Carlsson 2 6 6 Å Carlsson 2 1
S Talaja 6 3 7 5 V Williams 6 6
5 V Williams 3 6 9

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
3 J Novotná 6 6
A-G Sidot 4 2 3 J Novotná 6 2 6
H Nagyová 64 7 6 H Nagyová 4 6 3
K Boogert 77 5 4 3 J Novotná 3 0
J Capriati 5 6 8 M Sánchez Lorenzo 6 6
WC E Dominikovic 7 3 6 J Capriati 62 2
S Cacic 2 3r M Sánchez Lorenzo 77 6
M Sánchez Lorenzo 6 3 M Sánchez Lorenzo 2 3
C Black 4 2 11 D Van Roost 6 6
C Cristea 6 6 C Cristea 7 3 1
J Nejedly 6 6 J Nejedly 5 6 6
P Stoyanova 1 0 J Nejedly 1 1
S Noorlander 7 6 11 D Van Roost 6 6
M Oremans 5 0 S Noorlander 66 0
Q N Petrova 3 4 11 D Van Roost 78 6
11 D Van Roost 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
9 C Martínez 6 6
A Gerši 3 3 9 C Martínez 6 6
N Dechy 62 3 B Rippner 0 4
B Rippner 77 6 9 C Martínez 5 1
A Smashnova 6 6 É Loit 7 6
E Tatarkova 4 1 A Smashnova 6 2 2
É Loit 6 6 É Loit 1 6 6
M Lučić 2 1 É Loit 0 5
N Pratt 7 6 A Mauresmo 6 7
M Vento 5 1 N Pratt 6 6
S Smith 6 6 S Smith 4 4
L Neiland 0 3 N Pratt 3 3
C Morariu 77 68 2 A Mauresmo 6 6
A Mauresmo 62 710 6 A Mauresmo 61 6 6
Q E deLone 3 6 4 8 P Schnyder 77 4 3
8 P Schnyder 6 3 6

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 M Seles 6 6
Q T Križan 1 0 6 M Seles 6 6
D Chládková 4 2 A Dechaume-Balleret 1 4
A Dechaume-Balleret 6 6 6 M Seles 6 3 6
A Serra Zanetti 6 6 S Appelmans 3 6 4
M Díaz Oliva 1 2 A Serra Zanetti 3 1
S Appelmans 6 6 S Appelmans 6 6
C Martínez Granados 0 2 6 M Seles 6 6
S Pitkowski 4 62 14 S Testud 0 3
M Serna 6 77 M Serna 1 3
S Williams 6 6 S Williams 6 6
R Sandu 2 3 S Williams 2 6 7
S-t Wang 2 3 14 S Testud 6 2 9
E Callens 6 6 E Callens 3 1
T Snyder 3 2 14 S Testud 6 6
14 S Testud 6 6

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 S Graf 6 6
P Suárez 0 3 10 S Graf 4 6 6
M Shaughnessy 3 2 B Schwartz 6 1 2
B Schwartz 6 6 10 S Graf 4 6 6
L Golarsa 1 0 MJ Fernández 6 3 4
MJ Fernández 6 6 MJ Fernández 4 7 6
A Frazier 6 4 6 A Frazier 6 5 3
A Sugiyama 3 6 4 10 S Graf 6 6
R Bobková 0 3 B Schett 1 1
V Ruano Pascual 6 6 V Ruano Pascual 2 3
E Likhovtseva 6 6 E Likhovtseva 6 6
N Miyagi 2 2 E Likhovtseva 4 4
B Schett 6 6 B Schett 6 6
J Kandarr 4 0 B Schett 6 6
M de Swardt 2 2 4 A Sánchez Vicario 2 2
4 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
7 M Pierce 6 6
WC C Watson 2 1 7 M Pierce 6 6
A Kremer 6 6 A Kremer 2 1
WC C Barclay 3 2 7 M Pierce 6 6
R Kuti-Kis 5 4 R Grande 2 2
F Li 7 6 F Li 2 4
T Garbin 77 0 7 R Grande 6 6
R Grande 63 6 9 7 M Pierce 6 6
S Farina 6 5 4 12 A Kournikova 0 4
A Glass 4 7 6 A Glass 7 62 7
T Panova 7 77 T Panova 5 77 5
T Tanasugarn 5 64 A Glass 6 2 3
S Jeyaseelan 3 0 12 A Kournikova 4 6 6
M Saeki 6 6 M Saeki 6 4 8
Q J Craybas 61 5 12 A Kournikova 1 6 10
12 A Kournikova 77 7

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
16 A Coetzer 6 2 7
Q S Kleinová 4 6 5 16 A Coetzer 4 7 6
J Halard-Decugis 6 3 6 J Halard-Decugis 6 5 4
WC A Molik 4 6 3 16 A Coetzer 6 7
J Lee 6 6 J Lee 3 5
Q L Němečková 0 2 J Lee 7 6
F Perfetti 5 3 S Reeves 5 1
S Reeves 7 6 16 A Coetzer 3 77 1
E Makarova 3 7 4 2 M Hingis 6 64 6
WC J Dokić 6 5 6 WC J Dokić 6 7
K Brandi 6 6 K Brandi 4 5
A Cocheteux 1 1 WC J Dokić 1 2
Q E Dementieva 6 6 2 M Hingis 6 6
G Pizzichini 3 4 Q E Dementieva 3 2
L Osterloh 1 2 2 M Hingis 6 6
2 M Hingis 6 6

References
  1. "TENNIS; Davenport Is Upended By Unseeded Teen-Ager". The New York Times. 28 January 1999.
  2. Elena Dementieva: The Next Super Star of World Tennis
Preceded by
1998 US Open – Women's Singles		 Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by
1999 French Open – Women's Singles
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